Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- List of Contributors -- 1 Agricultural Waste as a Resource: The Lesser Travelled Road to Sustainability -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Sources of Agricultural Waste Generation -- 1.3 Agricultural Waste Characterization -- 1.4 Waste to Wealth: Agricultural Waste Management Approaches -- 1.5 Challenges in Agricultural Waste Management -- 1.6 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Sustainable Physical Methods Used for the Management of Agricultural Waste Biomass -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Major Crops for Agricultural Waste Generation -- 2.3 Predominant Agriculture Residue of Agricultural Crops -- 2.4 Forest Biomass -- 2.5 The Application of Biomass Waste -- 2.6 Challenges in Biomass Residues Utilization -- 2.7 The Waste Management Concept -- 2.8 Waste Management Systems -- 2.9 The Choice of Technology -- 2.10 Sustainable Physical Methods for Agricultural Biomass Management -- 2.11 Biomass Waste Management: Adverse Effect of Biomass Waste -- 2.12 Sustainable Use of Biomass Resources -- 2.13 A Case Study of Southeast Spain: Managing Agriculture Waste Biomass -- 2.14 Conclusion -- References -- 3 An Overview of Biomass Conversion from Agricultural Waste: Address on Environmental Sustainability -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Environmental Concerns of Renewable and Fossil Energy -- 3.3 Agriculture and Biofuels -- 3.4 Agricultural Residue Composition and Properties -- 3.5 Agricultural Residue Pre-treatment Methods -- 3.6 Biomass Conversion Technologies -- 3.7 Production of Biofuels from Agricultural Biomass -- 3.8 Factors Influencing Biofuel Production -- 3.9 Biofuel Energy Potentials in India -- 3.10 Environmental and Economic Concern of Agriculture-Based Biofuel Production -- 3.11 Future Perspectives -- 3.12 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References.

4 Agriculture Wastes: Generation and Sustainable Management -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Agrowastes and Its Composition -- 4.3 Agricultural Wastes as Source of Pollution -- 4.4 Realization of Sustainable Development from Agrowaste -- 4.5 Conclusion and Future Prospects -- References -- 5 Microbiological Digestion of Agricultural Biomass: Prospects and Challenges in Generating Clean and Green Energy -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Agricultural Waste: Generation to Proper Utilization of Agricultural Waste -- 5.3 Anaerobic Digestion -- 5.4 Way Forward -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Nothing is 'Waste' in Agriculture: From Nanotechnology and Bioprocesses Perspectives -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Relevance and Opportunities to Use Nanotechnology -- 6.3 Increase Productivity of Soil -- 6.4 Precision Farming -- 6.5 Restoration of Environmental Health -- 6.6 Agricultural Application of Nanotechnology -- 6.7 Nanofertilizers and Nanopesticides -- 6.8 Nanotechnology for Food Industry -- 6.9 Microbial Techniques for Bio-Transforming Food and Agricultural Waste into Resources -- 6.10 Bioconversion of Food Waste to Wealth -- 6.11 Biowaste and its Products for Agricultural Sustainability -- 6.12 Post-Harvest Agriculture Waste Management Using NPs -- 6.13 Sustainable Agriculture in India: Some Policy Recommendation -- 6.14 Risk and Safety Aspects of Nanotechnology in Agriculture -- 6.15 Conclusion and Future Implications -- Acknowledgement -- Conflict of Interest -- References -- 7 Agro-Wastes as Low-Cost Biosorbent for Dyes Removal from Wastewater -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Dyes Classification and Their Toxicity -- 7.3 Conventional Dye Removal Technologies from Wastewaters -- 7.4 Agricultural Wastes and Characterization -- 7.5 Agricultural Wastes: An Excellent Dye Adsorbent -- 7.6 Adsorption Kinetics and Isotherm -- 7.7 Factors Influencing Dye Removal Using Agro-Wastes.

7.8 Economic and Environmental Concern of Agricultural Wastes-Based Dye Removal -- 7.9 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- 8 Agricultural Waste as Source of Organic Fertilizer and Energy -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Agricultural Waste -- 8.3 The Potential Risk of Agriculture Waste on Human and Environment -- 8.4 Traditional Technologies Used for Recycling of Agricultural Waste -- 8.5 Advanced Technology of Agricultural Waste for the Energy Production -- 8.6 Sustainable Use of Agriculture Waste for Biofuel Production -- 8.7 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Production of Bioethanol Using Agricultural Waste: An Overview -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Origin of Bioethanol -- 9.3 Production Policy of Bioethanol in some Countries with Focus on India -- 9.4 Distribution of Bioethanol Worldwide -- 9.5 Comparison of Ethanol and Gasoline -- 9.6 First-Generation Bioethanol -- 9.7 Prospects -- 9.8 Challenges -- 9.9 Conclusion -- References -- 10 Bioethanol Production from Lignocellulose Agricultural Waste Biomass -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Discussion -- 10.3 Conclusion -- References -- 11 Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Waste Agricultural Biomass for Biofuel and Biochar -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Composition of Waste Obtained from Agriculture -- 11.3 Hydrothermal Liquefaction -- 11.4 Recent Development in HTL Technology -- 11.5 Process for Degradation of Cellulose -- 11.6 Products of HTL -- 11.7 Factors Affecting the Productivity of Bio-Crude Oil -- 11.8 HTL: Future Prospects and Practical Limitations -- References -- 12 Biogas Production through Anaerobic Digestion of Agricultural Wastes: State of Benefits and its Future Trend -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Anaerobic versus Aerobic Digestion -- 12.3 Biochemical and Microbiological Aspect of Anaerobic Digestion -- 12.4 Parameters Involved in the Process -- 12.5 Anaerobic Digestion Process.

12.6 By-Products of Anaerobic Digestion -- 12.7 Types of Digesters -- 12.8 Mesophilic and Thermophilic Process -- 12.9 Suitable Wastes for Anaerobic Digestion -- 12.10 Perspective of Anaerobic Digestion -- 12.11 Policies and Application of Anaerobic Digestion Technology -- 12.12 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 13 Expansion of Agricultural Residues to Biofuel Processing and Production -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Agricultural Residues and Importance in Biofuel Production -- 13.3 Process of Conversion of Biomass Residue to Biofuels -- 13.4 Agricultural Residue Sources for Biofuel Production -- 13.5 Conclusion -- References -- 14 Creating Wealth from Agrowaste: Success Stories from India -- 14.1 Global Scenario of Agriculture -- 14.2 National Scenario -- 14.3 Types of Organic Inputs for Farms -- 14.4 Production by Self-Help Groups (SHGs): A Microunit of Circular Economy -- 14.5 Linkages to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) and Government Schemes -- 14.6 Statistics of Stubble Burning in India -- 14.7 The Adverse Impacts of Stubble Burning on the Environment -- 14.8 Alternative Strategies to Stubble Burning in India -- 14.9 Riches from Rags' Studies from Rural India: Case Studies of Recycling Farm Wastes into Valuable Products -- References -- Web Links -- Index -- End User License Agreement.