Developing Circular Agricultural Production Systems

$195.00

SKU: 9781801462563
Editor: Amon, Barbara
Contribution by: Meyer, Rolf Vellinga, Theun Bartzanas, Thomas Taube, Friedhelm Brito, Andre Riau, Victor Fangueiro, Daniel Stoumann Jensen, Lars Leytem, April Fragoso, Rita Bataller, Butch Villano, Marianna Prieto, Miguel Garcia-Flores, Rodolfo Pardossi, Alberto
Publication Date: 11/28/2023
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd
Binding: Hardcover
Media: Book
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Description

With the agricultural sector pledging to improve its sustainability, there is an urgent need to move away from linear food production models which rely on significant raw material inputs and generate large amounts of residual waste.

Developing circular agricultural production systems reviews the emergence of circular agriculture as an approach to improving the sustainability of the agricultural sector. The book addresses recent advances in understanding and developing closed-loop systems to optimise crop nutrient cycles and resource use, as well as ways agricultural wastes can be recycled back into agricultural production or used as feedstock to produce a range of bio-based materials.

With its comprehensive coverage, the book showcases how to develop circular agricultural production systems, from using crop residues as livestock feed and developing new bio-based fertilizers, to producing biogas from livestock manure and manufacturing bio-plastics from agricultural waste.