Developing Circular Agricultural Production Systems

$195.00

SKU: 9781801462563
Editor: Amon, Barbara
Contribution by: Meyer, Rolf Vellinga, Theun Taube, Friedhelm Nyameasem, John Kormla Fenger, Friederike Maraveas, C Bartzanas, Thomas Brito, Andre F Almeida, Kleves V Silva, Luiz H P Fangueiro, David Elmahdi, Jihane Nyang'au, Jared Chrysanthopoulos, Stamatis de Vries, Jerke Sørensen, Peter Riau, Victor Morey, L Cáceres, R Cerrillo, M Bonmati, A Robles, A Leytem, April Dungan, Robert Spiehs, Mindy Miller, Dan Fragoso, Rita Hidalgo, D Paterson, M Bataller, Butch Capareda, Sergio Marchetti, Angela Salvatori, Gaia Nguemna, Lionel Tayou Grumi, Mattia Basar, Ahmet Ozan Pardo-Figuerez, María Lagaron, Jose Maria Prieto, Cristina Marcoaldi, Chiara Villano, Marianna Majone, Mauro Bolzonella, David Echave, J Fraga-Corral, M Seyyedi-Mansour, S Cassani, L Garcia-Oliveira, P Cao, Hui Simal-Gandara, J Prieto, Miguel Xiao, Jianbo Hetherington, Jack B Juliano, Pablo Garcia-Flores, Rodolfo Rossi, Lorenzo Puccinelli, Martina Marchioni, Ilaria Incrocci, Luca Fronte, Baldassare Bibbiani, Carlo Pardossi, Alberto
Publication Date: 01/09/2024
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd
Binding: Hardcover
Media: Book
This item is on backorder and will take an additional 5-7 business days for processing.

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.

With its distinguished editor and international array of expert authors, Developing circular agricultural production systems will be a standard reference for academic researchers involved in the agricultural and environmental sciences, as well as government and private sector agencies supporting sustainable agriculture and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).