Developing circular agricultural production systems

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-80146-256-3
Verlag: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 135, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 843 g

Reihe: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

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, to producing biogas from livestock manure and manufacturing bio-plastics from agricultural waste.

Zielgruppe

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)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Amon, Barbara

Amon, Professor Dr Barbara

Weitere Mitwirkende

Meyer, Prof Rolf

Vellinga, Dr Theun

Bartzanas, Dr Thomas

Taube, Prof Friedhelm

Brito, Dr Andre

Riau, Dr Victor

Fangueiro, Dr Daniel

Stoumann Jensen, Prof Lars

Leytem, Dr April

Fragoso, Dr Rita

Bataller, Dr Butch

Villano, Dr Marianna

Prieto, Dr Miguel

Garcia-Flores, Dr Rodolfo

Pardossi, Prof Alberto

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Biogasanlagen, Energie aus Biomasse
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 General issues
- 1. Designing circular, closed-loop agricultural systems: key principles and challenges: Rolf Meyer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany;
- 2. Understanding and developing closed-loop nutrient cycles in crop production: Theun Vellinga, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;
- 3. Closed-loop combined crop-livestock farming systems: Friedhelm Taube, Kiel University, Germany;
- 4. Closed-loop precision farming technologies to optimise resource use: Thomas Bartzanas, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece;

Part 2 Re-using agricultural and other wastes
- 5. Using crop residues/by-products as livestock feed in a circular economy: Andre Brito, University of New Hampshire, USA;
- 6. Optimising slurry management: Daniel Fangueiro, ISA, Portugal;
- 7. Optimising livestock manure as a biofertiliser and bioenergy source: Victor Riau, GIRO-IRTA, Spain;
- 8. Safety/quality issues in using biofertilisers: April Leytem, USDA-ARS, USA;

Part 3 Co-products
- 9. Producing biogas from livestock manure and agricultural residues: Rita Fragoso, University of Lisbon, Portugal;
- 10. Multi-feedstock biorefineries for converting agricultural wastes into co-products: Butch Bataller, University of the Philippines Los Banos, The Philippines;
- 11. Developing bioplastics/bio-packaging from agricultural wastes: Marianna Villano, University of Rome, Italy;
- 12. Developing polyphenols from agricultural wastes: Miguel Prieto, University of Vigo, Spain;

Part 4 Case studies
- 13. Developing closed-loop dairy value chains and tools to support decision-makers: Jack B. Hetherington, University of Adelaide/CSIRO Agriculture and Food/Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre, Australia; Pablo Juliano, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia; and Rodolfo García-Flores, CSIRO Data61, Australia;
- 14. Aquaponics as a closed loop agricultural system: Alberto Pardossi, University of Pisa, Italy;

Über Autor(innen)

Amon, Professor Dr Barbara
Professor (UZ) Dr Barbara Amon is an Associate Professor for Environmental Engineering and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Zielona Góra, Poland and a Senior Research Scientist and Board Representative for Research at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Germany. Professor Amon sits on many panels, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), UNECE, UNEP and the FAO LEAP Partnership.

Riau, Dr Victor
Dr Víctor Riau currently works at the Sustainability in Biosystems program of the Institute of Agri-food Research and Technology (IRTA). Dr Riau's research is focused on chemical and environmental engineering, organic waste (water) treatment and valorisation, biogas production, nutrient removal and recovery and emission characterisation and mitigation