Agriculture Waste Into Wealth: An Overview

By : Gomathy V , Jerusha Stephen , Jane Jacob

Page No: 267-273

Abstract
Agricultural waste is the unwanted or unmarketable materials produced or wholly obtained from agriculture and allied activities. Agricultural wastes pose severe effects on the environment in all forms, irrespective of how it is formed, stored, or recycled. Some of this waste is reused as fertilizer, but this can be washed out of fields by rain or overwatering, leading to pollution. The lack of buyers for agricultural waste forced farmers to either burning it, causing air pollution or dumping it leading to soil and water contamination. Therefore, healthier and eco-friendlier approaches towards handling and utilization of agriculture waste by farmers and entrepreneurs to gain the desired benefit through efficient process viz., organic farming, bio-fuel extraction, production of electricity from agro-waste, bio-compost from agro-waste, aquaculture from agriculture waste, etc., need to be enforced. Thus, this study suggests, for better use of agro-waste, entrepreneurial activity in the field of agro-waste management is necessary to be promoted.

Authors :
Gomathy V
Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Fisheries Economics, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India.

Jerusha Stephen
Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Post Harvest Technology, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India.

Jane Jacob
PG Scholar, Department of Aquaculture, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India.
 

DOI: http://doi.org/10.32381/JAT.2019.34.3-4.13