Utilization of Agricultural Wastes for Sustainable Development

Methanogenic Community Dynamics during Anaerobic Utilization of Agricultural Wastes

This work is devoted to the investigation of the methanogenic archaea involved in anaerobic digestion of cattle manure and maize straw on the basis of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis of archaeal 16S rRNA genes. The biological diversity and dynamics of methanogenic communities leading to anaerobic degradation of agricultural organic wastes with biogas producti...

Agricultural Biotechnology and Sustainable Development

founded in 1970 as the Canadian Environmental Law Research Foundation. It is an independent, not-for profit, environmental law and policy research and education organization. Over the last 15 years, CIELAP has been involved extensively in environmental law and policy development related to biotechnology. In 1984, CIELAP organized the first conference in Canada on environmental law and policy is...

Public-Private Partnerships and Sustainable Agricultural Development

Agriculture in Africa is not sustainable because average yields have been stagnating for decades due to underinvestment, especially in the development of agricultural markets, crop improvement and the sustainable management of agricultural systems. Low public sector funding for agricultural research and lack of incentives for the private sector to operate in areas where there is no market large...

Development of Bio-functional Materials from Agricultural/Forestry Processed Wastes using a Concept of Multi-utilization with Pyrolysis

Pyrolysis of agricultural/forestry processed wastes (AFPW) is one approach that has been investigated to develop materials into products of higher value. This paper describes a concept of multi-utilization with pyrolysis under various conditions which has been extensively prepared for related bio-functional materials like biochar, charcoal and activated carbon (AC). The prepared materials were ...

Organic Agriculture as an Opportunity for Sustainable Agricultural Development