Agricultural wastes / / Geoffrey S. Ashworth and Pablo Azevedo, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Disciplina: 628/.746
• Soggetto topico: Agricultural wastes - Recycling
• Altri autori: AshworthGeoffrey S AzevedoPablo
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Potential risk and environmental benefits of waste derived from animal agriculture / Ajit K Sarmah -- Animal waste and hazardous substances: current laws and legislative issues / Claudia Copeland -- Reprocessing and protein enrichment of agricultural wastes by thermophilic aerobic digestion (TAD) / J. Obeta Ugwuanyi -- Fly ash use in agriculture: a perspective / Wasim Aktar -- Pesticides : use, impact and regulations for management / Vandita Sinha, Vartika Rai, and P.K. Tandon -- Carbonization of rice husk to remove offensive odor from livestock waste and compost / Seiji Kumagai, Koichi Sasaki, Yukio Enda -- Bio (single cell) protein: issues of production, toxins and commercialisation status / Ravinder Rudravaram ... [et al.] -- Coffee processing solid wastes: current uses and future perspectives / Adriana S. Franca, Leandro S. Oliveira -- Vermi-conversion of industrial sludge in conjunction with agricultural farm wastes: a viable option to minimize landfill disposal? / Deepanjan Majumdar -- Agricultural wastes as building materials: properties, performance and applications / José A. Rabi ... [et al.] -- From solid biowastes to liquid biofuels / Leandro S. Oliveira, Adriana S. Franca.
• Sommario/riassunto: Agricultural waste, which includes both natural (organic) and non-natural wastes, is a general term used to describe waste produced on a farm through various farming activities. This book provides examples of how animal agriculture and various practices adopted at farm-scale impact on the environment.
• Titolo autorizzato: Agricultural wastes
• ISBN: 1-61728-132-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910966492203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Agriculture issues and policies series.