Agricultural circular economy

Reinventing Circular Agriculture, Sustainable Food System and Healthy Diets in Indonesia

Umi K. Yaumidin
ABSTRACT The sustainable food system is dynamics process where the achievement of current food security will not hamper the capability of future generation to secure their food. The concept of healthy diets and circular economy approaches to reduce food loss and waste is addressed in  the...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agricultural circular economy
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Circular Economy Approaches in Livestock Waste Area

Matias B. Vanotti
ABSTRACT Many areas in the world produce more manure nutrients than available cropland can assimilate due to agglomeration of livestock production.  Development of technologies for nutrient reuse was identified as one of the five main challenges in waste management within a circular economy...
Country: USA Topic: Agricultural circular economy
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Towards Net-Zero Carbon Emissions in Taiwan’s Agriculture

Wan-Yu Liu
ABSTRACT The phenomenon that Taiwan has the worst drought in a 100-year period and subsequent torrential rains in 2021 proves that climate change is happening and human beings need to respond actively. Net-zero carbon emissions has become a global trend and Taiwan has set this as a national goal...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural circular economy
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Recycling and Value-Adding of Spent Mushroom Substrates

Wei-Sung Li, Yuh-Jyuan Lee, Mei-Hsing Chen, Yun-Sheng Lue, Yu-Chen Hsieh, Chun-Wei Chen, Chung-Yu Hsu
ABSTRACT Sawdust is a major ingredient for cultivation of edible mushrooms. In Taiwan, the annual demand of sawdust for mushroom production has increased to more than 350,000 tons in recent years.  Using sawdust for mushroom production is not only expensive but is also harmful to the...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural circular economy
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Food Loss and Waste Reduction as Part of Circular Economy: A Case of Cassava in Thailand

Prapinwadee Sirisupluxana, Isriya Bunyasiri Nitithanprapas1
ABSTRACT Based on a case study of cassava analysis, this study described food loss along the cassava supply chain. Overall food loss in Thailand at the processing level was very limited. In addition, the electricity generation and biofuel produced from biogas from the cassava and starch factory...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agricultural circular economy
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