Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture: From Waste to Biostimulants, Biofertilisers and Bioenergy—2nd Edition
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 145
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Interests: biostimulants; plant biochemistry; plant nutrition; heavy metals; oxidative stress; nanoparticles; herbicides; abiotic stress in plants; phytoremediation; biomass valorisation
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Interests: carbon sequestration; water soluble organic matter; soil fertility; organic waste treatments
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Interests: natural gas hydrates; carbon capture and storage; methanation; gas mixture separation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Modern agriculture has a significant impact on climate change and contributes to environmental degradation and the depletion of natural resources. Furthermore, environmental stresses, often exacerbated by climate change, affect the productivity of cropping systems, reducing the quality of produce. It is therefore essential to develop and adopt innovative approaches that utilise specific biological and bio-based resources to enhance the sustainability of cropping systems whilst making agriculture more resilient and productive.
The valorisation of agro-industrial waste is an increasingly important strategy for reducing the environmental impact of agriculture and enhancing its sustainability. Agro-industrial activities produce vast quantities of biomass that can serve as valuable feedstock, enabling the production of innovative materials such as biostimulants, soil improvers, and fertilisers. Furthermore, within a biorefinery approach, then, after the recovery of certain components of interest such biomass can be directed towards anaerobic digestion for energy production. Digestate also represents an agronomic input of interest.
This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of innovative research on the potential of biomass to supply materials relevant to agricultural applications (plant–soil–rhizosphere) and energy production. In particular, research into the production of biostimulants, soil improvers, and (bio-)fertilisers from natural resources and waste will be considered. Studies on the production of biogas or biomethane from agro-industrial waste are also welcome.
Dr. Daniele Del Buono
Prof. Giovanni Gigliotti
Dr. Alberto Maria Gambelli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biobased
- waste valorisation
- biostimulants
- biofertilizers
- biogas
- soil improver
- sustainable agriculture
- crop productivity
- soil quality
- anaerobic digestion
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