In recent years, China has actively promoted the green transformation and low-carbon development of agriculture. New-type agricultural business entities such as family farms, specialized cooperatives and agro-processing enterprises have become import...
This study redesigns the supply chain of agricultural products in southwest China under the Belt and Road Initiative to improve its eco-efficiency by considering the associated agro-wastes flowing into bioenergy enterprise for energy production. Two...
Through the analysis of various typical cases, this study examines whether the establishment of an agro-product regional public brand (ARPB) can effectively boost the revenue of farmers and increase their share in the supply chain. The findings sugge...
To obtain higher yields, farmers may excessively use pesticides when they grow crops (like rice, vegetables, or fruit), causing moral hazard behavior. This paper examines how Chinese farmers’ moral hazard behavior in crop production is influenced by...
Microbial proteins, i.e., single-cell proteins or microbial biomass, can be cultivated for food and animal feed due to their high protein content and the fact that they represent a rich source of carbohydrates, minerals, fats, vitamins, and amino aci...
The importance and interest in the efficient use and valorization of agro-industrial residues and by-products have grown due to environmental problems associated with improper disposal. Biotechnological production processes, including microbial biosu...
Fermented foods play an important role in human nutrition due to their probiotic properties, improved nutrient absorption and potential health benefits. The incorporation of various agro-food byproducts into them leads to the production of innovative...
Pressure-driven membrane-based technologies represent a valid approach to reduce the environmental pollution of several agro-food by-products. Recently, in relation to the major interest for natural compounds with biological activities, their use has...
In recent years, concerns about a good-quality diet have increased. Food supplements such as prebiotics have great nutritional and health benefits. Within the diverse range of prebiotics, xylooligosaccharides (XOs) show high potential, presenting exc...
The bioproduction of 2-phenylethanol (2-PE), a high-value aromatic compound widely used in the fragrance, cosmetic, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, through yeast fermentation offers a sustainable alternative to chemical synthesis an...
The aim of this work was the extraction of phenolic compounds from several agro-food industry by-products and the determination of their antioxidant activity (AA). The highest extraction yields obtained were for the pineapple core, oat concentrate, a...
Proteins are essential constituents of animal feeds, which comprise mainly vegetable protein (e.g., soybean meal), which is produced and transported globally. The decoupling of protein-production and livestock-growth areas results in protein deficien...
This research presents bacterial cellulose (BC) filaments knitted from agro-industrial by-products. The fermentation media came from pressed fruit (beetroot, ginger, grape), vegetable beverages, bagasse with different concentrations (1/2.5, 1/5, 1/7....
In this study, we aimed to assess the availability and environmental impact of a selection of widespread agro-industrial by-products in Europe and their potential to reduce the environmental impact of small ruminant diets by replacing conventional fe...
Food and agro-industrial by-products provoke a great environmental and economic impact that must be minimized by adding value to these wastes within the framework of circular economy. The relevance of β-glucans obtained from natural sources (cer...
Due to its pleasant rosy scent, the aromatic alcohol 2-phenylethanol (2-PE) has a huge market demand. Since this valuable compound is used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, consumers and safety regulations tend to prefer natural methods for its...
Simultaneous aflatoxin (AFB1) and zearalenone (ZEN) contamination in agro-products have become widespread globally and have a toxic superposition effect. In the present study, we describe a highly sensitive and specific dual lateral flow immunochroma...
Sustainable livestock production is a critical component of global food security and environmental stewardship. Agricultural crop residues, such as cereal straws, stovers, and hulls, as well as agro-industrial by-products, including oilseed meals, di...
Breast cancer remains one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies and a leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women worldwide. The growing interest in natural bioactive compounds has highlighted plant-derived phytochemicals as promisi...
This review critically analyzes bioactive compounds derived from agro-industrial by-products, including polyphenols, natural pigments, dietary fiber, prebiotics, lipids, proteins, and bioactive peptides. The review examines their chemical characteris...
Background/Objectives: Mixotrophic cultivation of microalgae using agro-industrial by-products as supplements offers a sustainable strategy to enhance biomass production and bioactive compound synthesis. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of di...
Global food waste has a huge impact on the environment, as it is a source of greenhouse gas emissions and wasted natural resources. Across the world, over 30% of food is lost or wasted each year. Aside from this, the food industry, as well, is one of...
The sustainability of the agroproductive nodes of the Sonoran Desert is a function of environmental and water limitations, the degree of ecotechnological inclusion, and the strategic diversification of its production processes. The objective of this...
In this paper, wool carpet dye adsorption properties of nanoporous activated carbon materials (NCMs) prepared from bamboo agro-product is reported. Bamboo cane powder was chemically activated with phosphoric acid at different temperatures (400, 500,...
Large amounts of agro-industrial residues—such as grape pomace, olive mill wastewater, wheat straw, and cheese whey—pose disposal challenges and generate substantial environmental and economic burdens. Incorporating these by-products into...
Over the past years, research attention has been focusing more on waste-derived, naturally derived, and renewable materials, in the view of a more sustainable economy. In this work, different topical formulations were obtained from the valorization o...
The valorization of agro-industrial residues and by-products can improve resource efficiency and circularity, but implementation depends on more than technical performance. This scoping review mapped application-oriented valorization routes, their di...
The increasing environmental impact of petroleum-based plastics has intensified the need for renewable, biodegradable, active, and intelligent materials for food packaging and agricultural plasticulture. This review critically analyzes the potential...
Pleurotus ostreatus is among the most widely cultivated mushroom species on a global scale, valued for its relative ease of cultivation, excellent organoleptic qualities, and notable nutraceutical properties. P. ostreatus could use a wide range of by...
This study investigates agro-industrial by-products as sources of bioactive compounds, particularly focusing on phenolic compounds known for their antioxidant properties. With growing interest in natural alternatives to synthetic antioxidants due to...
The European Environment Agency believes that circular economy strategies could substantially contribute to CO2 emissions reduction. Therefore, it is necessary that the agro-industrial sector identifies sustainable technologies for side-stream manage...
The tropical house cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) can convert organic diets formulated from weeds and agro by-products into high-quality biomass. This study assessed the potential of diets developed from weeds and agro by-products as a feed source fo...
Evaluation of abundantly available agro-industrial by-products for their bioactive compounds and biological activities is beneficial in particular for the food and pharmaceutical industries. In this study, rapeseed meal, cottonseed meal and soybean m...
This study investigated the chemical composition, fermentation dynamics, fatty-acid profile, and polyphenolic evolution of two mixed silages designed to valorize agro-industrial by-products for ruminant feeding. Silages were produced by co-ensiling w...
At national and international level, mixed complex fertilizers are obtained using physical mixing [...]
Establishing a sustainable production system requires a more efficient utilization of resources and the adoption of cleaner production methodologies. Specifically, industrial symbiosis promotes collaboration among interconnected industries by exchang...
Proteases are key biocatalysts widely applied in the food, pharmaceutical, detergent, and environmental industries. One of the most costly steps in large-scale enzyme production is the preparation of the culture medium, making agro-industrial wastes...
Environmental change is currently considered a high-priority matter, both in the scientific community at large and at the institutional level of national and international governing bodies. Actually, an all-out effort seeks to investigate and advance...
Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for the plant life cycle. The agricultural management of phosphorus is complicated by the inefficient use of phosphorus by plants, consequent environmental losses, and the rapid consumption of slowly renewed ph...
Background: Agro-food supply chains possess specific characteristics due to the diverse nature of products involved and contribute to all three pillars of sustainability, making the optimal design of a sustainable agro-food supply chain a complex pro...
The world is confronted with the depletion of natural resources due to their unsustainable use and the increasing size of populations. In this context, the efficient use of by-products, residues and wastes generated from agro-industrial and food proc...
This study provides a practical and replicable improvement model for productivity and inspection reliability improvement in resource-constrained food logistics environments. This study presents an engineering-based optimization of productivity and pr...
A continuous effort is needed to develop sustainable production methods for industrial platform chemicals. B. succiniciproducens, a natural succinic acid-producer, can metabolize five and six carbon atoms containing sugars in pure form as well as fro...
The solid-state fermentation (SSF) of agro-industrial by-products such as okara, pomegranate peel, and cranberry pomace presents a sustainable approach to enhance the release of bioactive compounds. This study investigated the effects of different mi...
Natural deep eutectic solvents (NaDESs) have emerged as green and sustainable alternative solvents for extracting valuable bioactive compounds from agro-industrial by-products. NaDESs are stable, soluble, and biodegradable with low melting points and...
Due to the increasing size of the population, society faces several challenges for sustainable and adequate agricultural production, quality, distribution, and food safety in the strategic project portfolio selection (SPPS). The initial adaptation of...
Apple, pear and grape pomaces are underexploited sources of phenolic compounds, potential natural alternatives to synthetic antioxidants. This study evaluated their cold-macerated (4 °C) extracts in ghee and in butter packaged in active chitosan...
Rising population pressures and growing resource consumption underscore the urgent need for sustainable strategies in resource management and waste valorization. Agriculture and the agri-food industry generate substantial biomass residues that, when...
Nowadays, technological advancement is in continuous development in all areas, including food packaging, which tries to find a balance between consumer preferences, environmental safety, and issues related to food quality and control. The present pap...
To evaluate the agro-biological traits and select the promising populations of alfalfa under pedoclimatic conditions, field experiments were carried out in two locations of the Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (western Lithuani...
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