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Review Papers | Agricultural Engineering | India | Volume 7 Issue 1, January 2018

A Review: Utilization of Agricultural Waste in India

Vispute Pratik | Dabhade Surekha

Abstract: Agriculture plays a vital role in indias economy. Over 58 % rural households depends on the agriculture. In recent years agriculture and allied areas has been facing the challenges. Agricultural waste is non-product output of production and processing of agricultural products that may contain material that can be beneficial for human being. Generally, the agricultural wastes are generated from number of sources such as cultivation, livestock, Industrial means, etc. These types of wastes can be used for number of applications. Agricultural wastes produced by these number of ways are a great concern because of the problems of environmental pollution, rural sanitation, recycling and utilization. The present review aims to give the information on utilization of agricultural wastes into number of applications like biogas, bio-hydrogen, bioethanol, biofertilizers etc.

Keywords: Agriculture, Agricultural waste, Pollution, Utilization

Edition: Volume 7 Issue 1, January 2018,

Pages: 1879 - 1883