Biotechnology for Agro-Industrial Residues Utilisation: Utilisation of Agro-Residues

by Poonam Nee'nigam

Residues from agriculture and the food industry consist of many and varied wastes, in total accounting for over 250 million tonnes of waste per year in the UK alone. Biotechnological processing of these residues would allow these waste products to be used as a resource, with tremendous potential. An extensive range of valuable and usable products can be recovered from what was previously considered waste: including fuels, feeds and pharmaceutical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140209941X
• ISBN13: 9781402099410
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.4"