Microbial Biodegradation of the Agricultural Wastes for Environmental Sustainability

Agricultural wastes are of serious concern and that is increasing globally towards environmental perspectives. Wastage of agricultural inputs, raw materials or food processing industries due to various agrarian and man-made activities is huge. This solid waste which is either being discarded by humans in their daily activities or an obligatory residue of agricultural processes is severely harming our environment. It is strongly debated that such issues need to be addressed very emphatically for sustainable development of ourselves and our surroundings. Lots of economic benefits can be obtained by reducing the food loss or converting the agricultural waste into useful products and these advantages can be in the form of better food security, reduced production cost, biodegradable products, and environment sustainability with cleaner options to reduce the ever-increasing global problem of garbage and waste management. Proper management of these substances can considerably lessen the risks to individual health. Reprocessing of waste is of great advantage as agricultural wasteshave many components which may form an available resource to be converted to another useful product. There are of several approaches which have been exercised for converting the agricultural wastes into useful products. Microbial biodegradation of the agricultural wastes and the conversion into value added products could meet the economic and environmental demands to reduce land pollution, whilst benefiting from the generated products.