Report: Sustainable Physical Methods for Agricultural Waste Management

This report delves into sustainable physical methods for managing agricultural waste biomass, focusing on the environmental and economic benefits of these practices. The introduction highlights agriculture's role as a major waste generator and the importance of waste management for a healthy environment. The main body explores various aspects, including the management process, waste generation, collection, transportation, and treatment methods such as composting, incineration, and recycling. The report examines crop cultivation patterns for rice and wheat, detailing the types of waste generated and existing traditional waste management practices. It also explores innovative ideas for utilizing waste for cattle and human consumption, promoting a circular economy. Furthermore, it covers renewable energy sources and the difference between biomass and fossil fuels, emphasizing the conversion of biomass waste into usable fuel through gasification, pyrolysis, and fermentation. The conclusion summarizes the importance of sustainable waste management in agriculture and the potential for reducing environmental impact. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, offering valuable insights into sustainable agricultural practices.

SUSTAINABLE
PHYSICAL
METHODS USED
FOR THE
MANAGEMENT OF
AGRICULTURAL
WASTE BIOMASS
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Section -1,Sustainable physical methods used for the management of agricultural biomass....3
Section 2,Mention the pattern of crop cultivation, (rice)..........................................................10
Section 2.1,What type of waste comes from the crop rice?.....................................................12
Section 2.2,How does waste come from the crop rice..............................................................12
Section -3, Mention the pattern of crop cultivation, (wheat)....................................................13
Section 3.1,Mention what type of waste comes from wheat.....................................................16
Section-3.2,How does waste comes from the crop wheat.........................................................16
Section-3.3, Mention the existing traditional waste management............................................17
Section-4 Innovative new idea how waste can be used for the food of cattle and human
consumption..............................................................................................................................17
Section-4.1, summery the cropping pattern and waste management........................................17
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................18
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................19
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INTRODUCTION
Agriculture is demonstrated as largest contributor of any resource sector in the field of
economy, this is also large generator of waste materials. The term agriculture this is also called
farming, which is the cultivation of plants, fungi, animals, and in addition other life forms for
fibre, food, drugs and biofuel, and additionally other products which are used to sustain and
improve human life. Waste management helps in maintaining a healthy environment in a proper
manner for the farm animals and in additionally this could reduce the requirement for the
fertilizers whilst other nutrients are needed for the crop production. The use of industrial wastes
and agriculture this is an essential component of sustainable agriculture for the purpose of
closing nutrient cycle on regional, global and local scale. Agricultural waste this is mainly
composed of organic wastes which includes animal excreta in the form of farmyard manures and
slurries, soiled water, spent mushroom compost and silage effluent. Furthermore there are
different types of waste such as natural waste, plant waste and animal waste (Joshi, Visvanathan,
and et. al., 2019).
Plant waste and examples are given below;
Husk, weeds, cattle wastes these are the agricultural wastes.
Animal wastes
Animal dung, waste feeds, urine etc.
Agro-industrial wastes
 Sugar cane: Peals and Molasses
Section -1, Sustainable physical methods used for the management of agricultural biomass
Agriculture waste is defined as collective term which have been used for all the non- economical
substances , hence produced by agricultural operations which includes crop residue, roots, and
live stock waste etc .In the references and is used because there are many authors.
 This is a waste produced further which is resulted into several agriculture operations such
as (bagasse, straw,roots and peels etc).
 This commonly includes manure and in addition other wastes from poultry houses,
farms, and slaughter houses.
Agricultural production this process has been expanding as well as naturally resulted in increase
quantities of agro-industrial by products, agricultural crop residues and livestock waste.]
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1.1 Management process
There are many management process which includes source, generation, transportation,
collection, treatment processes, disposal.
1.2 Generation
 France is the largest agricultural producer in Europe as well as this is second largest
exporter of goods (Matheri, and et. al., 2018).
 There is major quantity of solid wastes which are generated from the agricultural sources
for example wheat straw, sugar cane baggage, waste of vegetables, paddy and husk, food
products, cotton stalk, coconut husk, oil production and mill waste.
1.3 Collection
 Collected waste includes green waste,dry refuse and animal dung fro the agriculture field.
 Wastes are usually collected from road street or side.
 Wastes those are collected from houses like fruit and vegetable waste they are alkso
known as domestic waste .
There are different types of wastes which have been mentioned below;
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(Source: Waste Calculator)
1.4 Transportation Process:
 Waste which are collected from agriculture field and road side then they are transported
to the discomposed site and further treatment is held by trailers, carts, trucks.
 Those wastes which are not transported for the treatment process, then they are used
directly disposal to the sanitary land.
 Wastes can not be burned in the open air so due to this reason they are transported to
incineration.
1.5 Treatment process
There are several treatment process which are performed on agriculture waste mentioned below:
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Types of wastes

 While dealing with with agriculture waste should be followed health and safety
regulations.
 There should be written instructions for disposing or storing each and every type waste.
 Dispose of wastes, if this is identified that cannot use preparation for reuse, prevention,
recycling or any other different recovery method. There are 3 methods of trreatment
process they are composting, incineration and recycling.
2.0 Composting
Composting this is a method in which organic matter are present in the agriculture waste and
further decomposed by anaerobically and aerobically throughout the chemical process and
furthermore converted into humus.
2.1 Composting is divided into three steps of operation.
Preparation of agricultural waste – They should be reasonably free of soil, dirt and visible
surface. They should be arranged properly thus it would burn with a minimum of smoke.
Decomposition- waste is usually decomposed by three ways, they are nadep system,
anaerobically decomposition and vermiculture decomposition.
2.2 Management of recycling agro- wastes.
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Agro-Waste

(Source: Waste Management, Reduction, Reuse & Recycling)
2.3 Conventional energy- There are conventional sources mentioned below;
 Fossil fuel – oil, coal, and gas they are present in limited amount therefore canot be
replaced.
 Nuclear fuels- They do have limited amount of uranium for the the purpose of nuclear
fission reactor no matter if the advanced technologies permit to reprocess the used fuel.
 This is very difficulty to evaluate nowadays how will not renewable fuels would last, but
most of them causes problems in the terms of environmental sustainability and in
economics. The pollution which is caused due to emission for fossil fuel they cause main
problems.
3.0 Renewable energy
1.- Renewable energy this is also known as sustainable energy who's sources comes from the
natural environment and on the other hand this energy could be renewed.
2.- This energy mainly exist in perpetually form as well as abundance in the environment.
3- This is nearly inexhaustible.
4- Such kind of energy is a clean alternative to fossil fuels.
5- The energy which is derived from the natural process that is plenished continuously and in
addition defined as the renewable energy.
Renewable energy sources are mentioned in the framework of EU policies.
 Renewable energy sources they do plays a key role in accomplishing the European goals,
when there is energy supply as well as demand for the climate change .
 Renewable energy source they usually expect to make economic growth more and more
sustainable.
 Renewable energy source they could trigger the dynamic growth in addition for the
foreseeable future.
European energy does meet three challenges
 How to get a predictable and secure energy supply as well as that could be affordable too
at reasonable price.
 How to develop more eco- friendly energy related policies.
Issues on challenge n.1
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1. In the terms of Europe, there is a strong dependence is held regarding fossil fuels, this is
why European atomic energy community and European coal and steel community they
were founded to generate a single as well as stable energy in the market of Europe.
2. The energy policy of European union they assure about the functioning of the economy in
a proper manner and the welfare of citizens, and in addition the process of continuation
of physical availability which is often related to the energy products on the market along
with the affordable price to all the group of consumers in this way they do respect the
environment and sustainable development.
Issues on challenge n.2
 The issues which rises in terms of energy are strictly connected to the climate changes.
 When international scenario was held European they shows specific sensitivity to the
environmental problems , so this could be called cornerstone of the European foreign
policy.
 The gases of greenhouse which is often contributed to the climate change and global
warming therefore they should be controlled and reduced at the same time.
3.1 Energy and climate change package
The European they must utilise or exploit, their position because they have second largest energy
market in the world and they are also world leader in demand management and along with this
promoting of renewable energy sources.
4.0 Forest biomass
Forest biomass could be divided into biomass from the primary forest products which includes
industrial round wood, and stem wood and primary forest residues are logging residues,
secondary forest residues includes ( wood mostly processing industrial residues such as
bark,black liquor,and sawdust and along with this wood wastes which includes post- consumer
wood, construction and demolition wood.
Biomass is usually defined as a garbage . In other words this is explained as biological material
which is probably derived from living organisms , in the relevance of biomass for energy , this
could be used as mean plant based material, but the biomass this can be applied for bith animal
and vegetables derived material in a equal manner.
Chemical composition
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Biomass can be achieved from million physical forms and it is composed typically of;
Cellulose- 50%
Hemi cellulose- 25%
Legnin – 25%
Most of the biomass they can be repres3ented as – CH .4Oo.6
Plant material – The carbon which is used to produce the biomass is absorbed fro the
atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (co2) they often uses energy from the sun. These
process goes on as long as there are plants on the earth and this part is known as carbon cycle.
5.0 Fossil fuel
Fossil fuels which includes oil, coal and gas they are also derived from the biological material ,
the material which was absorbed as CO2 from the atmosphere million of years ago.As a fuel they
also offers high energy density, but at the same time using that energy which involves burning
the fuel with the procedure of oxidation from carbon to carbo dioxide and in addition hydrogen
to water vapour. Until they are stored and captured , the combustion products are commonly
released to the atmosphere , therefore increasing atmospheric concentration.
5.1 Difference between biomass and fossil fuel
Biomass usually takes out the carbon from the atmosphere when it grows and returned it as it
burned. However if it is handled on the sustainable basis, then further biomass can be harvested
being a part of constantly replenished crop. This could be because of arboriculture or woodland
management, further being a part of the continuation of replanting , the new growth commonly
takes up co2 from the atmosphere at the same time in order to release combustion related to the
previous harvest. This process maintains a closed carbon cycle and in this process no net increase
in the terms of atmospheric co2 levels. There are five basic categories which are related to the
biomass material, they are given below;
 Virgin wood – These are obtained from arboricultural and forestry activities or from the
wood processing.
 Energy crops- The high yielding crops , they are particularly grown for the purpose of
energy application.
 Food wastes – These can be obtained from drink and food manufacture and post –
consumer waste.
 Agricultural residues – These residues gets from agriculture processing and harvesting.
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 Industrial waste and co- products- These could arrived from industrial and manufacturing
processes.
5.2 Conversion of biomass waste into useable fuel
Gasification – Solid fuel is exposed to the high temperature and the limited amount of oxygen
produces biogas.
Pyrolysis – The process of heating the biomass could produce phenol oil and pyrolysis oil as
leaving charcoal.
Dig - The bacteria which is present in oxygen starved environment this process could
produce methane.
Fermentation – Bio- material this is used to manufacture ethanol and biodiesel is manufactured
by the process of anaerobic biological, in this process sugars are converted to alcohol by
following the action of micro- organisms, mainly yeast.
Solid fuel combustion – In this process direct combustion of solid matter.
5.3 Biomass Advantages
 Biomass this could be found on every square of the earth as trees, seaweed, dung.
 Biomass is very abundant.
 Biomass is quite easier to convert portable fuel as high energy which includes gas and
alcohol.
 This is very low in sulphur and along with this reduces the production of acid rain.
Section 2,Mention the pattern of crop cultivation, (rice)
Rice this is one of the major crops and it is consumed in a abundant quantity. As the population
have been increasing everyday, this is increasing the demand of rice production. The previous
studies shows that demand of rice has raised about 1.8% per year. This is becoming very
challenging to increase the rice production by having limited water resources and land.
Especially under the certain conditions such as weather which are driven by the climate change
and extreme floods. The development of rice could be defined in three important stages they are
reproductive stage, vegetative stage, additionally maturity stage. The vegetative stage this
commonly takes from sowing to 35-55 days and depends on the varieties of rice on the other
hand maturity and reproductive stage they usually takes 30 days for all the varieties of rice. The
growth of rice could be affected by several factors for example water allocation, rainfall and air
temperature, and in addition artificial factors such as pesticides and fertilizers. The majority of
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rice they have short duration varieties average 85-95 days and there are very few rice varieties
which are grown with duration of 95 to 105 days.
Rice usually grown in the three distinct cropping seasons which includes winter and spring
which begins from December to march as well as in summer autumn from the mid- April to mid-
august.
1.0 Preparation of field
Paddy farmers they makes their field ready before the rainy season. Furthermore weeds are
completely cleared and field is ploughed by tractors and buffaloes. Then fertilizers and manures
are added to the soil, after this whole portion of field is remained covered with water about 2.5
cm. In this way field is ready in order to receive the seedling from the nursery.
2.0 Transplantation
Commonly paddy seedlings they are firstly prepared in the nursery afterwards they are
transplanted in the field after about 40 days. There are some countries like Sri Lanka they sown
the seeds directly in the field, then seedling begin to sprout when the rain comes. This have been
seen that transplanting is greater as compared to direct sowing. Therefore transplanted paddy
they also grows faster because of maintaining regular spacing as well as gets matured in a shorter
period.
3.0 Field maintenance
Paddy field they gradually requires regular maintenance which includes thinning and weeding ,
and the level of water should also be maintained according to the growth, the fields should be
drained dry before the crop is harvested.
4.0 Harvesting
Traditionally this system has been followed that harvesting can be done through the sharp edge
knife and curved knife. This procedure is very labour – intensive. The process of harvesting is
usually done in the dry season, during the sunny weather. There are mechanical combines which
mainly cuts and thresh these are used in japan.
Threshing, winnowing and milling
When the paddy stalks are collected and then dried for a brief spell , this means their threshing is
already done. By beating the sheaves usually the grains gets separated from the stalks. Presently
threshing machines has been developed. Winnowing this is a process which removes unwanted
particles. There is on e simplest way of doing it pour the paddy down fro the height during a
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windy day to the big square mat to the open ground. When the grains fall to the mat after that
lighter chaff blows out. The term milling means removing the yellowish husk from the paddy
thus to obtained the white polished rice. In this procedure , in a rice mill paddy is usually passed
between the various sets of roller and huller until it is polished or milled(Li, Xiang, and et. al.,
2018).
Characteristics
The rice plants mainly depends on soil fertility.
Height – 1-1.8 m (3 ft 3 in -5 ft 11) tall
Leaves – They contains long and slender leaves 50-100 cm and broad 2-2.5 cm.
They mostly produce small flowers like wind -pollinated about 30 -50 cm long.
Section 2.1,What type of waste comes from the crop rice?
Rice hulls and rice straws, husk these are the wastes comes from the rice crop.
Section 2.2,How does waste come from the crop rice.
There are many rice industries which generates wastes in the large quantities. There are some
solid wastes which includes husk, ash, straw, and broken rice, bran. When rice straws are burned
they leaves emits trace gases which include methane, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and carbon
monoxide and along with this larger quantity of particulate matters , they mainly affects the
environment and the human health. Rice straw this is waste used for the animal feeding or
animal fodder( Blanchard, and et. al., 2020).
5.0 Summery of crop rice
Rice seed this is consumed as a staple food globally. It belongs with the species of Oryza sativa.
Rice produces wastes like rice straw while burning remains some trace gases like nitrogen and
carbon dioxide and such kind of wastes are used as animal fodder. In the northern Europe there
was annual consumption which ranges from 3.5 to 5.5 kg of milled rice.
Section -3, Pattern of crop cultivation, (wheat).
Wheat is cultivated in a wide range , and this is known as staple food across the world. There are
several species of which which altogether makes a genus Triticum but the common wheat which
is grown widely is (T.aestivum). The record shows that wheat was firstly cultivated in the fertile
crescent regions in 9600 BCE. According to botanically the term wheat kernel , this is kind of
fruit which is known as caryopsis. Wheat requires more land areas compared to other food crops
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