Minimizing waste

• On farm

• During transport

• During storage

Minimizing waste through

• Storage of agro produce, including cold storage

• Connect with the market

• Efficient logistics

• Efficient cultivation practices to reduce wastage

• Improved awareness of farmers about market needs

• Improved weather intelligence

• On-farm processing challenges for recovering value from agri waste

• On-farm processing of harvested agro produce

• Packaging of harvested agro produce

• Contamination management of post harvest produce

• Sustainable drying of agro produce

• Effective agro produce logistics

• Collaboration with other farmers for sustainable post harvest best practices

Use of IT & digital

Enabling policies

Education & capacity building

Utilization of agricultural waste

• Conversion to power

• Conversion for heating

• Conversion to biofuels

• Agricultural waste to bioplastics

• Agricultural waste to sustainable packaging materials

• Agricultural waste to biochar

• Agricultural waste to compost & soil nutrient

• Agricultural waste to cosmetics

• Agricultural waste to products for human health & wellness

• Agricultural waste to high-value bio-products

• Agricultural waste for construction materials

• Challenges for recovering value from agri waste

Collaboration between farmers and:

• With industry & businesses & entrepreneurs

• With government

• With logistics providers

• With researchers & academia

• With financial investors 

Trends in different regions

• North America

• South America

• Europe

• Asia

• Middle East & Africa

• Oceania