Abstract

Food wastage and its accumulation are becoming a critical problem around the globe due to continuous increase of the world population. The exponential growth in food waste is imposing serious threats to our society like environmental pollution, health risk, and scarcity of dumping land. There is an urgent need to take appropriate measures to reduce food waste burden by adopting standard management practices. Currently, various kinds of approaches are investigated in waste food processing and management for societal benefits and applications. Anaerobic digestion approach has appeared as one of the most ecofriendly and promising solutions for food wastes management, energy, and nutrient production, which can contribute to world's ever-increasing energy requirements. Here, we have briefly described and explored the different aspects of anaerobic biodegrading approaches for food waste, effects of cosubstrates, effect of environmental factors, contribution of microbial population, and available computational resources for food waste management researches.

Published in

BioMed Research International
2017, Volume: 2017, article number: 2370927
Publisher: HINDAWI LTD

SLU Authors

• Kushwaha, Sandeep Kumar

  • Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Chawade, Aakash

  • Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Associated SLU-program

Food Waste


Sustainable Development Goals

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns


UKÄ Subject classification

Renewable Bioenergy Research


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/2370927

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/81358