Developing circular agricultural production systems

Part 1 General issues

1. Circular, closed-loop agricultural systems: key principles and challenges: Rolf Meyer, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany;

2. Understanding and developing closed-loop nutrient cycles in crop production: Theun Vellinga, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands;

3. Closed-loop combined crop-livestock farming systems: Friedhelm Taube et al.;

4. Closed-loop precision farming technologies to optimize resource use: C. Maraveas and T. Bartzanas, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece;

Part 2 Re-using agricultural and other wastes

5. Using crop residues/by-products as livestock feed in a circular economy: Andre F. Brito and Kleves V. Almeida, University of New Hampshire, USA; and Luiz H. P. Silva, Western Kentucky University, USA;

6. Optimizing slurry management: David Fangueiro et al.;

7. Optimizing livestock manure as a biofertilizer and bioenergy source: V. Riau, L. Morey, R. C¡ceres, M. Cerrillo and A. Bonmat­, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Spain; and A. Robles, BETA Tech Center (UVIC-UCC), Spain;

8. Safe and sustainable use of bio-based fertilizers in agricultural production systems: April Leytem, Robert Dungan, Mindy Spiehs and Dan Miller, United States Department of Agriculture, USA;

Part 3 Co-products

9. Producing biogas from livestock manure and agricultural biomass: R. Fragoso, University of Lisbon, Portugal; D. Hidalgo, CARTIF Technology Center - Circular Economy Area, Spain; and M. Paterson, Kuratorium f¼r Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft e.V. (KTBL), Germany;

10. Multi-feedstock biorefineries for converting agricultural wastes and microalgae into co-products: Butch Bataller, University of the Philippines at Los Ba±os (UPLB), The Philippines; and Sergio Capareda, Texas A&M University, USA;

11. Developing bioplastics from agro-industrial wastes for applications in food packaging: Angela Marchetti, Gaia Salvatori and Lionel Tayou Nguemna, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Mattia Grumi, Ahmet Ozan Basar, Mar­a Pardo-Figuerez, Jose Maria Lagaron and Cristina Prieto, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA), Spain; Chiara Marcoaldi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy and Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA), Spain; Marianna Villano and Mauro Majone, Research Center for Applied Sciences to the Safeguard of Environment and Cultural Heritage (CIABC) and Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; and David Bolzonella, University of Verona, Italy;

12. Developing polyphenols from agricultural wastes: J. Echave, M. Fraga-Corral, S. Seyyedi-Mansour, L. Cassani, P. Garcia-Oliveira, Hui Cao, J. Simal-Gandara and M. A. Prieto, University of Vigo, Spain; and Jianbo Xiao, University of Vigo, Spain and Jiangsu University, China;

Part 4 Case studies

13. Developing closed-loop dairy value chains and tools to support decision-makers: Jack B. Hetherington, University of Adelaide/CSIRO Agriculture and Food/Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre, Australia; Pablo Juliano, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia; and Rodolfo Garc­a-Flores, CSIRO Data61, Australia;

14. Aquaponics: challenges and opportunities for commercial application: Lorenzo Rossi, Martina Puccinelli, Ilaria Marchioni, Luca Incrocci, Baldassare Fronte, Carlo Bibbiani and Alberto Pardossi, University of Pisa, Italy;