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Valorizing Food Waste (Banana Peel) Into an Edible Product: A Study on the Effect of Banana Peel Flour on the Physicochemical, Antioxidant, Textural, and Sensory Properties of Cookies

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
This study investigated the impact of banana peel flour (BPF) incorporation on cookies' nutritional, functional, physical, and antioxidant properties. The inclusion of BPF led to significant changes in the moisture, protein, crude fat, and ash contents of the developed cookies.
Km. Gudiya, Tariq Khan, Faizan Ahmad, Shubhangi Nigam   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fermentation profile and bioactive component retention in honeysuckle residue silages inoculated with lactic acid bacteria: A promising feed additive for sustainable agriculture

Industrial Crops and Products
Non-medicinal parts of honeysuckle, including leaves, vines, and stems, are rich in bioactive compounds but are often discarded, leading to resource wastage and environmental pollution. Meanwhile, the reliance on traditional animal feed supplemented with
Yanfang Wu, Yi Xiao, Charles Obinwanne Okoye, Lu Gao, Xunfeng Chen, Yongli Wang, Jianxiong Jiang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Second-generation biofuels : economics and policies [PDF]

Recent increases in production of crop-based (or first-generation) biofuels have engendered increasing concerns over potential conflicts with food supplies and land protection, as well as disputes over greenhouse gas reductions.
Carriquiry, Miguel A., Du, Xiaodong, Timilsina, Govinda R   +2 more
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Topological Properties of International Commodity Market: How Uncertainty Affects the Linkages?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study aims to explore the network topology of the international commodity market by examining the interconnections among 21 commodity futures across various categories, including energy, precious and industrial metals, and agriculture. We analyze the market structure of these commodity futures under both low and high uncertainty conditions
Ibrahim Yagli, Bayram Deviren
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of a Salt-Tolerant and Cold-Adapted Xylanase from Bacillus cellulosilyticus

BioResources, 2016
A xylanase (Xyn10A) gene from the saline-alkali-tolerant microorganism Bacillus cellulosilyticus DSM 2522 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3).
Jianzhong Sun, Sailing Shi, Jian Wu, Rongrong Xie, Alei Geng, Dao Chen Zhu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling the Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of Biofuels [PDF]

This paper provides a general overview of the social, environmental, and economical issues related to biofuels and a review of economic modeling of biofuels. The increasing importance of biofuels is driven primarily by government policies since currently
Karel Janda, David Zilberman, Ladislav Kristoufek   +2 more
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A brief review on factors affecting the performance of microbial fuel cell and integration of artificial intelligence

Discover Sustainability
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) represent a promising bioelectrochemical technology that enables simultaneous wastewater treatment and renewable energy generation.
Ritesh Ojha, Jyotilagna Dash, Swati Sucharita Satpathy, Priti Chhanda Ojha, Debabrata Pradhan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lignin Degradation by Klebsiella aerogenes TL3 under Anaerobic Conditions

Molecules
Lignin, the largest non-carbohydrate component of lignocellulosic biomass, is also a recalcitrant component of the plant cell wall. While the aerobic degradation mechanism of lignin has been well-documented, the anaerobic degradation mechanism is still ...
Zhuowei Tu, Alei Geng, Yuhua Xiang, Anaiza Zayas-Garriga, Hao Guo, Daochen Zhu, Rongrong Xie, Jianzhong Sun   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A DYNAMIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS OF U.S. BIOFUELS PRODUCTION [PDF]

With the rising global interest in energy security and climate change mitigation, biofuels have gained the prominent attention of researchers and policy makers. The U.S. has emerged as the leading producer of biofuels and is aiming for achieving a target
Birur, Dileep K., Beach, Robert H., Davis, Lauren M., Ross, Martin T.   +3 more
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