Cassava is the third significant source of calories after rice and maize in tropical countries.
The annual production of cassava crop is approximately 550 million metric tons (MMT) …

There is a growing interest in the utilisation of biomass for a range of applications. Coupled
with this is the appeal of improving the circular economy and as such, there is a focus on …

In Colombia, agriculture and livestock production, and the processing agroindustry
(including slaughterhouses) are a significant source of biomass wastes, which often …

The treatment of waste biomass (sawdust) through co-pyrolysis with refinery oily sludge was
carried out in a fixed-bed reactor. Response surface method was applied to evaluate the …

The development of a benign environmental catalyst for the generation of biodiesel is an
area of importance to reduce the overall usage of fossil fuels. In the current work, biochar …

The growing market for pellets used to produce energy requires research on new feedstocks
and technologies (pyrolysis) that increase the energy potential of these products. Thus, the …

Converting agricultural waste into value-added biopesticides to replace chemical pesticides
for plant protection is a good alternative for environmental sustainability and resource …

Carbonization and activation have been exploited as an economic and efficient approach
toward the production of porous activated carbon monolith derived from green stem of …

In the present study, a novel magnetic sulfonated solid acid catalyst was synthesized using
cassava peel, a biomass waste, by incorporating Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles. The cassava peel …

The use of plastic materials is forecasted to double by 2030 in Africa. The increase in plastic
demand presents an opportunity to develop biopolymers such as polyhydroxyalkanoates …