Evolution of the olive oil industry along the entire production chain and related waste management

G Di Giacomo, P Romano - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The production of olive oil involves the sustainable management of the waste produced
along the entire production chain. This review examines the developments regarding …

Organic fertilization and tree orchards

T Chatzistathis, V Kavvadias, T Sotiropoulos… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Organic fertilization has been proposed as an alternative approach to supply nutrients for
crops, in the frame of organic and sustainable agriculture, with the aim to decrease high …

Recycling agricultural wastes and by-products in organic farming: Biofertilizer production, yield performance and carbon footprint analysis

M Diacono, A Persiani, E Testani, F Montemurro… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Circular Economy concept implies the re-design of existing production systems in
agriculture, by promoting agricultural waste recycling. In an organic zucchini—lettuce …

Application of compost of two-phase olive mill waste on olive grove: Effects on soil, olive fruit and olive oil quality

A Fernández-Hernández, A Roig, N Serramiá… - Waste Management, 2014 - Elsevier
Composting is a method for preparing organic fertilizers that represents a suitable
management option for the recycling of two-phase olive mill waste (TPOMW) in agriculture …

Food and agricultural wastes-derived biochars in combination with mineral fertilizer as sustainable soil amendments to enhance soil microbiological activity, nutrient …

A Mustafa, M Brtnicky, T Hammerschmiedt… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The ever-increasing human population associated with high rate of waste generation may
pose serious threats to soil ecosystem. Nevertheless, conversion of agricultural and food …

Valorization of winery and oil mill wastes by microbial technologies

JJ Mateo, S Maicas - Food Research International, 2015 - Elsevier
Agro-food industrial wastes represent a serious environmental problem in producing
countries. In addition to the traditional irrigation with wastewaters, application of solids to the …

Chemical and biological characteristics of organic amendments produced from selected agro-wastes with potential for sustaining soil health: A laboratory assessment

KMT Sulok, OH Ahmed, CY Khew, JAM Zehnder… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sustaining soil health cannot be divorced from sustainable crop production. Organic, or
natural, farming is being promoted as a good sustainable agriculture practice. One aspect of …

Composting of three phase olive mill solid waste using different bulking agents

AKMMB Chowdhury, MK Michailides… - International …, 2014 - Elsevier
Pilot-scale experiments were carried out to produce good quality, low-cost composting
technology from three phase olive mill solid waste (olive pomace, OP) using rice husk (RH) …

Short-term impacts of pomace application and Pseudomonas bacteria on soil available phosphorus

N Ghorbanzadeh, M Mahsefat, MB Farhangi… - Biocatalysis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study was conducted with the aim of investigating phosphorus release from pomace or
solid olive waste in the presence of phosphorus solubilizing Pseudomonas bacteria. A multi …

[HTML][HTML] Analytical pyrolysis (Py-GC-MS) for the assessment of olive mill pomace composting efficiency and the effects of compost thermal treatment

MP Rueda, F Comino, V Aranda… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Composting is an interesting solution for recycling the large amount of residues typically
generated in olive oil production areas, particularly olive mill pomace. Bulking agents must …