From Horticultural Waste to High-value Agronomic Inputs: A Critical Narrative Review of Biostimulants, Growing Media, Biochar and Nutrient Recovery
Dipak Kumar Murmu, Prerna Baraily, Shahil Reza & Hasina Begam · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2026
Horticultural production, post-harvest handling and fruit and vegetable processing generate heterogeneous residual streams that are increasingly framed as feedstocks for a circular bioeconomy. Their conversion into agronomic inputs is attractive because it can couple waste preven...