Professor Gustavo Molina graduated in Food Engineering, earned his Master’s degree (2010) and his PhD (2014) at the University of Campinas – Unicamp (Campinas – Brazil), and part of his doctoral research was developed at the Laboratoire de Génie Chimique et Biochimique at the Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand – France). Since 2013, he is Associate Professor at UFVJM (Diamantina – Brazil) in Food Engineering and supervisor of students and researchers, being the head of the Laboratory of Food Biotechnology and conducting scientific and technical research. Dr. Minaxi Sharma is currently working as ERA Chair VALORTECH-Senior Research Scientist, Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU), Tartu, Estonia. She is also the Assistant Professor, Department of Food Technology, Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. Dr Rachid Benhida is currently Director of research at CNRS (DR1), Co-Director of the ICN institute for more than 8 years, and team leader of Bioactive Molecules’ team. He received his Ph.D. from University of Paris XI, Orsay, France. Prof. Vipin Chandra KALIA received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Genetics from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI.), New Delhi, India. He superannuated as Deputy Director, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB), New Delhi, India, in 2016. He was Emeritus Scientist at CSIR-IGIB in 2017. Since 2018, as a Professor Department of Chemical Engineering at Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea,Franciele Maria Pelissari graduated in Food Engineering; earned her master’s degree (2009) at the University of Londrina (UEL), Londrina, Brazil; and her PhD (2013) at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil. Since 2013, she has been associate professor at the Institute of Science and Technology program at the Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina, Brazil, in Food Engineering, and also full professor in the graduate program in Food Science and Technology.Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta received his PhD in Microbiology in the year 2009 from Dr RML Avadh University, India. Currently, he is working as an Associate Professor (Biochemistry) at AgroBioSciences (AgBS)/Chemical & Biochemical Sciences (CBS), UM6P University, Morocco. Prof. Ramesh Chander Kuhad is M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D. in Microbiology and has been working as Vice-Chancellor at the Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh. He is also the Chairman of Indian Academy of Microbiological Sciences and has served as Member, University Grants Commission and the Joint Director of Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL), University of Delhi, Delhi.

• Sustainable management of agri-food waste valorisation: Current status Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Supta Sarkar, Monika Sharma, Sridhar Kandi, Ekta Belwal, Srinu Dhanavath, Pradeepa Roberts, Kairam Narsaiah, Amarjeet Kaur, Zeba Usmani, Minaxi SharmaMicrobial Processing on Agri-Wastes to Volatile Fatty Acids Fateme Asadi, Fatemeh Nouri, Mohammad TaheriMicrobial valorization of pomegranate waste: food and health applications Armando RobledoMicrobial valorization of agri-waste for single cell protein: current status Simranjeet Singh, Dhriti Kapoor, Savita Bhardwaj, Dhriti Sharma, Mamta Pujari, Praveen C Ramamurthy, Joginder SinghBIOVALORIZATION OF AGRI-WASTE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYPHENOLS Marco Túlio Pardini Gontijo, José Guilherme Prado MartinValorization of Food Waste via Fermentation: Ethanol and Biogas Production from Agriculture Food waste Hiba N. Abu Tayeh, Manal Haj-Zaroubi, Hassan AzaizehSugarcane waste: current scenario in microbial valorization for biomolecules Juliana da Conceição Infante, Rosymar Coutinho de Lucas, Tássio Brito de Oliveira, Thiago Machado Pasin, Vivian Machado Benassi, David Lee NelsonAdvances on the valorization of wastes generated by different coffee processing Cintia Lacerda Ramos, Disney Ribeiro Dias, Rosane Freitas SchwanCoffee husk waste valorization using thermal pretreatment associated to bioprocess to produce bioproducts: characterization, kinetic, economic assessment, and challenges Nayara Clarisse Soares Silva, Yasmim Arantes da Fonseca, Aline Gomes de Oliveira Paranhos, Oscar Fernando Herrera Adarme, Sérgio Francisco de Aquino, Leandro Vinícius Alves Gurgel, Juan Daniel Valderrama Rincón, Héctor Javier Luna Wandurraga, Bruno Eduardo Lobo BaêtaValorization of pectin from fruit wastes for sustainable production of value-added compounds by Actinomycetes Suneetha Vuppu, Praveen Kumar, Arjun ChinamgariMicrobial recycling of feather waste into value added products Suneetha Vuppu, Arjun Chinamgari Soybean Meal Carbohydrates Wasted and the Microbial Role for Improved Digestibility Kyle D. Teague, Lucas E. Graham, X. Hernandez-Velasco, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias, Billy M. Hargis, Samuel J. RochellMicrobial valorization of beverage crop residues Varun EMicrobial role in nano-nutrient production and its potential in agriculture J. C. TarafdarVolume Two Microbial valorization of food wastes to value-added commercial products Vipin Chandra KaliaProduction of bacterial exopolysaccharides from agroindustrial substrates Prof. Carlos André Veiga BurkertMicrobial bioprocessing of agri-food wastes to AD Helen Treichel"Bioconversion of agri-food wastes into biopolymers: A step towards circularbioeconomy" Angelita da Silveira MoreiraAgro-food wastes for sustainable PHB production by microalgae Jorge Alberto Vieira CostaChallenges for utilizing inexpensive agro-food wastes for the microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates Anastasia A. PantazakiValorization of lignocellulosic biomass into polyhydroxyalkanoates using microbial fermentation Shashi Kant BhatiaSustainable production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from agri-food waste: molecular and bioengineering aspects Carlos PeñaMicrobial valorization of agri-waste for the production of surfactants Bidyut SahaMicrobes bioconversion of agri-waste for soil health and crop productivity Sindhu RaveendranBioconversion of agro-wastes by microalgae for application as biofertilizers Jorge Alberto Vieira CostaBioconversion of agri-waste to Biogas through microbial digestion Xin YinSustainable bioeconomy for seaweed in the food and pharmaceutical industry applications: An overview Héctor A. RuizVolume Three Application of microbial enzymes in the production of prebiotics using agroindustrial residues Larissa O. F. Rocha Cintia Lacerda RamosMicrobial enzymes in processing agri wastes to bioethanol Helen Treichel, Thamarys Scapini, Caroline Dalastra, Jessica Zanivan, Jéssica Mulinari, Sérgio Luiz Alves Jr., Gislaine FongaroAmylase production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Sindhu Raveendran, Jalaja Vidya, K R RekhaMol, ReesaMol G Vaz, Arsha G Madhu, Gincy Marina Mathew, Parameswaran Binod, Ashok PandeyIndustrial xilanase production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Gabrielle Victoria Gautério, Luiz Claudio Simões Corrêa Junior, Taiele Blumberg Machado, Mariana Vilar Castro da Veiga de Mattos, Janaina Fernandes de Medeiros Burkert, Susana Juliano KalilPectinases production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Asma Hanif, Muhammad SohailTannase production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Azlina Binti Mansor, Noraini Samat, Noriha Mat Amin, Mohammad Syaril Ramli, Raseetha SivaLipases production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Bruno Roswag Machado, Mariano Michelon, Lucielen Oliveira dos Santos, Susan HartwigProteases production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Satya Laxmi, Girijasankar GuntukuValorization of Agro-Industrial Waste Through Microbes for Production of Industrial Protease Shweena Krishnani, Niharika Rishi, Rachna Yadav, Rajni SinghVolume Four Microbial valorization of tomato waste for the extraction of carotenoids: Food applications Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Suman Biyyani, Gopinath Mummaleti, Aparna Kuna, Pradeepa Roberts, Kairam Narsaiah, Chayanika Sarma, Monika Sharma, Gauri Dutt Sharma, Zeba Usmani, Minaxi SharmaBio-Valorization of Citrus-Waste for the Production of Bioactive Molecules for Food Applications Suman KashyapAgri-Food Waste Utilization: Obtaining Protein Hydrolysates and Bioactive Peptides as Functional Ingredient for Food Application Jessika Gonçalves dos Santos Aguilar, Ruann Janser Soares de Castro, Hélia Harumi Sato Microbial Fructo-Oligosaccharides Derived From Agri-Food Waste Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Gopinath Mummaleti, Reshu Rajput, Ritika Modi, Chayanika Sarma, Gazula Himabindu, Yarrakula Srinivas, Monika Sharma, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Zeba Usmani, Minaxi SharmaValorization of Vegetal Wastes for the Production of Antioxidants and Vitamins Lopamudra Sahu, Ritesh Pattnaik, and Sandeep K. PandaMicrobial Production of Citric Acid by Agro-Industrial Residues From Solid-State Cultivation Bastos, R.G.; Campanhol, B.S., Ribeiro- Muraca, H.C.; Hewitt, D.V.M.Agricultural Wastes: A Feedstock for Citric Acid Production Through Microbial Pathway Saloni Sachdeva, Rajesh Banu, Yogalakshmi K NMicrobial Production of Lactic Acid Using Agri-Food Wastes Thamylles Thuany Mayrink Lima, Dalila Luzia de Oliveira Soares,José Guilherme Prado MartinLactic Acid Production Using Agro-Industrial Waste in Terms of Circular Bioeconomy and Biorefinery: Advances and Perspectives Ana Mendoza, Shiva, Rosa M. Rodríguez-Jasso1, Elia Tomás-Pejó and Héctor A. RuizMicrobial Valorisation of Agroindustrial Wastes for the Generation of Novel Food Flavours Mário Cesar Jucoski Bier, Renata Gomes, Khiomara Khemeli Dellani de Lima and Adriane Bianchi Pedroni Medeiros

Professor Gustavo Molina graduated in Food Engineering, earned his Master’s degree (2010) and his PhD (2014) at the University of Campinas – Unicamp (Campinas – Brazil), and part of his doctoral research was developed at the Laboratoire de Génie Chimique et Biochimique at the Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand – France). Since 2013, he is Associate Professor at UFVJM (Diamantina – Brazil) in Food Engineering and supervisor of students and researchers, being the head of the Laboratory of Food Biotechnology and conducting scientific and technical research. Dr. Minaxi Sharma is currently working as ERA Chair VALORTECH-Senior Research Scientist, Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU), Tartu, Estonia. She is also the Assistant Professor, Department of Food Technology, Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. Dr Rachid Benhida is currently Director of research at CNRS (DR1), Co-Director of the ICN institute for more than 8 years, and team leader of Bioactive Molecules’ team. He received his Ph.D. from University of Paris XI, Orsay, France. Prof. Vipin Chandra KALIA received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Genetics from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI.), New Delhi, India. He superannuated as Deputy Director, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB), New Delhi, India, in 2016. He was Emeritus Scientist at CSIR-IGIB in 2017. Since 2018, as a Professor Department of Chemical Engineering at Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea,Franciele Maria Pelissari graduated in Food Engineering; earned her master’s degree (2009) at the University of Londrina (UEL), Londrina, Brazil; and her PhD (2013) at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil. Since 2013, she has been associate professor at the Institute of Science and Technology program at the Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina, Brazil, in Food Engineering, and also full professor in the graduate program in Food Science and Technology.Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta received his PhD in Microbiology in the year 2009 from Dr RML Avadh University, India. Currently, he is working as an Associate Professor (Biochemistry) at AgroBioSciences (AgBS)/Chemical & Biochemical Sciences (CBS), UM6P University, Morocco. Prof. Ramesh Chander Kuhad is M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D. in Microbiology and has been working as Vice-Chancellor at the Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh. He is also the Chairman of Indian Academy of Microbiological Sciences and has served as Member, University Grants Commission and the Joint Director of Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL), University of Delhi, Delhi.

• Sustainable management of agri-food waste valorisation: Current status Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Supta Sarkar, Monika Sharma, Sridhar Kandi, Ekta Belwal, Srinu Dhanavath, Pradeepa Roberts, Kairam Narsaiah, Amarjeet Kaur, Zeba Usmani, Minaxi SharmaMicrobial Processing on Agri-Wastes to Volatile Fatty Acids Fateme Asadi, Fatemeh Nouri, Mohammad TaheriMicrobial valorization of pomegranate waste: food and health applications Armando RobledoMicrobial valorization of agri-waste for single cell protein: current status Simranjeet Singh, Dhriti Kapoor, Savita Bhardwaj, Dhriti Sharma, Mamta Pujari, Praveen C Ramamurthy, Joginder SinghBIOVALORIZATION OF AGRI-WASTE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYPHENOLS Marco Túlio Pardini Gontijo, José Guilherme Prado MartinValorization of Food Waste via Fermentation: Ethanol and Biogas Production from Agriculture Food waste Hiba N. Abu Tayeh, Manal Haj-Zaroubi, Hassan AzaizehSugarcane waste: current scenario in microbial valorization for biomolecules Juliana da Conceição Infante, Rosymar Coutinho de Lucas, Tássio Brito de Oliveira, Thiago Machado Pasin, Vivian Machado Benassi, David Lee NelsonAdvances on the valorization of wastes generated by different coffee processing Cintia Lacerda Ramos, Disney Ribeiro Dias, Rosane Freitas SchwanCoffee husk waste valorization using thermal pretreatment associated to bioprocess to produce bioproducts: characterization, kinetic, economic assessment, and challenges Nayara Clarisse Soares Silva, Yasmim Arantes da Fonseca, Aline Gomes de Oliveira Paranhos, Oscar Fernando Herrera Adarme, Sérgio Francisco de Aquino, Leandro Vinícius Alves Gurgel, Juan Daniel Valderrama Rincón, Héctor Javier Luna Wandurraga, Bruno Eduardo Lobo BaêtaValorization of pectin from fruit wastes for sustainable production of value-added compounds by Actinomycetes Suneetha Vuppu, Praveen Kumar, Arjun ChinamgariMicrobial recycling of feather waste into value added products Suneetha Vuppu, Arjun Chinamgari Soybean Meal Carbohydrates Wasted and the Microbial Role for Improved Digestibility Kyle D. Teague, Lucas E. Graham, X. Hernandez-Velasco, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias, Billy M. Hargis, Samuel J. RochellMicrobial valorization of beverage crop residues Varun EMicrobial role in nano-nutrient production and its potential in agriculture J. C. TarafdarVolume Two Microbial valorization of food wastes to value-added commercial products Vipin Chandra KaliaProduction of bacterial exopolysaccharides from agroindustrial substrates Prof. Carlos André Veiga BurkertMicrobial bioprocessing of agri-food wastes to AD Helen Treichel"Bioconversion of agri-food wastes into biopolymers: A step towards circularbioeconomy" Angelita da Silveira MoreiraAgro-food wastes for sustainable PHB production by microalgae Jorge Alberto Vieira CostaChallenges for utilizing inexpensive agro-food wastes for the microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates Anastasia A. PantazakiValorization of lignocellulosic biomass into polyhydroxyalkanoates using microbial fermentation Shashi Kant BhatiaSustainable production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from agri-food waste: molecular and bioengineering aspects Carlos PeñaMicrobial valorization of agri-waste for the production of surfactants Bidyut SahaMicrobes bioconversion of agri-waste for soil health and crop productivity Sindhu RaveendranBioconversion of agro-wastes by microalgae for application as biofertilizers Jorge Alberto Vieira CostaBioconversion of agri-waste to Biogas through microbial digestion Xin YinSustainable bioeconomy for seaweed in the food and pharmaceutical industry applications: An overview Héctor A. RuizVolume Three Application of microbial enzymes in the production of prebiotics using agroindustrial residues Larissa O. F. Rocha Cintia Lacerda RamosMicrobial enzymes in processing agri wastes to bioethanol Helen Treichel, Thamarys Scapini, Caroline Dalastra, Jessica Zanivan, Jéssica Mulinari, Sérgio Luiz Alves Jr., Gislaine FongaroAmylase production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Sindhu Raveendran, Jalaja Vidya, K R RekhaMol, ReesaMol G Vaz, Arsha G Madhu, Gincy Marina Mathew, Parameswaran Binod, Ashok PandeyIndustrial xilanase production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Gabrielle Victoria Gautério, Luiz Claudio Simões Corrêa Junior, Taiele Blumberg Machado, Mariana Vilar Castro da Veiga de Mattos, Janaina Fernandes de Medeiros Burkert, Susana Juliano KalilPectinases production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Asma Hanif, Muhammad SohailTannase production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Azlina Binti Mansor, Noraini Samat, Noriha Mat Amin, Mohammad Syaril Ramli, Raseetha SivaLipases production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Bruno Roswag Machado, Mariano Michelon, Lucielen Oliveira dos Santos, Susan HartwigProteases production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Satya Laxmi, Girijasankar GuntukuValorization of Agro-Industrial Waste Through Microbes for Production of Industrial Protease Shweena Krishnani, Niharika Rishi, Rachna Yadav, Rajni SinghVolume Four Microbial valorization of tomato waste for the extraction of carotenoids: Food applications Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Suman Biyyani, Gopinath Mummaleti, Aparna Kuna, Pradeepa Roberts, Kairam Narsaiah, Chayanika Sarma, Monika Sharma, Gauri Dutt Sharma, Zeba Usmani, Minaxi SharmaBio-Valorization of Citrus-Waste for the Production of Bioactive Molecules for Food Applications Suman KashyapAgri-Food Waste Utilization: Obtaining Protein Hydrolysates and Bioactive Peptides as Functional Ingredient for Food Application Jessika Gonçalves dos Santos Aguilar, Ruann Janser Soares de Castro, Hélia Harumi Sato Microbial Fructo-Oligosaccharides Derived From Agri-Food Waste Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Gopinath Mummaleti, Reshu Rajput, Ritika Modi, Chayanika Sarma, Gazula Himabindu, Yarrakula Srinivas, Monika Sharma, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Zeba Usmani, Minaxi SharmaValorization of Vegetal Wastes for the Production of Antioxidants and Vitamins Lopamudra Sahu, Ritesh Pattnaik, and Sandeep K. PandaMicrobial Production of Citric Acid by Agro-Industrial Residues From Solid-State Cultivation Bastos, R.G.; Campanhol, B.S., Ribeiro- Muraca, H.C.; Hewitt, D.V.M.Agricultural Wastes: A Feedstock for Citric Acid Production Through Microbial Pathway Saloni Sachdeva, Rajesh Banu, Yogalakshmi K NMicrobial Production of Lactic Acid Using Agri-Food Wastes Thamylles Thuany Mayrink Lima, Dalila Luzia de Oliveira Soares,José Guilherme Prado MartinLactic Acid Production Using Agro-Industrial Waste in Terms of Circular Bioeconomy and Biorefinery: Advances and Perspectives Ana Mendoza, Shiva, Rosa M. Rodríguez-Jasso1, Elia Tomás-Pejó and Héctor A. RuizMicrobial Valorisation of Agroindustrial Wastes for the Generation of Novel Food Flavours Mário Cesar Jucoski Bier, Renata Gomes, Khiomara Khemeli Dellani de Lima and Adriane Bianchi Pedroni Medeiros

Professor Gustavo Molina graduated in Food Engineering, earned his Master’s degree (2010) and his PhD (2014) at the University of Campinas – Unicamp (Campinas – Brazil), and part of his doctoral research was developed at the Laboratoire de Génie Chimique et Biochimique at the Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand – France). Since 2013, he is Associate Professor at UFVJM (Diamantina – Brazil) in Food Engineering and supervisor of students and researchers, being the head of the Laboratory of Food Biotechnology and conducting scientific and technical research. Dr. Minaxi Sharma is currently working as ERA Chair VALORTECH-Senior Research Scientist, Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU), Tartu, Estonia. She is also the Assistant Professor, Department of Food Technology, Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. Dr Rachid Benhida is currently Director of research at CNRS (DR1), Co-Director of the ICN institute for more than 8 years, and team leader of Bioactive Molecules’ team. He received his Ph.D. from University of Paris XI, Orsay, France. Prof. Vipin Chandra KALIA received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Genetics from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI.), New Delhi, India. He superannuated as Deputy Director, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB), New Delhi, India, in 2016. He was Emeritus Scientist at CSIR-IGIB in 2017. Since 2018, as a Professor Department of Chemical Engineering at Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea,Franciele Maria Pelissari graduated in Food Engineering; earned her master’s degree (2009) at the University of Londrina (UEL), Londrina, Brazil; and her PhD (2013) at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil. Since 2013, she has been associate professor at the Institute of Science and Technology program at the Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina, Brazil, in Food Engineering, and also full professor in the graduate program in Food Science and Technology.Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta received his PhD in Microbiology in the year 2009 from Dr RML Avadh University, India. Currently, he is working as an Associate Professor (Biochemistry) at AgroBioSciences (AgBS)/Chemical & Biochemical Sciences (CBS), UM6P University, Morocco. Prof. Ramesh Chander Kuhad is M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D. in Microbiology and has been working as Vice-Chancellor at the Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh. He is also the Chairman of Indian Academy of Microbiological Sciences and has served as Member, University Grants Commission and the Joint Director of Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL), University of Delhi, Delhi.

• Sustainable management of agri-food waste valorisation: Current status Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Supta Sarkar, Monika Sharma, Sridhar Kandi, Ekta Belwal, Srinu Dhanavath, Pradeepa Roberts, Kairam Narsaiah, Amarjeet Kaur, Zeba Usmani, Minaxi SharmaMicrobial Processing on Agri-Wastes to Volatile Fatty Acids Fateme Asadi, Fatemeh Nouri, Mohammad TaheriMicrobial valorization of pomegranate waste: food and health applications Armando RobledoMicrobial valorization of agri-waste for single cell protein: current status Simranjeet Singh, Dhriti Kapoor, Savita Bhardwaj, Dhriti Sharma, Mamta Pujari, Praveen C Ramamurthy, Joginder SinghBIOVALORIZATION OF AGRI-WASTE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYPHENOLS Marco Túlio Pardini Gontijo, José Guilherme Prado MartinValorization of Food Waste via Fermentation: Ethanol and Biogas Production from Agriculture Food waste Hiba N. Abu Tayeh, Manal Haj-Zaroubi, Hassan AzaizehSugarcane waste: current scenario in microbial valorization for biomolecules Juliana da Conceição Infante, Rosymar Coutinho de Lucas, Tássio Brito de Oliveira, Thiago Machado Pasin, Vivian Machado Benassi, David Lee NelsonAdvances on the valorization of wastes generated by different coffee processing Cintia Lacerda Ramos, Disney Ribeiro Dias, Rosane Freitas SchwanCoffee husk waste valorization using thermal pretreatment associated to bioprocess to produce bioproducts: characterization, kinetic, economic assessment, and challenges Nayara Clarisse Soares Silva, Yasmim Arantes da Fonseca, Aline Gomes de Oliveira Paranhos, Oscar Fernando Herrera Adarme, Sérgio Francisco de Aquino, Leandro Vinícius Alves Gurgel, Juan Daniel Valderrama Rincón, Héctor Javier Luna Wandurraga, Bruno Eduardo Lobo BaêtaValorization of pectin from fruit wastes for sustainable production of value-added compounds by Actinomycetes Suneetha Vuppu, Praveen Kumar, Arjun ChinamgariMicrobial recycling of feather waste into value added products Suneetha Vuppu, Arjun Chinamgari Soybean Meal Carbohydrates Wasted and the Microbial Role for Improved Digestibility Kyle D. Teague, Lucas E. Graham, X. Hernandez-Velasco, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias, Billy M. Hargis, Samuel J. RochellMicrobial valorization of beverage crop residues Varun EMicrobial role in nano-nutrient production and its potential in agriculture J. C. TarafdarVolume Two Microbial valorization of food wastes to value-added commercial products Vipin Chandra KaliaProduction of bacterial exopolysaccharides from agroindustrial substrates Prof. Carlos André Veiga BurkertMicrobial bioprocessing of agri-food wastes to AD Helen Treichel"Bioconversion of agri-food wastes into biopolymers: A step towards circularbioeconomy" Angelita da Silveira MoreiraAgro-food wastes for sustainable PHB production by microalgae Jorge Alberto Vieira CostaChallenges for utilizing inexpensive agro-food wastes for the microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates Anastasia A. PantazakiValorization of lignocellulosic biomass into polyhydroxyalkanoates using microbial fermentation Shashi Kant BhatiaSustainable production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from agri-food waste: molecular and bioengineering aspects Carlos PeñaMicrobial valorization of agri-waste for the production of surfactants Bidyut SahaMicrobes bioconversion of agri-waste for soil health and crop productivity Sindhu RaveendranBioconversion of agro-wastes by microalgae for application as biofertilizers Jorge Alberto Vieira CostaBioconversion of agri-waste to Biogas through microbial digestion Xin YinSustainable bioeconomy for seaweed in the food and pharmaceutical industry applications: An overview Héctor A. RuizVolume Three Application of microbial enzymes in the production of prebiotics using agroindustrial residues Larissa O. F. Rocha Cintia Lacerda RamosMicrobial enzymes in processing agri wastes to bioethanol Helen Treichel, Thamarys Scapini, Caroline Dalastra, Jessica Zanivan, Jéssica Mulinari, Sérgio Luiz Alves Jr., Gislaine FongaroAmylase production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Sindhu Raveendran, Jalaja Vidya, K R RekhaMol, ReesaMol G Vaz, Arsha G Madhu, Gincy Marina Mathew, Parameswaran Binod, Ashok PandeyIndustrial xilanase production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Gabrielle Victoria Gautério, Luiz Claudio Simões Corrêa Junior, Taiele Blumberg Machado, Mariana Vilar Castro da Veiga de Mattos, Janaina Fernandes de Medeiros Burkert, Susana Juliano KalilPectinases production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Asma Hanif, Muhammad SohailTannase production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Azlina Binti Mansor, Noraini Samat, Noriha Mat Amin, Mohammad Syaril Ramli, Raseetha SivaLipases production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Bruno Roswag Machado, Mariano Michelon, Lucielen Oliveira dos Santos, Susan HartwigProteases production using agri-food wastes through microbial applications Satya Laxmi, Girijasankar GuntukuValorization of Agro-Industrial Waste Through Microbes for Production of Industrial Protease Shweena Krishnani, Niharika Rishi, Rachna Yadav, Rajni SinghVolume Four Microbial valorization of tomato waste for the extraction of carotenoids: Food applications Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Suman Biyyani, Gopinath Mummaleti, Aparna Kuna, Pradeepa Roberts, Kairam Narsaiah, Chayanika Sarma, Monika Sharma, Gauri Dutt Sharma, Zeba Usmani, Minaxi SharmaBio-Valorization of Citrus-Waste for the Production of Bioactive Molecules for Food Applications Suman KashyapAgri-Food Waste Utilization: Obtaining Protein Hydrolysates and Bioactive Peptides as Functional Ingredient for Food Application Jessika Gonçalves dos Santos Aguilar, Ruann Janser Soares de Castro, Hélia Harumi Sato Microbial Fructo-Oligosaccharides Derived From Agri-Food Waste Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Gopinath Mummaleti, Reshu Rajput, Ritika Modi, Chayanika Sarma, Gazula Himabindu, Yarrakula Srinivas, Monika Sharma, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Zeba Usmani, Minaxi SharmaValorization of Vegetal Wastes for the Production of Antioxidants and Vitamins Lopamudra Sahu, Ritesh Pattnaik, and Sandeep K. PandaMicrobial Production of Citric Acid by Agro-Industrial Residues From Solid-State Cultivation Bastos, R.G.; Campanhol, B.S., Ribeiro- Muraca, H.C.; Hewitt, D.V.M.Agricultural Wastes: A Feedstock for Citric Acid Production Through Microbial Pathway Saloni Sachdeva, Rajesh Banu, Yogalakshmi K NMicrobial Production of Lactic Acid Using Agri-Food Wastes Thamylles Thuany Mayrink Lima, Dalila Luzia de Oliveira Soares,José Guilherme Prado MartinLactic Acid Production Using Agro-Industrial Waste in Terms of Circular Bioeconomy and Biorefinery: Advances and Perspectives Ana Mendoza, Shiva, Rosa M. Rodríguez-Jasso1, Elia Tomás-Pejó and Héctor A. RuizMicrobial Valorisation of Agroindustrial Wastes for the Generation of Novel Food Flavours Mário Cesar Jucoski Bier, Renata Gomes, Khiomara Khemeli Dellani de Lima and Adriane Bianchi Pedroni Medeiros