- From the charter of the United Nations University
- Foreword
- Perspectives on bioconversion of organic residues for rural communities
- Availability of organic residues as a rural resource
- Micro-organisms as tools for rural processing of organic residues
- Introduction
- Microbial utilization of mono- and di-saccharide residues
- Microbial conversion of starchy residues
- Microbial conversion of complex mixtures of compounds (Polysaccharides, Proteins, Lipids, etc.)
- Microbial utilization of cellulose and ligno-cellulose residues
- Algal culture as a source of biomass
- Microbial utilization of silviculture biomass
- Micro-organisms and marine and freshwater biomass
- International studies on processing organic residues
- References
- Production of feed as an objective for bioconversion systems
- Environmental goals for microbial bioconversion in rural communities
- Strategies for developing small-scale fermentation processes in developing countries
- Production of microbial protein foods on edible substrates, food by-products, and ligno-cellulosic wastes
- The role of ruminants in the bioconversion of tropical byproducts and wastes into food and fuel
- Possible applications of enzyme technology in rural areas
- Indian experience with treated straw as feed
- Introduction
- Experience with straw treatment
- Field testing and demonstration of straw treatment
- General considerations
- Summary
- Annex 1. The energy efficiency of the two-stage, feed-fuel processing of straw in indian villages
- Annex 2. Method of calculating the value presented in table 2 for the efficiency of naoh energy usage
- Annex 3. Recommendations to farmers on the treatment of straw
- Annex 4. Calculated efficiency of milk production by straw-fed village buffaloes
- References
- Discussion summary
- Indian experience with algal ponds
- Organic residues in aquaculture
- Biogas generation: developments. Problems, and tasks - an overview
- Introduction
- What is biogas?
- Microbiology of CH4, or bio-methanogenesis
- The biogas plant-some technical considerations
- Environmental and operational considerations
- Developments and processes for rural areas
- Cost-benefit analyses
- Health hazards
- Bottlenecks, considerations, and research and development
- References
- Discussion summary
- Mushroom production technology for rural development
- The combination of algal and anaerobic waste treatment in a bioregenerative farm system
- A continuous composting system for disposal and utilization of animal wastes at the village level
- Bioconversion of fruit and vegetable wastes
- Integrated research on agricultural waste reclamation
- Solid state fermentation of starchy substrates
- Production of single-cell protein from cellulose
- Analysis of energy cost of integrated systems
- Analysis of bioconversion systems at the village level
- Nutritional evaluation of bioconversion products for farm animals
- Bioconversion products: toxicology - problems and potential
- Nutritional evaluation in humans
- Biomass from organic residues for animal and human feeding
- Appropriate biotechnology - summary remarks
- Other UNU Publications