Preface

This book provides useful information on biomass (i.e., biological wastes or biowastes) generated from agriculture and forestry, food industry, and wastewater treatment.

Biomass is a largely untapped source for the production of value-added bioproducts and bioenergy. Their recovery utilizes biological and chemical processes that provide alternative sources for biochemical feedstocks in the production of different bioproducts. For instance, high-value biochemicals can be recovered from biomass using biorefineries. Similarly, many opportunities exist for alternative bioenergy and biofuels that can be produced from biomass through utilizing biorefineries. Resource biorecovery thus supports sustainability goals by reinjecting products into the circular bioeconomy.

This book is a helpful resource for NGOs, universities, research institutes and centers, experimentalists, academics, scientists, scholars, researchers, as well as undergraduate and graduate students worldwide specializing in energy engineering, environmental engineering, bioresource engineering, biosystems engineering, microbiology, biochemistry, and biotechnology.

> **Dr. Mohamed Samer** Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

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Section 1

Biomass and Bioeconomy

Section 1
