Composting of Farm Residues by Nature-Based Solutions: A Potential Key Towards Sustainable Agricultural Practices

Author Biography

Rupesh Kumar Singh is a passionate researcher with 10 years of post-PhD experience in diverse area of plant molecular biology, Agronomy, Vitiviniculture, plant physiology, Plant pathology, genetic engineering and modern genome editing technology, tissue culture, biochemistry, nanotechnology, biocontrol agents development and formulations, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics. The research profile includes 3095 citations, H index-24 and 123 peer reviewed published scientific communications including 1 granted patent. Henrique Trindade holds PhD in Agrarian Sciences and coordinates the Animal Manures, Nutrient Cycles and Agriculture Sustainability group at Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences – CITAB and is a Professor of Agriculture and Environment at the Department of Agronomy at UTAD (Portugal). He is also Vice director of CITAB center. Professor Trindade has coordinated several 42 R&D projects/contracts, 12 of which were European/international projects, on agro-food production and sustainability. Joao Ricardo Sousa is professor and experts in Soil and Environmental Sciences; Chemical and biochemical soil properties; Soil fertilization and plant nutrition; Soil pollution (N leaching, heavy metals, emergent pollutants liked solvents, detergents…) and assessment of environmental risks resulted of organic waste application like acidification, salinization; Soil remediation techniques (bio stimulation, composting, phytoremediation, bioaccumulation); Soil physical, chemical and biological quality indicators (soil respiration, soil biomass, N mineralization, decomposition, soil enzymes, earthworms tests; Soil fertilizers, pesticides behaviour; Biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nitrogen and main influence biotic (microorganisms, fauna) and abiotic (temperature, pH, moisture, aeration, chemical and biochemical quality organic matter) and assessment techniques in-situ and laboratory incubation experiments. Arne Sæbø graduated in hoticulture, with a PhD from University of Life Sciences in Norway. His research has been in Urban Greening and Urban Forestry. Focus areas have been on both growing conditions of urban vegetation and on Eco System Services from trees and shrubs. Soil amendments and use of compost as component in peat free growing media are important research areas the last years. Vishnu D. Rajput working as “Principal Scientist” and Head of `International Laboratory on Nanobiotechnology and Rhizosphere Bioengineering ' at Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia. In recent work, he is working on nano-bioengineering for soil rhizospheric microbes and enhanced remediation of contaminants using nanotechnology and metagenomics. Dr. Rajput is included in list of 2% world's potential scientists (2023, 2024, 2025) prepared by Stanford University. He is serving as Highly Qualified Specialist, Russian Federation, and obtained 2nd rank in Environmental and Earth Science. He has published 569 articles, H-index 58 with 13,375 citations as per Scopus database till September 2025. Tao Zhang is an Associate Professor at China Agricultural University, China. His academic background covers agricultural waste utilization and nutrients recovery. He is Associate Editor of BIOCHAR X. He is awarded the Scientific Chinese - Outstanding Young Scientist Award. He has published more than 100 papers in Chemical Engineering Journal, Water Research, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and so on (total citations = >5,500, H-index = 42, SCOPUS). Amongst, 14 ESI Highly Cited Paper, 5 ESI Hot Paper. He has application for 20 Chinese invention patents.