Preface -- 01 Nutrient recycling: waste hierarchy, recycling cities and eco-houses -- 02 Reducing food losses and waste in the food supply chain -- 03 Beneficial microorganisms for the management of soil phosphorus -- 04 New insights into the yields of underexploited grain legume species -- 05 Grain legumes for the sustainability of European farming systems -- 06 Nitrogen management in the rice-wheat system of China and South Asia -- 07 Oilseed rape crop residues: decomposition, properties and allelopathic effects -- 08 Biochar amendment to soil for sustainable agriculture -- 09 Soil quality and agricultural sustainability in semi-arid areas -- 10 Organic agriculture for food security in Pakistan -- 11 Impact of recombinant DNA technology and nanotechnology on agriculture.

This book summarise advanced knowledge and methods to recycle waste and fertilise soils in agriculture. In the near future, waste recycling will no longer be an option because natural resources become rare and costly, urbanisation is blooming and population is growing. In theory, most waste could be recycled. In practice, most waste is wasted. Remarkable aspects include the concepts of waste hierarchy eco-houses in smart cities, microbes and fungi for plant nutrition, and benefits of legume cultivation, biochar application and agropastoralism.