Green Sustainable Agriculture and Farming Practices

This new volume covers conceptual frameworks for understanding the functional construct of agro-food
innovation and farming. It presents a selection of topics on regenerative agriculture and farming that lead
to practices that can be useful on both organic and conventional farms. The volume first looks at ecotechnologies
in the agrifood industry, such as the production of bacterial metabolites against
phytopathogenic fungi as an alternative in food preservation, how food affects gut microbiota, the role of
probiotic rhizobacteria in agriculture, and nanocellulose-based composites in the food industry. The
authors also explore eco-technologies for water reuse in agricultural irrigation, eco-friendly farming
practices to ensure sustainability, and ways to limit agricultural soil and air pollution in farming systems.

Pedro Aguilar-Zárate, PhD, is a Professor at the CONAHCYT National Laboratory for the Evaluation of
Biotic Products-LaNAEPBi National Technological Service Unit of Mexico. Dr. Aguilar has published
journal articles, book chapters, and edited books. He has directed undergraduate and MSc theses and has
made presentations at scientific and academic events. He has overseen several research projects funded
by government agencies. He is guest editor for several journals and a member of the National System of
Researchers (Mexico).
Mónica L. Chávez-González, PhD, is a Research Professor at the School of Chemical Sciences of the
Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico. A pharmacobiological chemist, she is General Coordinator
and Founder of the Bioprocessing Mx-LATAM Network, which promotes R&D in bioprocessing through
interaction between universities, institutes, research centers, and industries in Mexico and Latin America.
She has been awarded the Latin American Women in Chemistry Award as "Emerging Leader," by the
American Chemical Society and the Latin American Federation of Chemical Associations.
Leonardo Sepúlveda Torre, PhD, is a Professor of Chemistry at the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila,
México, where he is also a leader of the Bioprocesses and Microbial Biochemistry Group. His
postgraduate studies were related to topics on food biotechnology in the Food Research Department of
the UAdeC. In 2011 he made a research stay at the Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering at the
University of Minho (Uminho), Braga, Portugal. He has published scientific articles in indexed journals,
several books, and book chapters, and he holds two national patents.
Ann Rose Abraham, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Physics at Sacred Heart College (Autonomous),
India. She has published books, book chapters, and papers in peer-reviewed journals and is a reviewer
for many international journals. She has research experience at Indian institutes including the Bose
Institute, SAHA Institute of Nuclear Physics, and UGC-DAE CSR Centre, and has collaborated with
international laboratories, such as the Université de Lorraine (France), University of Johannesburg (South
Africa), and the Institute of Physics (Serbia). She is the recipient of several awards for her work.
A. K. Haghi, PhD, is a retired professor and has published over 1000 publications, including books, book
chapters, and papers in refereed journals. He is a research associate at the University of Coimbra,
Portugal. He has received several grants, consulted for major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to
national and international audiences. He is Founder and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal
of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering and Polymers Research Journal.