Edited by one of the most well-respected and prolific engineers in the world and his team, this new volume provides in-depth knowledge about the history, fundamentals, and latest advances in biofertilizers, including the latest reviews, challenges, and future perspectives.

Great attention has been paid to reduce the use of conventional chemical fertilizers harming living beings through food chain supplements from the soil environment. Therefore, it is necessary to develop alternative sustainable fertilizers to enhance soil sustainability and agriculture productivity. Biofertilizers are the substance that contains microorganisms (bacteria, algae, and fungi), living or latent cells that can enrich the soil quality with nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, and organic matter. They are a cost-effective, biodegradable, and renewable source of plant nutrients/supplements to improve the soil-health properties. Biofertilizers emerge as an attractive alternative to chemical fertilizers, and as a promising cost-effective technology for eco-friendly agriculture and a sustainable environment that holds microorganisms which enhance the soil nutrients' solubility. This leads to increased fertility and stimulates crop growth and food safety.

This book provides in-depth knowledge about history and fundamentals to advances in biofertilizers, including latest reviews, challenges, and future perspectives. It covers fabrication approaches, and various types of biofertilizers and their applications in agriculture, environment, forestry and industrial sectors. Also, organic farming, quality control, quality assurance, food safety and case-studies of biofertilizers are briefly discussed. Biofertilizers' physical properties, affecting factors, impact, and industry profiles in the market are well addressed. This book is an essential guide for farmers, agrochemists, environmental engineers, scientists, students, and faculty who would like to understand the science behind the sustainable fertilizers, soil chemistry and agroecology.

This outstanding new volume:

• Includes new concepts, case studies, and patents, making this a unique volume among existing resources
• Introduces cutting-edge technology based on biofertilizers
• Describes environmentally accepted biofertilizer technologies and applications
• Reviews biofertilizers as a sustainable renewable source, and documents global fertilizer development

Audience: Mechanical engineers, process engineers, chemical engineers, agrochemists, chemists, environmental engineers, and other engineers and operators working with biofertilizers across many engineering disciplines