TY - JOUR

T1 - Green chemistry, sustainable agriculture and processing systems

T2 - a Brazilian overview

AU - Perlatti, Bruno

AU - Forim, Moacir R.

AU - Zuin, Vânia G.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2014, Perlatti et al.

PY - 2014/8/13

Y1 - 2014/8/13

N2 - There is a pressing need for renewable and optimal use of resources towards sustainable primary production and processing systems worldwide. Current technologies for food and feedstock production are held accountable for several environmental problems, such as for instance soil and water contamination due to the use of hazardous substances, generation of toxic products and even excess of biomass that is considered waste. To minimize or solve these questions in order to produce an adequate quantity of reliable and healthy food, fibers and other products and energy, new paradigms focusing on sustainable agriculture, bio-based industries or biorefineries have emerged over the last decades. Biorefineries integrate sustainable and environmentally friendly concepts of Green Chemistry with intelligent and integrated farming processes, optimizing the agricultural production. Thermochemical and biochemical processes are excellent alternatives for the production of new classes of renewable biofuels and feedstock, showing relatively small impact on greenhouse gas emissions and important pathways to obtain platform chemicals. This review discusses the current and incipient technological developments for using biomass to generate bio-based chemicals over the last decade, focusing on Green Chemistry concepts towards sustainable agriculture and processing models in Brazil.

AB - There is a pressing need for renewable and optimal use of resources towards sustainable primary production and processing systems worldwide. Current technologies for food and feedstock production are held accountable for several environmental problems, such as for instance soil and water contamination due to the use of hazardous substances, generation of toxic products and even excess of biomass that is considered waste. To minimize or solve these questions in order to produce an adequate quantity of reliable and healthy food, fibers and other products and energy, new paradigms focusing on sustainable agriculture, bio-based industries or biorefineries have emerged over the last decades. Biorefineries integrate sustainable and environmentally friendly concepts of Green Chemistry with intelligent and integrated farming processes, optimizing the agricultural production. Thermochemical and biochemical processes are excellent alternatives for the production of new classes of renewable biofuels and feedstock, showing relatively small impact on greenhouse gas emissions and important pathways to obtain platform chemicals. This review discusses the current and incipient technological developments for using biomass to generate bio-based chemicals over the last decade, focusing on Green Chemistry concepts towards sustainable agriculture and processing models in Brazil.

KW - Biofuel

KW - Biorefinery

KW - Brazilian context

KW - Environmental sustainability

KW - Green chemistry

KW - Platform chemical

KW - Sustainable agriculture

KW - Chemistry

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U2 - 10.1186/s40538-014-0005-1

DO - 10.1186/s40538-014-0005-1

M3 - Scientific review articles

AN - SCOPUS:85006370007

VL - 1

JO - Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

JF - Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

SN - 2196-5641

IS - 1

M1 - 5

ER -