Abstract: Poor waste management is one of the major causes of environmental degradation. In a developing nation like Nigeria with huge agro potential, it is not unlikely that the bulk of our wastes are from biomaterial sources on farms. These supposed wastes, however, can be of immense Economic and Environmental benefits if re-used. This article therefore, presents a review of simple processing techniques to convert these biomaterials (wastes) into value added products (materials) and sustainable energy sources. ; The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Nigeria) in its Minna 2011 Staff Retreat, unveiled an Agricultural Transformational Agenda in which rice, cassava, cocoa, oil palm, and sorghum were identified as target commodity value chain with which to drive the nation's economy. One of the transformational policies in view of this development is the financing of value chains for the processing of these target crops. However, along the value chain, Rice husks, Cassava peels, Cocoa pods, Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches (EFB), and Sorghum bagasse, each in millions of metric tons per annum are either inefficiently used, underutilized, or totally wasted. In this paper therefore, the author presents a review of simple processing techniques to convert these biomaterials (wastes) into value added products (materials) and sustainable energy sources. Furthermore, the economic cost and environmental benefits of the effective biomaterial utilization of these waste resources is drawn-out.
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