AnchoisFert: A New Organic Fertilizer from Fish Processing Waste for Sustainable Agriculture

Abstract: The “AnchoisFert”, the solid residue comprised of milled anchovy leftovers after fish oil extraction with biobased limonene, is a powerful organic fertilizer. Employed to promote the growth of Tropea's red onion (Allium cepa), the fertilizer turns out to largely be superior to commonly used organic (manure) and chemical (nitrogen phosphorous potassium) fertilizers. Rich in proteins, organic carbon, flavonoids, magnesium, potassium, phosphate and sulfate, and devoid of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes, the new organic fertilizer can replace both conventional organic and inorganic fertilizers. This discovery closes the fishing material cycle for the most fished species across the seas opening the route to a new class of organic fertilizers of exceptional performance derived from abundant biowaste via a low‐cost and environmentally‐friendly circular economy process.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: AnchoisFert: A New Organic Fertilizer from Fish Processing Waste for Sustainable Agriculture ; day:02 ; month:03 ; year:2022 ; extent:8 ; Global challenges ; (02.03.2022) (gesamt 8)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Muscolo, Adele ; Mauriello, Francesco ; Marra, Federica ; Calabrò, Paolo Salvatore ; Russo, Mariateresa ; Ciriminna, Rosaria ; Pagliaro, Mario

Further information

• DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202100141
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022030214182126990116
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:40 AM CEST