Mr. Shivaji Ravasaheb Suryavanshi presented on the types and uses of agricultural wastes. He discussed farm wastes and agro-industrial wastes, and listed the major crop types and their estimated total organic matter production and availability for energy use. Some potential economic products from agricultural wastes include fuel, protein foods, oils/fats, cattle/poultry feed, pulp/paper/boards, activated carbon, alcohol, and organic manures. Specific examples given included producing fuel from crop residues, using protein as cattle feed, making lubricant oil from biodegradable waste, producing alcohol from sugarcane waste, and making starch in pellet form using the Tara