Effective Microorganisms as <i>Halal</i>-Based Sources for Biofertilizer Production and Some Socio-Economic Insights: A Review
This paper aims to review the literature on ‘Effective Microorganism (EM)’ and ‘Fertilizer’ from the Scopus database and to discuss EMs using <i>Halal</i>-based sources for biofertilizer production from socio economic insights. Based on EM and fertilizer publications on the Scopus databa...
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| description | This paper aims to review the literature on ‘Effective Microorganism (EM)’ and ‘Fertilizer’ from the Scopus database and to discuss EMs using <i>Halal</i>-based sources for biofertilizer production from socio economic insights. Based on EM and fertilizer publications on the Scopus database, all the 17 papers reviewed provided no detailed information on the <i>Halal</i>-status of the biofertilizers inoculated with EM. The impacts of <i>Halal</i>-certified biofertilizers will trigger the <i>Halal</i> certification in food products by (a) catering for the increasing <i>Halal</i> food demand due to expectedly Muslim population expansion, (b) contributing to the sustainable buying behaviour of <i>Halal</i> products’ consumers in the future, (c) catering for the increasing number of Muslim travellers around the world, (d) becoming a positive driver for higher production of more <i>Halal</i> foods that can enhance food safety, human health and well-being, and (e) creating a cost-effective and increasing food marketability. The later three points (c, d and e) play a very important role in a country’s societal well-being and economic growth and development. Although <i>Halal</i>-status is not a must for the world’s food marketing, <i>Halal</i>-certified biofertilizer for the <i>Halal</i>-status of food carries the greatest potential to enter the ever-expanding Muslim markets. Finally, it is postulated that the successful usage of EM using <i>Halal</i>-based sources for biofertilizer production will result in two major outcomes from the points of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals # 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) and # 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production). Hence, the presented review provides a starting point for future research considering sustainability and innovation as priorities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5dc03e7fd73d44129d699de151606d002023-11-17T19:15:28ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582023-04-01128170210.3390/foods12081702Effective Microorganisms as <i>Halal</i>-Based Sources for Biofertilizer Production and Some Socio-Economic Insights: A ReviewChee Kong Yap0Khalid Awadh Al-Mutairi1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk P.O. Box 741, Saudi ArabiaThis paper aims to review the literature on ‘Effective Microorganism (EM)’ and ‘Fertilizer’ from the Scopus database and to discuss EMs using <i>Halal</i>-based sources for biofertilizer production from socio economic insights. Based on EM and fertilizer publications on the Scopus database, all the 17 papers reviewed provided no detailed information on the <i>Halal</i>-status of the biofertilizers inoculated with EM. The impacts of <i>Halal</i>-certified biofertilizers will trigger the <i>Halal</i> certification in food products by (a) catering for the increasing <i>Halal</i> food demand due to expectedly Muslim population expansion, (b) contributing to the sustainable buying behaviour of <i>Halal</i> products’ consumers in the future, (c) catering for the increasing number of Muslim travellers around the world, (d) becoming a positive driver for higher production of more <i>Halal</i> foods that can enhance food safety, human health and well-being, and (e) creating a cost-effective and increasing food marketability. The later three points (c, d and e) play a very important role in a country’s societal well-being and economic growth and development. Although <i>Halal</i>-status is not a must for the world’s food marketing, <i>Halal</i>-certified biofertilizer for the <i>Halal</i>-status of food carries the greatest potential to enter the ever-expanding Muslim markets. Finally, it is postulated that the successful usage of EM using <i>Halal</i>-based sources for biofertilizer production will result in two major outcomes from the points of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals # 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) and # 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production). Hence, the presented review provides a starting point for future research considering sustainability and innovation as priorities.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/8/1702effective microorganisms (EM)<i>Halal</i>-based sourcebiofertilizersocio-economy |
| spellingShingle | Chee Kong Yap Khalid Awadh Al-Mutairi Effective Microorganisms as <i>Halal</i>-Based Sources for Biofertilizer Production and Some Socio-Economic Insights: A Review Foods effective microorganisms (EM) <i>Halal</i>-based source biofertilizer socio-economy |
| title | Effective Microorganisms as <i>Halal</i>-Based Sources for Biofertilizer Production and Some Socio-Economic Insights: A Review |
| title_full | Effective Microorganisms as <i>Halal</i>-Based Sources for Biofertilizer Production and Some Socio-Economic Insights: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Effective Microorganisms as <i>Halal</i>-Based Sources for Biofertilizer Production and Some Socio-Economic Insights: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effective Microorganisms as <i>Halal</i>-Based Sources for Biofertilizer Production and Some Socio-Economic Insights: A Review |
| title_short | Effective Microorganisms as <i>Halal</i>-Based Sources for Biofertilizer Production and Some Socio-Economic Insights: A Review |
| title_sort | effective microorganisms as i halal i based sources for biofertilizer production and some socio economic insights a review |
| topic | effective microorganisms (EM) <i>Halal</i>-based source biofertilizer socio-economy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/8/1702 |
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