Agriculture-based industrial wastes are the rich in bioactive compounds. These wastes can be of use as an alternative source for the production of different products like bio-fuels, bio-gas, mushroom and tempeh as the raw material in different farming, industries and researches. The use of agro-industrial wastes as the raw materials can be helpful to lessen the cost of production and moreover reduces the environmental pollution load. The agroindustrial wastes are these days used for manufacturing of antibiotics, antioxidants, biofuels, enzymes, vitamins, animal feed and other chemicals through solid state fermentation (SSF) technique. The effects of agro-industrial wastes on soil bio-chemical properties and yield of various crops are reviewed and discussed.

Keywords: Agro-industrial wastes; Crop; Soil properties; Nutrient; Yields.