Organic Matter Database (OMD)

Agricultural, fisheries, forestry and agro-processing activities produce large quantities of residues, by-products and waste materials every year. However, data on such residues and by-products are not readily available. We present a global organic matter database (OMD) of residues and by-products from agriculture, fisheries, forestry and related industries. The OMD is the first of its kind consolidating quantities of residues and by-products from agriculture, fisheries, forestry and allied industries globally. Residue datasets were estimated from the FAOSTAT and FishStatJ databases using prescribed equations and conversion factors.