Sebogodi, KelebogileSekoai, Patrick TChunilall, VirenGbadeyan, Oluwatoyin JSekoai, PatrickChunilall, Viren2025-02-212025-02-212024-101-0364-1461-2978-1-0364-1461-0http://hdl.handle.net/10204/14050The urgent need to combat climate change and establish sustainable energy sources has propelled biofuel research and development. Biogas production through anaerobic digestion is widely recognized as a pivotal solution to divert biomass waste from landfills, reduce environmental pollution, and provide a carbon-neutral energy source for humanity. Secondgeneration feedstocks, specifically lignocellulosic biomass waste from the agricultural, forest, and timber industries, have emerged as the optimal alternative to foster economic growth without jeopardizing food security or misusing arable land. However, their intrinsic resistance hampers the complete extraction of their fermentable sugars, necessitating the exploration of diverse methods to facilitate the easy access of sugars for hydrolysis. Hence, this chapter delves into various lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment techniques employed to optimize easy access to fermentable sugars for valorization in biogas production.FulltextenBiofuelGreen economyBiogasLignocellulosic Biomass pretreatmentBook Chaptern/a