Resources Tagged: Biochar

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  1. Fruit, Lumber & Charcoal Ethnographic Value Chains in Haiti

    Using the MEVMS value chain research and presentation strategy describedhere, this paper provides a rapid summary of the Fruit, Lumber, and Charcoal value chains in rural Haiti. The research is based on literature review, focus groups and a 405 household survey in the Grand Anse conducted in...
    Haiti Biochar Lumber

  2. Biochar: If You Make It, Will They Come?

    Biomass Magazine, 2019 Biochar is one of the products produced from thermochemical conversion (TC), the baking of organic material using little or no oxygen. TC can, depending on the particular technology used, also generate heat, electricity, bio-oil and wood vinegar. It is increasingly viewed...
    Biochar Byproducts Biochar Biomass Gasification

  3. Sustainable decentralized water treatment for rural and developing communities using locally generated biochar adsorbents

    Water Treatment Biochar Asia

  4. Project Drawdown - Biochar Production

    Project Drawdown definesbiocharas: a biosequestration process for converting biomass to long-lived charcoal (and energy) which can be used as a soil amendment. This solution provides an alternative to disposing of unused biomass through burning or decomposition. Biochar is a carbon-rich, highly...
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  5. TN #76 Charcoal Production in 200-Liter Horizontal Drum Kilns

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    2016-02-05 Until recently, firewood was taken for granted in northern Thailand. With vast forests full of many types of trees, upland households could afford to be choosy concerning the wood they used for cooking. However, in recent years, more and more communities are facing restricted access to forest...
    Charcoal Appropriate Techno... Biochar

  6. 2019 ECHO International Agriculture Conference

    2020-01-27 ECHO’s 26th Annual International Agriculture Conference was held in November 2019. Below are brief summaries of a few of the plenary sessions and workshops. These and other talks, video, and slide presentations are available on ECHOcommunity.org.
    ECHO Conference Biochar Community Health A... Community Health Breadfruit Cnidosculous chaya... Chaya Black Soldier Fly

  7. Earthworms regulate ability of biochar to mitigate CO2 and N2O emissions from a tropical soil

    Abstract,Applied Soil Ecology, 2019 Soils account for >80% and 20% of the total agricultural N2O and CO2emissions respectively. Soil management activities that target improved soil health, such as enhancing earthworm activity, may also stimulate further emissions of CO2and N2O. One recommended...
    Biochar Earthworms

  8. Biochar in Animal Feed

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  9. A Review of Biochar Properties and Their Utilization in Crop Agriculture and Livestock Production

    Abstract, Applied Sciences, 2019 When it comes to the use of biochar in agriculture, the majority of research conducted in the last decade has focused on its application as a soil amendment and for soil remediation. This treatment improves soil quality, increases crops yields, and sequestrates...
    Biochar Animal Feed

  10. Feed supplementation with biochar may reduce poultry pathogens, including Campylobacter hepaticus, the causative agent of Spotty Liver Disease

    Abstract, PlosOne, 2019 Increased global regulation and restrictions on the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in the poultry industry means that there is a need to identify alternatives that prevent infection while still conveying the growth and performance benefits afforded by their use....
    Biochar Poultry Feed