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Le biochar, « charbon vert », est issu de la pyrolyse (combustion) ou décomposition lente sous l’action de la chaleur de la biomasse végétale (rafles de maïs, résidus forestiers, etc.) dans une atmosphère sans oxygène ou à faible teneur en oxygène. Il est produit afin d’améliorer entre autres, la capacité …

• Compiler: Gatien AGBOKOUN CHRISTOPHE
• 02/25/2023 5 p.m.

Biochar is a carbon-rich solid formed from the organic residue by pyrolysis. Biochar is a stable, highly water and nutrient-retentive product that benefits microorganisms and has a very high carbon sequestration potential. Farmers in the project area have applied it to their homesteads or kitchen gardens.

• Compiler: Santosh Gupta
• 03/17/2023 1:05 a.m.

Application of biochar to soils in the tropics / sub-tropics improves their ability to store and supply nutrients and water for crop growth, thereby enhancing yields and food security. At the same time, biochar holds carbon in soils for extended time periods, which makes it an agricultural practice that contributes …

• Compiler: Niels Thevs
• 07/18/2022 11:56 a.m.

Biological charcoal, or biochar, is porous charcoal obtained from biomass. Biochar as a soil amendment helps improve soil fertility as well as sequestering carbon in the soil.

• Compiler: Bunjirtluk Jintaridth
• 08/04/2019 6:32 a.m.

Application of fine-grained charcoal as an amendment to improve the soil quality and mitigate GHG emissions from croplands

• Compiler: Nicola Dal Ferro
• 04/24/2015 10:08 a.m.

Lantana Camara, an invasive species in India, negatively impacts biodiversity and agriculture. Biochar made from its biomass can help manage the species effectively. Traditionally farmers produce biochar in soil pit kilns. Another low-cost portable kiln unit of biochar preparation is a viable option for rainfed areas, designed to work on …

• Compiler: Santosh Gupta
• 03/15/2023 6:11 p.m.

Bio-char and zeolite are used in animal production and spread onto the fields as part of organic manure. Zeolite is also used as individual element in crop productions to improve soils. All residues are incorporated into the soil.

• Compiler: Matjaz Glavan
• 06/07/2017 2:11 p.m.

Biochar is a carbon-rich, solid material derived from a wide range of biomass or organic waste through a thermochemical method. It is an organic charcoal material that is the final product of pyrolysis, or high-temperature burning of agricultural biomass without oxygen. Surplus crop residues, agricultural waste, and wood from sustainable …

• Compiler: Santosh Gupta
• 04/24/2023 6:45 a.m.

Rice husks, a waste product generated in rice mills, can release its carbon as a greenhouse gas (GHG) to the atmosphere through burning or decomposition. Converting it into biochar and intercalating (filled) with urea can produce a slow-release nitrogen (N) fertiliser that improves N-use efficiency while minimizing GHG emissions.

• Compiler: Head Soil Science
• 03/17/2022 9:25 a.m.

Rice husks as well as empty seeds are pyrolised and used as a soil amendment in the rice seed beds and the vegetable gardens.

• Compiler: Stefan Graf
• 10/27/2014 12:32 a.m.