How Could Biochar Lead To Better Soils For Mexican Farmers?

2023-09-25 03:04 AM by Jessica Irvine

Brazilian researcher Sara Duarte (left) at a field experiment in Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico in … [+] July of 2023. Enrique García A Brazilian researcher is working with Mexican farmers to test soils using biochar: a carbon-rich material showing promise in increasing water retention and fertility. Biochar is a porous, solid material produced in an oxygen-poor …

Bolivians Turning Forestry Waste Into Biochar For Indigenous Farmers

2023-08-30 08:29 PM by Jessica Irvine

Biochar produced in Bolivia from forestry waste ExoMad Green Bolivian researchers are taking forestry waste that otherwise would have been burnt and turning it into a carbon-dense product useful to farmers. When biomass (like wood chips) decompose naturally, they emit the potent greenhouse gases CO2 and methane but by creating biochar in a low-oxygen environment, …