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This document discusses the use of biochar in developing countries for sustainability purposes. It summarizes that biochar can be produced from various biomass feedstocks using different technologies. When integrated into traditional agricultural practices through a concept called "biocharculture", biochar can help developing countries adapt to climate change by increasing soil fertility and crop yields, sequestering carbon, reducing emissions and conserving water. Biochar has many environmental, economic and social benefits and aligns with the principles of sustainable agriculture.
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- 1. BIOCHAR SUSTAINABILITY IN DEVELOPINGCOUNTRIES IBI WEBINAR SERIES Dr. N. SAI BHASKAR REDDY, GEO saibhaskarnakka@gmail.com | 14th April 2015
- 2. BIOCHAR Biochar is anothername for charcoal used for purposes other than combustion. Like all charcoal, biochar is created by the pyrolysis of biomass.
- 3. BIOCHARS There are varioustypes of biochars, based on feedstock's and production technologies.
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- 6. BIOCHARCULTURE Biocharculture is aholistic approach that has been historically tested, traditionally practiced, is culturally integral, economically viable, socially responsible, environmentally sustainable, and agreeable as a policy. The uses of biochar—as part of biocharculture—include its application in the areas of soil management, livestock, biomass energy, water purification, green habitats, sanitation, food, health, etc.
- 7. BIOCHARCULTURE ADAPTATION BENEFITS Securingthe crop from drought and climate variabiiity Reclaim the degraded soils water conservation Lessen the impact of hazardous pesticides and complex chemicals reducing emissions and increasing the carbon sequestration Conversion of biomass into biochar Increase in crop yield increases in C, N, pH, and available P to the plants Impacts of biochar last more than 1000 years.
- 8. Book published byMetaMeta, Netherlands, August 2014
- 9. SUSTAINABILITY OF BIOCHAR Biocharcultureintegration into traditional and local practices should be encouraged. Encouraging local communities to produce and use biochar with locally available raw material is considered sustainable. Biochar blends are mostly organic / natural
- 10. ENVIRONMENTAL CARBON SEQUESTRATI ON REDUCED GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS SECURINGFROM CLIMATE VARIABILITY ONE OF THE GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION SOLUTIONS LIVELIHOODS INCREASED CROP YIELD INCREASED INCOME RECLAMATION OF DEGRADED SOILS BIOLOGICAL - INCREASED SOIL MOCROBES AND FUNGI. REPULSION OF ANTS AND TERMITES, PHYSICAL - SOIL MOISTURE RETENTION, SOIL TEXTURE, AND TEMPERATURE, SURFACE AREA CHEMICAL RETENTION AND ACCESS OF NITROGEN, PHOSPHOROUS, ADSORBTION OF HAZARDOUS PESTICIDES CHARCOAL PLUS AMENDMENTS TO SOIL BIOCHAR FRAMEWORK Other Environmental Applications
- 11. Climate Change Climate change willaffect food and water security. The coming decades global warming will cause droughts, floods, changes in rainfall patterns, severe freshwater shortages, and shifts in crop growing seasons— especially in developing countries (FAO 2008). Adaptive measures are needed to mitigate expected adverse outcomes; otherwise, areas such as Southern Africa will suffer severe drops in agricultural yields by 2030 (World Bank 2009).
- 12. Major challenges Climate change- variability - extremes Soil fertility Water management Impact of hazardous pesticides and nitrogen fertilizers Burning of crop residue Alkalinity of soils
- 14. AGRICULTURE SHARE –GDP vs. EMPLOYMENT http://data.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/wdi-final.pdf
- 15. Climate Smart Sustainableagriculture Sustainable agriculture can help developing countries adapt to climate change Sustainable agriculture is essential for development—and for achieving the MDG to eradicate poverty and hunger (World Bank and IFPRI 2006). Today’s challenges for sustainable agricultural development are to respond to increasing demand for food, adjust to rapid climate changes caused by global warming, and reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions (FAO 2008a). Climate change mitigation in agriculture will require more efficient use of fertilizer, soil conservation, and better production management. Under current fertilization practices, crop plant uptake of nitrogen as a nutrient is about 50 percent, with losses and emissions to the atmosphere through runoff and leaching from soil erosion (Takle and Hofstrand 2008; FAO 2001).
- 16. http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/w2612e/w2612emap12-e.pdf Damage has occurredon 15 percent of the world’s total land area (13 percent light and moderate, 2 percent severe and very severe), mainly resulting from erosion, nutrient decline, salinization and physical compaction.
- 17. Developing Countries Climate •Arid and semi-arid areas account for one third of the earth’s surface land area. • In many parts of the subhumid and semiarid tropics, crop yields are declining on response to inputs such as fertilizers, and droughts and shortages of irrigation water are increasingly evident. • Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia pose two different challenges in raising food production to meet their food needs. • ICRISAT (1998) estimates that semi-arid areas, especially within the tropics, cover most parts of the developing nations in the world including Latin America, most parts of sub-Saharan Africa, a large portion of Eastern and Southern Africa and parts of India and South East Asia.
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- 19. Source: http://blogs-images.forbes.com/evapereira/files/2011/01/Developed_and_developing_countries3.png An importantaccumulation of low economic and social development can be detected from both sides of the equator, roughly between 20S and 30N. Both in the north and in the south of that band the income levels grow steeply.
- 20. RECENT STUDIES /REPORTS
- 21. • BIOCHAR PROJECTS - COUNTRYWISE http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-9525-7
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- 23. BIOCHAR FEEDSTOCKS Biomassfrom agriculture, forestry, livestock rearing, food production and processing.. Woody biomass— softwoods, hardwoods, or a combination Agricultural residues including bagasse from sugar cane, corn stover, rice husks, cereal straw, and coconut shells, etc.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-9525-7
- 24. SOURCES OF BIOMASSFOR BIOCHAR CROP RESIDUE (800 million tons of biomass burnt) COTTON STALKS (22.3 million tons generated) PROSOPIS JULIFLORA RICE HUSK OTHER BIOMASS (in India)
- 25. Plants Stoves Biochar Soil Fertility Carbon Sequestration Emissionreduction Water conservation Energy Emissions reduction Biomass conservation Biochar as byproduct Carbon as biochar Water and fertilizers conservation Carbon sequestration Note: Presenter has designed low cost highly efficient 50 good stoves that produce biochar as a byproduct. http://goodstove.com Also see the book Understanding Stoves http://metameta.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Understanding-Stoves-okt-10-webversion.pdf
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- 28. A B C CHIMNEY PRIMARYAIR SECONDARY AIR GEO metal retort Magh biochar retort 2 Magh biochar retort 1 BIOCHAR PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
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- 34. CROP YIELD INCREASE SOILIMPROVEMENT
- 35. WAGES FROM PRODUCTION INCOMEFROM SALE
- 36. INCREASE IN YIELDAND PRODUCTION
- 37. TEST PLOTS CONTROL BIOCHARCOMPOST 4 KGS 8 KGS 12 KGS
- 38. 1.5 FEET 6FEET CONTROL BIOCHAR
- 42. LIVELIHOODS • Agriculture productivityincreases • Low input agricultureNatural • Local jobs and equity • Local enterprisesSocial • Least skills required • BiocharcultureHuman • Local technologies • Low energyPhysical • Low carbon economy • Low costFinancial • Carbon sequestration and energy security • Mitigation and adaptation to climate changeEnvironment
- 43. CARBON OFFSET PAYMENTS Initially,subsidies / carbon offset payments are needed in the developing countries for sustainability of biochar facilitation
- 44. BIOCHAR BUSINESSES In thepresent market less than 25% biochar businesses and production technologies are from developing countries
- 45. MARKET Low price ofbiochar in the developing countries might trigger exports Subsidies a hindrance Lack of awareness Gardening Agriculture (Large Farms) Household Others
- 46. PRICE OF BIOCHAR Unblendedbiochar and biochar products blended with other materials are being sold in many countries at a wide range of retail prices ranging from $0.08 to $13.48 per kilogram. The average price reported was $2.48 per kilogram. http://www.biochar-international.org/State_of_industry_2013
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- 49. CULTURAL SPIRITUAL BELIEFS RITUALS FESTIVALS ALTARS CREMATION SOURCES (BIOMASS) GOOD STOVES •TLUDs •Other stoves CROP RESIDUE POULTRY LITTER WASTE MANAGEM ENT •Sludge PRACTICES FOOD PRESERV ING FOOD CLEANING MEDICINE MATTRESS TOOTH POWDER AIR QUALITY • CO2/ CH4 WATER TREATM ENT AQUARI UM / TERRARI UMS BIOCHAR BRICKS BIOCHAR URINALS SOAK PITS FILTERIN G MEDIA INSECT REPELLE NT SOIL AMENDMENT INCREASED PRODUCTI ON SOIL TEMPERAT URE REGULATE D MOISTURE RETENTION WATER CONSERVA TION NITROGEN / PHOSPHOR OUS RETENTION NURSERIES PESTICIDES ADBSORBTI ON SOIL MICROBES DENSITY INCREASE BIOCHAR COMPOST EARTHWO RMS INCREASE TERMITES / ANTS REPULSION CARBON SEQUESTR ATION ANIMALS POULTRY - CH4 REDUCTION LIVESTOCK - URINE AND DUNG FYM / COMPOST BIOMASS BIOCHAR ENERGY
- 50. SOIL BIOCHAR BIOCHAR COMPOST AGRICUTURE PADDY METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION PESTICIDE & COMPLEX CHEMICALS AFFECTS MITIGATION EMMISIONS REDUCTION FROM FARM YARD MANURESAND COMPOSTS CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT ANIMALS APPLICATION IN ANIMAL PLACES TO TAP URINE, SANITATION AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION RUMINANT ANIMALS METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION AS FEED ADDITIVE SOAKING IN WITH ANIMALS URINE AND EXCRETA - VALUE ADDITION ENERGY SOURCE FROM EFFICIENT TLUD COOK STOVES AS BY PRODUCT FROM GASIFIER STOVES, BOILERS ETC CHARCOAL PRODUCTION FROM BIOMASS / WASTE MANAGEMENT HABITAT BIOCHAR BRICKS BIOCHAR IN AQUARIUMS BIOCHAR IN POULTRY FARMS BIOCHAR IN FRIDGES, MATTRESSES, ETC. SANITATION BIOCHAR URINALS BIOCHAR TOILETS BIOCHAR IN CATTLE SHEDS CLEANING PLATES / UTENSILS BATHING HEALTH CLEANING TEETH BIOCHAR TABLETS BIOCHAR IN FOOD AS PART OF FOOD PREPARATIONS WATER WATER PURIFICATION – COLOR, ODOR, REMOVAL OF HARMFUL ELEMENTS, ETC. RITUAL / SPIRITUAL / RELIGIOUS / PRACTICES FIRE / ALTAR / YAGNAS / AGNIHOTRA FIRE DURING FESTIVALS CREMATIONS NATURAL / ARTIFICIAL FIRES IN FORESTS / FIELDS, ETC.
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- 55. BIOCHAR IN LIVINGPLACES
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- 59. ADVANTAGES OF BIOCHARURBAN GARDENS Less weight and insulation to the rooftops Economic savings through access to self grown food Utilization of urban organic waste for biochar compost. Aesthetics and green spaces on rooftops
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- 65. Road Sewerage Clean water forirrigation Drip Irrigation
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- 68. USED PET WATERBOTTLES FOR FLOATS
- 69. EMERGENT PLANTS INDEEP WATERS
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- 74. REED ISLANDS WITHBIOCHAR
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Editor's Notes
- #5 Biochar 10% to 30%
- #17 These impacts frequently lead to reductions in yields. Land conservation and rehabilitation are essential parts of sustainable agricultural development. While severely degraded soil is found in most regions of the world, the negative economic impact of degraded soil may be most severe in the countries most dependent on agriculture for their incomes.
- #21 Ref: Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries, LEVERAGING CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPLORING FUTURE POTENTIAL FOR CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE, Sebastian M. Scholz, Thomas Sembres, Kelli Roberts, Thea Whitman, Kelpie Wilson, and Johannes Lehman, A WORLD BANK STUDY, 2014
- #47 Pine needless biochar from gassifiers, gasifiers