Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries: Leveraging Current Knowledge and Exploring Future Potential for Climate-Smart Agriculture

by Johannes Lehmann, Thomas Sembres, Thea Whitman, et al.

Biochar is the carbon-rich organic matter that remains after heating biomass under minimization of oxygen during a process called pyrolysis. Its relevance to deforestation, agricultural resilience, and energy production, particularly in developing countries, makes it an important issue. This report offers a review of what is known about opportunities and risks of biochar systems. Its aim is to provide a state of the art overview of current knowledge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821395254
• ISBN13: 9780821395257
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"