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ESRC Research Centre for Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability

Grant reference: RES-588-28-5001

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Title Biochar : 'Triple wins', livelihoods and technological promise

Description Biochar is a carbon-rich product that results when biomass is burned under oxygen-deprived conditions. There is both technological optimism and debate about its potential. The addition of biochar to soils is being hailed both as a promising tool in carbon sequestration and enriching soils, and it appears also to offer a range of other benefits to farmers and the environment. This promise is generating research, imagination, and investment that out-paces actual practices on the ground.

Url http://www.steps-centre.org/PDFs/STEPSsumBiochar.pdf

Url Description Full text

Language English

Primary contributor

Author Melissa Leach

Keywords

agriculture; carbon; soils; farmers; farming; agriculture; environmental issues; Africa

Additional details

Series number 41

Is this item peer reviewed? No

Other information The STEPS Centre is based at the Institute of Development
Studies, University of Sussex.

Publisher STEPS Centre (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability)

Date of publication 01 January 2010

Number of pages 4

Place of publication Brighton

Series title STEPS briefings

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Citation Style:

Harvard

Leach, Melissa Author (2010) Biochar : 'Triple wins', livelihoods and technological promise. Brighton: STEPS Centre (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability).

Vancouver

Leach Melissa. Biochar : 'Triple wins', livelihoods and technological promise. Brighton: STEPS Centre (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability); 2010.