Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries : Leveraging Current Knowledge and Exploring Future Potential for Climate-Smart Agriculture
Biochar is the carbon-rich organic matter that remains after heating biomass under the minimization of oxygen during a process called pyrolysis. There are a number of reasons why biochar systems may be particularly relevant in developing-country co...
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ACCESS TO ENERGY ACID ACIDIC SOILS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL WASTE AGRICULTURAL WASTES AIR AIR EMISSIONS AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ALLOCATION ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS ALTERNATIVE USES ANION EXCHANGE APPROACH ASH ASH CONTENT ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GAS ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS AVAILABILITY BALANCE BARRIERS TO ADOPTION BASIC BIO-OIL BIOMASS BIOMASS AVAILABILITY BIOMASS CARBON BIOMASS ENERGY BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK BIOMASS RESIDUES BIOMASS SOURCE BIOMASS USE BLACK CARBON BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS BUILDING MATERIALS BUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIO CALCULATION CAPITAL COST CARBON CARBON ACCUMULATION CARBON CONTENT CARBON CREDITS CARBON DECOMPOSITION CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DYNAMICS CARBON FINANCE CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON OFFSET CARBON RATIO CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON STORAGE CARBONIZATION CELLULOSE CH4 CHANGES IN DEMAND CHANGES IN LAND USE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION CHEMICAL PROPERTIES CHOICE OF TECHNOLOGY CLEAN AIR CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO CO2 COAL COLORS COMBUSTION COMPONENTS CONVERSION EFFICIENCY CROP RESIDUES DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION PRESSURES DESERTIFICATION DIESEL DROUGHT DUST ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION ANALYSIS EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS DATA EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS OF METHANE ENERGY CROPS ENERGY NEEDS ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SOURCE ENERGY STRATEGIES ENERGY SYSTEMS ENERGY USE ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FAST PYROLYSIS FEASIBILITY FEEDSTOCK FEEDSTOCK SOURCE FEEDSTOCKS FERTILIZERS FIRE EMISSIONS FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST POLICY FOREST SCIENCE FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL USE GAS PRODUCTION GASIFICATION GASIFICATION SYSTEMS GASIFIER GENERATION GHG GHGS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES HEAT HEMICELLULOSE HIGH SILICA CONTENT HOUSEHOLD COOKING HUMAN HEALTH IMAGES INCOME INNOVATIVE FINANCING IPCC LAND FOR AGRICULTURE LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LANDFILL LANDFILLS LEACHING LIGNIN LIQUEFACTION MANURE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MITIGATION EFFECT MITIGATION POTENTIAL MOISTURE CONTENT MONETARY VALUE N2O NATURAL RESOURCES NEW TECHNOLOGIES NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS NONMETHANE HYDROCARBONS NUTRIENT LOSS NUTRIENT RECYCLING NUTRIENTS OFFSET PAYMENTS OIL PRODUCTION OILS OPEN DUMPS ORGANIC CARBON ORGANIC COMPOUND ORGANIC MATERIALS ORGANIC MATTER ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT OXYGEN PAH PAPER PRODUCTS PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PH PHOSPHORUS PILOT PROJECTS PLANT GROWTH POLLUTANTS POTASSIUM POWER COMPANY PRIMARY FEEDSTOCK PUBLISHING PYROLYSIS RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS RESERVOIRS SCENARIOS SILICA SOIL CARBON SOLAR POWER SUBSISTENCE FARMERS SULFUR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT TEMPERATURE TRADITIONAL BIOMASS TROPICS UNCERTAINTIES UNEP WMO WOOD RESIDUES WOODY BIOMASS |
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ACCESS TO ENERGY ACID ACIDIC SOILS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL WASTE AGRICULTURAL WASTES AIR AIR EMISSIONS AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ALLOCATION ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS ALTERNATIVE USES ANION EXCHANGE APPROACH ASH ASH CONTENT ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GAS ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS AVAILABILITY BALANCE BARRIERS TO ADOPTION BASIC BIO-OIL BIOMASS BIOMASS AVAILABILITY BIOMASS CARBON BIOMASS ENERGY BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK BIOMASS RESIDUES BIOMASS SOURCE BIOMASS USE BLACK CARBON BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS BUILDING MATERIALS BUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIO CALCULATION CAPITAL COST CARBON CARBON ACCUMULATION CARBON CONTENT CARBON CREDITS CARBON DECOMPOSITION CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DYNAMICS CARBON FINANCE CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON OFFSET CARBON RATIO CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON STORAGE CARBONIZATION CELLULOSE CH4 CHANGES IN DEMAND CHANGES IN LAND USE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION CHEMICAL PROPERTIES CHOICE OF TECHNOLOGY CLEAN AIR CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO CO2 COAL COLORS COMBUSTION COMPONENTS CONVERSION EFFICIENCY CROP RESIDUES DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION PRESSURES DESERTIFICATION DIESEL DROUGHT DUST ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION ANALYSIS EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS DATA EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS OF METHANE ENERGY CROPS ENERGY NEEDS ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SOURCE ENERGY STRATEGIES ENERGY SYSTEMS ENERGY USE ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FAST PYROLYSIS FEASIBILITY FEEDSTOCK FEEDSTOCK SOURCE FEEDSTOCKS FERTILIZERS FIRE EMISSIONS FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST POLICY FOREST SCIENCE FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL USE GAS PRODUCTION GASIFICATION GASIFICATION SYSTEMS GASIFIER GENERATION GHG GHGS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES HEAT HEMICELLULOSE HIGH SILICA CONTENT HOUSEHOLD COOKING HUMAN HEALTH IMAGES INCOME INNOVATIVE FINANCING IPCC LAND FOR AGRICULTURE LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LANDFILL LANDFILLS LEACHING LIGNIN LIQUEFACTION MANURE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MITIGATION EFFECT MITIGATION POTENTIAL MOISTURE CONTENT MONETARY VALUE N2O NATURAL RESOURCES NEW TECHNOLOGIES NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS NONMETHANE HYDROCARBONS NUTRIENT LOSS NUTRIENT RECYCLING NUTRIENTS OFFSET PAYMENTS OIL PRODUCTION OILS OPEN DUMPS ORGANIC CARBON ORGANIC COMPOUND ORGANIC MATERIALS ORGANIC MATTER ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT OXYGEN PAH PAPER PRODUCTS PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PH PHOSPHORUS PILOT PROJECTS PLANT GROWTH POLLUTANTS POTASSIUM POWER COMPANY PRIMARY FEEDSTOCK PUBLISHING PYROLYSIS RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS RESERVOIRS SCENARIOS SILICA SOIL CARBON SOLAR POWER SUBSISTENCE FARMERS SULFUR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT TEMPERATURE TRADITIONAL BIOMASS TROPICS UNCERTAINTIES UNEP WMO WOOD RESIDUES WOODY BIOMASS Scholz, Sebastian M. Sembres, Thomas Roberts, Kelli Whitman, Thea Wilson, Kelpie Lehmann, Johannes Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries : Leveraging Current Knowledge and Exploring Future Potential for Climate-Smart Agriculture |
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Biochar is the carbon-rich organic
matter that remains after heating biomass under the
minimization of oxygen during a process called pyrolysis.
There are a number of reasons why biochar systems may be
particularly relevant in developing-country contexts. 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 regarding
biochar science. In that sense the report also offers a
reconciling view on different scientific opinions about
biochar providing an overall account that shows the various
perspectives of its science and application. This includes
soil and agricultural impacts of biochar, climate change
impacts, social impacts, and competing uses of biomass. The
report aims to contextualize the current scientific
knowledge in order to put it at use to address the
development climate change nexus, including social and
environmental sustainability. The report is organized as
follows: chapter one offers some introductory comments and
notes the increasing interest in biochar both from a
scientific and practitioner's point of view; chapter
two gives further background on biochar, describing its
characteristics and outlining the way in which biochar
systems function. Chapter three considers the opportunities
and risks of biochar systems. Based on the results of the
surveys undertaken, chapter four presents a typology of
biochar systems emerging in practice, particularly in the
developing world. Life-cycle assessments of the net climate
change impact and the net economic profitability of three
biochar systems with data collected from relatively advanced
biochar projects were conducted and are presented in chapter
five. Chapter six investigates various aspects of technology
adoption, including barriers to implementing promising
systems, focusing on economics, carbon market access, and
sociocultural barriers. Finally, the status of knowledge
regarding biochar systems is interpreted in chapter seven to
determine potential implications for future involvement in
biochar research, policy, and project formulation. |
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Scholz, Sebastian M. Sembres, Thomas Roberts, Kelli Whitman, Thea Wilson, Kelpie Lehmann, Johannes |
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Scholz, Sebastian M. Sembres, Thomas Roberts, Kelli Whitman, Thea Wilson, Kelpie Lehmann, Johannes |
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Scholz, Sebastian M. |
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Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries : Leveraging Current Knowledge and Exploring Future Potential for Climate-Smart Agriculture |
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Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries : Leveraging Current Knowledge and Exploring Future Potential for Climate-Smart Agriculture |
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Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries : Leveraging Current Knowledge and Exploring Future Potential for Climate-Smart Agriculture |
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Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries : Leveraging Current Knowledge and Exploring Future Potential for Climate-Smart Agriculture |
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Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries : Leveraging Current Knowledge and Exploring Future Potential for Climate-Smart Agriculture |
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biochar systems for smallholders in developing countries : leveraging current knowledge and exploring future potential for climate-smart agriculture |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19705161/biochar-systems-smallholders-developing-countries-leveraging-current-knowledge-exploring-future-potential-climate-smart-agriculture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18781 |
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okr-10986-187812021-04-23T14:03:49Z Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries : Leveraging Current Knowledge and Exploring Future Potential for Climate-Smart Agriculture Scholz, Sebastian M. Sembres, Thomas Roberts, Kelli Whitman, Thea Wilson, Kelpie Lehmann, Johannes ACCESS TO ENERGY ACID ACIDIC SOILS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL WASTE AGRICULTURAL WASTES AIR AIR EMISSIONS AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ALLOCATION ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS ALTERNATIVE USES ANION EXCHANGE APPROACH ASH ASH CONTENT ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GAS ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS AVAILABILITY BALANCE BARRIERS TO ADOPTION BASIC BIO-OIL BIOMASS BIOMASS AVAILABILITY BIOMASS CARBON BIOMASS ENERGY BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK BIOMASS RESIDUES BIOMASS SOURCE BIOMASS USE BLACK CARBON BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS BUILDING MATERIALS BUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIO CALCULATION CAPITAL COST CARBON CARBON ACCUMULATION CARBON CONTENT CARBON CREDITS CARBON DECOMPOSITION CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DYNAMICS CARBON FINANCE CARBON MARKET CARBON MARKETS CARBON OFFSET CARBON RATIO CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON STORAGE CARBONIZATION CELLULOSE CH4 CHANGES IN DEMAND CHANGES IN LAND USE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION CHEMICAL PROPERTIES CHOICE OF TECHNOLOGY CLEAN AIR CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO CO2 COAL COLORS COMBUSTION COMPONENTS CONVERSION EFFICIENCY CROP RESIDUES DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION PRESSURES DESERTIFICATION DIESEL DROUGHT DUST E-MAIL ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION ANALYSIS EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS DATA EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS OF METHANE ENERGY CROPS ENERGY NEEDS ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SOURCE ENERGY STRATEGIES ENERGY SYSTEMS ENERGY USE ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FAST PYROLYSIS FEASIBILITY FEEDSTOCK FEEDSTOCK SOURCE FEEDSTOCKS FERTILIZERS FIRE EMISSIONS FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST POLICY FOREST SCIENCE FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL USE GAS PRODUCTION GASIFICATION GASIFICATION SYSTEMS GASIFIER GENERATION GHG GHGS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES HEAT HEMICELLULOSE HIGH SILICA CONTENT HOUSEHOLD COOKING HUMAN HEALTH IMAGES INCOME INNOVATIVE FINANCING IPCC LAND FOR AGRICULTURE LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LANDFILL LANDFILLS LEACHING LIGNIN LIQUEFACTION MANURE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MITIGATION EFFECT MITIGATION POTENTIAL MOISTURE CONTENT MONETARY VALUE N2O NATURAL RESOURCES NEW TECHNOLOGIES NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS NONMETHANE HYDROCARBONS NUTRIENT LOSS NUTRIENT RECYCLING NUTRIENTS OFFSET PAYMENTS OIL PRODUCTION OILS OPEN DUMPS ORGANIC CARBON ORGANIC COMPOUND ORGANIC MATERIALS ORGANIC MATTER ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT OXYGEN PAH PAPER PRODUCTS PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PH PHOSPHORUS PILOT PROJECTS PLANT GROWTH POLLUTANTS POTASSIUM POWER COMPANY PRIMARY FEEDSTOCK PUBLISHING PYROLYSIS RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS RESERVOIRS SCENARIOS SILICA SOIL CARBON SOLAR POWER SUBSISTENCE FARMERS SULFUR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT TEMPERATURE TRADITIONAL BIOMASS TROPICS UNCERTAINTIES UNEP WMO WOOD RESIDUES WOODY BIOMASS Biochar is the carbon-rich organic matter that remains after heating biomass under the minimization of oxygen during a process called pyrolysis. There are a number of reasons why biochar systems may be particularly relevant in developing-country contexts. 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 regarding biochar science. In that sense the report also offers a reconciling view on different scientific opinions about biochar providing an overall account that shows the various perspectives of its science and application. This includes soil and agricultural impacts of biochar, climate change impacts, social impacts, and competing uses of biomass. The report aims to contextualize the current scientific knowledge in order to put it at use to address the development climate change nexus, including social and environmental sustainability. The report is organized as follows: chapter one offers some introductory comments and notes the increasing interest in biochar both from a scientific and practitioner's point of view; chapter two gives further background on biochar, describing its characteristics and outlining the way in which biochar systems function. Chapter three considers the opportunities and risks of biochar systems. Based on the results of the surveys undertaken, chapter four presents a typology of biochar systems emerging in practice, particularly in the developing world. Life-cycle assessments of the net climate change impact and the net economic profitability of three biochar systems with data collected from relatively advanced biochar projects were conducted and are presented in chapter five. Chapter six investigates various aspects of technology adoption, including barriers to implementing promising systems, focusing on economics, carbon market access, and sociocultural barriers. Finally, the status of knowledge regarding biochar systems is interpreted in chapter seven to determine potential implications for future involvement in biochar research, policy, and project formulation. 2014-06-26T16:04:38Z 2014-06-26T16:04:38Z 2014-06-23 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19705161/biochar-systems-smallholders-developing-countries-leveraging-current-knowledge-exploring-future-potential-climate-smart-agriculture 978-0-8213-9525-7 10.1596/978-0-8213-9525-7 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18781 English en_US World Bank Study; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean Kenya Senegal Vietnam |