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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Main Authors:	Scholz, Sebastian M., Sembres, Thomas, Roberts, Kelli, Whitman, Thea, Wilson, Kelpie, Lehmann, Johannes
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	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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Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries : Leveraging Current Knowledge and Exploring Future Potential for Climate-Smart Agriculture

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