Biochar implications in cleaner agricultural production and environmental sustainability
Subhash Babu, Raghavendra Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjay Singh Rathore, Devideen Yadav, S. K. Yadav, Vivek Yadav, M. A. Ansari, Anup Das, G. A. Rajanna, Owais Ali Wani, Rishi Raj, Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Vinod Kumar Singh
Abstract
Biochar production and utilization is proposed as an innovative approach for enhancing food production and climate change mitigation. Globally, biochar has the potential to increase crop productivity by ∼11% and reduces annual human-induced GHG emissions by ∼12%.
Topics & Concepts
BiocharSustainabilityEnvironmental scienceAgricultureProduction (economics)Agricultural productivityProductivityCleaner productionGreenhouse gasNatural resource economicsClimate changeFood processingCrop productionBusinessAgroforestryEnvironmental protectionWaste managementEngineeringEconomicsEcologyMunicipal solid wasteChemistryPyrolysisFood scienceBiologyMacroeconomicsSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsPhosphorus and nutrient managementEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability