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Carbon-Negative Biochar from Weed Biomass for Agricultural Research in India


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1 ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim Centre, Tadong, Gangtok 737 102, India
 

Biochar is a carbon-rich charcoal-like substance obtained by heating biomass in limited oxygen condition, through a process known as pyrolysis. If biochar is buried into the soil for carbon credits and crop enhancement, then the pyrolysis process can be carbon negative. When the process of producing biochar sequesters more carbon than it emitted, it is carbon negative.
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Shaon Kumar Das
ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim Centre, Tadong, Gangtok 737 102, India
R. K. Avasthe
ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim Centre, Tadong, Gangtok 737 102, India
Matber Singh
ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Sikkim Centre, Tadong, Gangtok 737 102, India

Abstract


Biochar is a carbon-rich charcoal-like substance obtained by heating biomass in limited oxygen condition, through a process known as pyrolysis. If biochar is buried into the soil for carbon credits and crop enhancement, then the pyrolysis process can be carbon negative. When the process of producing biochar sequesters more carbon than it emitted, it is carbon negative.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv110%2Fi11%2F2045-2046