Volume : V, Issue : IX, September - 2015

Biochar An effective tool to abate climate change and ensure sustainable agriculture

Dr. G. Alagukannan

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An excess emission of green house gases exerted a negative impact on global climate and carbon dioxide (CO2) is one among the gases responsible for global warming. Sequestration of atmospheric carbon to the soil is a challenging task for the scientific community to mitigate the rising concentration of atmospheric CO2. Sustainable agriculture is also the need to the hour to feed the growing population with safe and nutritious feed but the large dependency of agriculture on fossil fuel based fertilizers again led to environmental degradation. In this paper, the beneficial effects of use of pyrolysis derived biochar are discussed by considering the research conducted world wide. An attempt has been made to recommend the relevant measures to policy makers and research systems in order to avail the multiple benefits of biochar interms of carbon sequestration, soil productivity enhancement, waste management, global climate change mitigation and so on.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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Dr. G. Alagukannan Biochar � an Effective Tool to Abate Climate Change and Ensure Sustainable Agriculture Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 9 September 2015

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