Project title: BICEPS - Biochar Integration in Small-Holder Cropping Systems–Economy, Food Product Value Chains, Climate Change Resilience, Soil Fertility.
Biochar in small-holder agriculture can improve crop yield with climate benefits because of carbon storage in the soil. This project aims to measure the contribution of biochar to climate change resilience, improved food security
and profitability.
We will study the biochar contribution to climate change mitigation using a life-cycle analysis approach. Such an approach takes into account all primary and secondary environmental effect of various scenarios.
Here, it is important to use a system perspective to assess both direct climate change mitigation but also emissions of greenhouse gases and toxic compounds during biochar making. Adoption of biochar will be dependent on profitability at farm level. We will therefore evaluate the cost-benefit of biochar integration and the impacts on product quantity and quality.
Food value chains will be established. The two most important effects of biochar in sub Saharan Africa are water retention and nutrient retention. Interaction between biochar and the nitrogen cycle will be studied to evaluate nitrogen use efficiency.
We will also study the importance of biochar-soil-water-crop interaction for improved drought resilience.
Our results can be utilized to guide policy development on how biochar can be integrated in small-holder farming systems.
Primary and secondary objectives:
1. potential of biochar to contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation
2. effect of biochar on soil carbon (C) and soil fertility, in particular the nitrogen (N) cycle
3. effect of biochar on soil hydrology and plant-available water
4. biochar management including effects on yield and crop quality, integration in farming systems
5. economy of biochar integration and food value chains.
Company Details
- Founded
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- Address
- Sandakerveien 140, Oslo,0484,norway
- Industry
- Farming
- NAICS
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Crop ProductionOilseed and Grain FarmingVegetable and Melon FarmingFruit and Tree Nut FarmingGreenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture ProductionOther Crop FarmingSoybean FarmingOilseed (except Soybean) FarmingDry Pea and Bean FarmingWheat FarmingCorn FarmingRice FarmingOther Grain FarmingOrange GrovesCitrus (except Orange) GrovesNoncitrus Fruit and Tree Nut FarmingFood Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Floriculture ProductionTobacco FarmingCotton FarmingSugarcane FarmingHay FarmingAll Other Crop FarmingOilseed and Grain Combination FarmingAll Other Grain FarmingPotato FarmingOther Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon FarmingApple OrchardsGrape VineyardsStrawberry FarmingBerry (except Strawberry) FarmingTree Nut FarmingFruit and Tree Nut Combination FarmingOther Noncitrus Fruit FarmingMushroom ProductionOther Food Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Tree ProductionFloriculture ProductionSugar Beet FarmingPeanut FarmingAll Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming
- Keywords
- Welshpool.
- HQ
- Oslo
Biceps - Biochar Research Project Questions
Biceps - Biochar Research Project's website is https://www.ngi.no/Prosjekter/BICEPS
Biceps - Biochar Research Project's LinkedIn profile is https://no.linkedin.com/company/biceps-biochar-research-project
Biceps - Biochar Research Project's industry is
Farming
Biceps - Biochar Research Project's top competitors are
Safer: Safeguarding Freshwater Resilience In The Anthropocene,
Åsbo Farm,
Kc Biochar,
Svenska Tulpan Aktiebolaget,
Farm4future,
Kåseholm,
Trolleholm Estate,
Woodtek Biochar,
Brottby Gård Ab,
In4resilience.
Biceps - Biochar Research Project's categories are Farming
Biceps - Biochar Research Project's founding year is 2021
