Biochar production and applications in sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities, constraints, risks and uncertainties

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experiences soil degradation, food and livelihood insecurity, environmental pollution and lack of access to energy. Biochar has gained international research attention, but few studies have investigated the potential of biochar to address the challenges in SSA. This paper se...

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Published in:	Journal of environmental management Vol. 150; pp. 250 - 261
Main Authors:	Gwenzi, Willis, Chaukura, Nhamo, Mukome, Fungai N.D., Machado, Stephen, Nyamasoka, Blessing
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2015 Academic Press Ltd
Subjects:	Access acid soils Acidic soils Adoption of innovations adsorption Africa South of the Sahara Agricultural economics Agriculture Alternative energy sources Application Attitudes attitudes and opinions Biochar biofuels carbon Carbon Sequestration Case studies Charcoal Climate change Conservation of Natural Resources Constraints Consumers Crop production Crop productivity Degradation Electricity Emissions control Energy Energy provision Environmental cleanup Environmental management Farm buildings feedstocks finance fuelwood greenhouse gas emissions Greenhouse gases Health behavior Health risk assessment Health risks Healthy food Households Humans industrial applications Industry Insecurity issues and policy land application land restoration Literature reviews Livelihood Low income groups Moisture Moisture availability Nutrient availability Organic wastes polluted soils Pollution Production Productivity Property Public health Pyrolysis Raw materials Remediation Researcher subject relations Revegetation Risk Smallholder agroecosystems Socioeconomic factors socioeconomics Soil - chemistry Soil contamination Soil degradation Soil fertility Soil moisture soil nutrients soil water Soils Solid wastes Stimulation uncertainty Wastewater Wastewater treatment Water Water pollution Water supply Water treatment Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa Climate change Pyrolysis Smallholder agroecosystems Energy provision Zimbabwe Biochar Carbon sequestration Crop productivity
ISSN:	0301-4797, 1095-8630, 1095-8630
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