biochar presentation for network building
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BIOCHAR PRESENTATIONBy the Philippine Biochar Association
Biochar Program Goals
1. To create livelihood opportunities for rural households by converting agricultural and countryside biomass by-products into biochar
2. To incorporate biochar into farmlands of small farmers to improve farm yields and family income
3. Help mitigate the greenhouse effect caused by vehicle emissions and farming.
BIOCHAR
• Biochar is charcoal created by pyrolysis (burning with minimal oxygen) of biomass
• When biochar is added to the soil, it is known to stay in the soil for thousands of years. A recent study made by the University of Bayreuth in Germany showed that 1 hectare of land with biochar plowed in at 1 meter depth holds 250 tons of carbon compared with 100 tons in soil without biochar.
The Carbon Dioxide Cycle
Through pyrolysis carbon is sequestered and prevented from converting into the greenhouse gas of CO2
Adding Biochar to Farm Lands
Soil without biochar Soil with biochar
Biochar Benefits to Farm Soils
• boosts soil fertility• prevents soil erosion• improves soil quality by raising soil pH• traps moisture, attracting more beneficial fungi
and microbes• improves cation (positive ion) exchange capacity• helps the soil hold nutrient• improves water quality by retaining
agrochemicals and metals
Better than Compost• biochar is a more stable nutrient source than
compost and manure. Biochar, therefore, as a soil amendment can increase crop yields, reduce the need for chemical fertilizers, and minimize the adverse environmental effects of agrochemicals in the environment.
BIOCHAR• Helps mitigate greenhouse effect by trapping
carbon for thousand of years!• Captures even more carbon when plowed into
farmlands!• Improves soil quality for better food production
Materials that can be used to make biochar
Rice Hull or Ipa
Rice Straw or Dayami
CoconutHusk
Corn Cobs
Forest and agriculture residue…
BIOCHAR PRODUCTION MADE FROM RICE HULL
CARBONIZED RICE HULL OR BIOCHAR OR AGRICHAR
The internal structure of biochar
Drier using rice hull as fuel and Producing biochar as byproduct
RICE HULL STOVE THAT PRODUCES BIOCHAR AS BY-PRODUCT
No more burning of rice hull or rice straw
Rice Crop using soil integrated biochar
Corn crop with biochar and Chicken manure
Organic brandywine tomatoes grownWith biochar and vermicompost
PBiA has recently set up a network in Zambales in partnership
with the Botolan Local Government, a local NGO called Sambali, and the Bucao Farmer Irrigators Association.
Other networks are similarly being organized around the country .
Carbon Sequestration Validation and Certification ProgramThe Philippine Biochar Association (PBiA), in partnership with local government units (LGUs), local non-government organizations (NGOs), and people’s organizations (POs), has taken the initiative to introduce VERIFIED & CERTIFIED carbon sequestration in the Philippines using Biochar and offer it as avenue for VOLUNTARY CARBON OFFSET .
Incorporating biochar into agricultural land is a simple process and can easily be done by a farmer… In partnership with PBiA, for every 1.1 tons of biochar incorporated in agricultural land, the LOCAL BIOCHAR NETWORK issues a master certificate verifying this activity.
Carbon Offset Sticker Program
P1,500 Answers for up to 1,000 kilos of Carbon Emissions AND provides livelihood and better food supply
Issues Negative Carbon Stickers against each Master Certificate, 4 stickers to one Master Certificate.
The sticker sales fund the biochar production and soil integration by the
farmer’s organization
• > For every Php1500 sticker sold, Php 875 goes to the Local Biochar Network for– PRODUCING– FARM INCORPORATION– VALIDATION– VERIFICATION and CERTIFICATION – (70% to Farmer, 10% to LGU, 20% to NGO) The Philippine Biochar Association receives Php 275 per sticker for sticker
management, website access, awareness building, promotions; And Php 350 goes to marketing
Fuel Type Kilometer/ Liter
Ave. Km Distance/
year
FuelConsumed/Year (liter)
CO2 Emission/Liter (kls)
CO2Produced/Year (kls)
Gas 8 10,000 1,250 .650 812
9 10,000 1,111 .650 722
10 10,000 1,000 .650 650
11 10,000 910 .650 591
Diesel 8 10,000 1,250 .735 919
9 10,000 1,111 .735 817
10 10,000 1,000 .735 735
11 10,000 910 .735 669
Sample Table of CO2 Emissions
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