1.Session theme: Towards Climate Change Mitigation, Resilience and Carbon Emission Reduction
BIOCHARCULTURE IN COTTON CROP FOR SUSTAINABLE CULTIVATION AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION
National Workshop on
Innovations and Better Management Practices for
Climate Resilientand Sustainable Cotton Production
15-16 December, 2010
Dr. N. SaiBhaskarReddy
Chief Executive Officer [CEO],
GEOECOLOGY ENERGY ORGANISATION [GEO] http://e-geo.org

2. SOURCES OF BIOMASS FOR BIOCHAR
3. Major challenges of cotton crop
4. Biocharculture
5. BIOCHARCULTURE
Dr. N. SaiBhaskar Reddy, GEO
http://e-geo.org | http://biocharculture.com
6. SOIL
AGRICUTURE
ANIMALS
ENERGY
HABITAT
SANITATION
HEALTH
WATER
RITUAL / SPIRITUAL / RELIGIOUS / PRACTICES
BIOCHARCULTURE
BIOCHAR URINALS
WATER PURIFICATION COLOR, ODOR, REMOVAL OF HARMFUL ELEMENTS, ETC.
PADDY METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION
BIOCHAR BRICKS
FIRE / ALTAR / YAGNAS / AGNIHOTRA
APPLICATION IN ANIMAL PLACES TO TAP URINE, SANITATION AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION
SOURCE FROM EFFICIENT TLUD COOK STOVES
CLEANING TEETH
BIOCHAR
BIOCHAR TOILETS
PESTICIDE & COMPLEX CHEMICALS AFFECTS MITIGATION
BIOCHAR IN AQUARIUMS
FIRE DURING FESTIVALS
RUMINANT ANIMALS METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION AS FEED ADDITIVE
AS BY PRODUCT FROM GASIFIER STOVES, BOILERS ETC
BIOCHAR TABLETS
BIOCHAR IN CATTLE SHEDS
EMMISIONS REDUCTION FROM FARM YARD MANURES AND COMPOSTS
BIOCHAR IN POULTRY FARMS
CREMATIONS
BIOCHAR COMPOST
CLEANING PLATES / UTENSILS
SOAKING IN WITH ANIMALS URINE AND EXCRETA - VALUE ADDITION
CHARCOAL PRODUCTION FROM BIOMASS / WASTE MANAGEMENT
BIOCHAR IN FOOD AS PART OF FOOD PREPARATIONS
CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT
BIOCHAR IN FRIDGES, MATTRESSES, ETC.
NATURAL / ARTIFICIAL FIRES IN FORESTS / FIELDS, ETC.
BATHING
7. Biocharculture Adaptation benefits
8. GSBC Project*
*- Good Stoves and Biochar communities project is supported by GoodPlanet.org, France, being implemetned by Geoecology Energy Organisation [GEO] in parts of Andhra Pradesh, India
9. MONO AND MIXED CROPPING
C + Castor
C + Redgram
Cotton (C)
10. Biochar + Pottery shards
11. BIOCHAR COMPOST
12. BIOCHAR PREPARATIONS & APPLICATION
13. BIOCHAR MULCHING
14. Cotton Stalks for Biochar
15. EFFICIENT BIOCHAR RETORTS
http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/content/magh-biochar-retort-1http://maghbiocharretort.blogspot.com/http://www.slideshare.net/saibhaskar/biochar-production-and-uses-dr-reddy-5242206http://www.slideshare.net/saibhaskar/magh-biochar-retort-2
GSBC Project
16. MAGH SERIES BIOCHAR PRODUCING STOVES
GOOD STOVES
http://goodstove.com
17. Application of Biochar
18. APPLICATION IN THE FIELDS
19. Biochar Benefits
Biochar is a process media rather 'result' media.
20. Results
The Biochar applied by the farmers as Biochar compost yielded good results.
1 kg charcoal for 1 sq meter area, along with compost of equal quantity. For 1 hectare or 10000 sq meters of area, the charcoal required is 10000 kgs or 10 tonnes.
Charcoal at the rate of Rs. 3 to Rs. 5 per KG either produced by themselves or purchased would cost them from Rs. 30,000 to Rs.50,000 per hectare apart from the cost for compost.
Therefore it is not feasible for farmers to apply the Biochar immediately in their respective fields in such huge quantities.
As the affect of charcoal lasts more than 1000 years, the farmers could apply the charcoal every year, some quantity, they could reach the desired quantity say in next 10 years.
The soil would also be able to adopt to these amendments along with soils microbes colonization slowly.
The experience of the farmers regarding the charcoal application in the fields is more important, so in the future all the biomass generated in the fields would be utilized for generating Biochar and left in the field.
GSBC Project could create large scale awareness among farmers regarding Biochar application and preparation of the Biochar compost.
During open burning of the cotton stalks the biomass is getting converted into ash. The farmers were trained on converting the cotton stalks into Biochar through simple methods and technologies.
21. BIOCHAR RESULTS
GSBC PROJECT, 2009 (DORUGHT PREVAILED DURING THE GROWING SEASON)
22. TERRA PRETA VS BIOCHAR
23. BIOCHAR FRAMEWORK
POLICY
TECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH
LOCAL PRACTICES
CHARCOAL PLUS AMENDMENTS TO SOIL
BIOCHAR
24. GSBC PROJECT
INTEGRATED APPROACH
25. BIOCHAR FIELDS GSBC PROJECT
3 farmers in 2006 under the V & A Project, Kothur village, Mahabubnagar District, AP, India
26. GOOD STOVES AND BIOCHAR COMMUNITIES PROJECT
GSBC PROJECT, being implemented in parts of Andhra Pradesh State is an integrated project.
This project started in May 2009, Geoecology Energy Organisation is responsible for planning, implementation and monitoring of the project. The Alternative Carbone Project portfolio of Action Carbone has promoted this project to be implemented in the rural areas of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.
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27. BIOCHAR INDIA | BIOCHARCULTURE
OKRA
28. THANK YOU
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