BIOCHARCULTURE Water, Agriculture and Sanitation

Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar ReddyCEO, GEOhttp://e-geo.org

WORKSHOP ON IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEWater, Agriculture, Livelihoods and Sanitation28-29 DEC 2010CRIDA, HYDERABAD, INDIA

Poverty Learning Foundation (plf), and Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA)

BIOCHAR COMPOST AND BIOCHARBIOCHAR

BIOCHAR COMPOST

CULTURAL

SPIRITUA

L

BELIEFS

RITUALS

FESTIVAL

S

ALTARS

CREMATION

SOURCES (BIOMAS

S)

GOOD STOVES• T

LUDs

• Other stoves

CROP

RESIDUE

POULTRY

LITTER

WASTE MANAGEMENT• S

ludge

PRACTICES

FOOD

PRESERVING FOOD

CLEANING

MEDICINE

MATTRESS

TOOTH POWDERAIR

QUALITY• CO2

/ CH4

WATER TREATME

NT

AQUARIUM /

TERRARIUMS

BIOCHAR BRICKS

BIOCHAR URINALS

SOAK PITS

FILTERING MEDIA

INSECT REPELLEN

T

SOIL AMENDMENT

INCREASED PRODUCTION

SOIL TEMPERATURE

REGULATED

MOISTURE RETENTION

WATER CONSERVATION

NITROGEN / PHOSPHOROUS

RETENTION

NURSERIESPESTICIDES ADBSORBTION

SOIL MICROBES DENSITY INCREASE

BIOCHAR COMPOST

EARTHWORMS INCREASE

TERMITES / ANTS REPULSION

CARBON SEQUESTRATION

ANIMAL

S

POULTRY - CH4 REDUCTION

LIVESTOCK

- URIN

E AND DUN

G

FYM /

COMPOST

BIOMASS

BIOCHAR

ENERGY

BIOCHARCULTURE

Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy, GEOhttp://e-geo.org | http://biocharculture.com

SOIL

BIOCHAR

BIOCHAR COMPOST

AGRICUTURE

PADDY METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION

PESTICIDE & COMPLEX

CHEMICALS AFFECTS

MITIGATION

EMMISIONS REDUCTION FROM FARM

YARD MANURES AND

COMPOSTS

CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT

ANIMALS

APPLICATION IN ANIMAL

PLACES TO TAP URINE,

SANITATION AND

EMISSIONS REDUCTION

RUMINANT ANIMALS METHANE EMISSIONS

REDUCTION AS FEED ADDITIVE

SOAKING IN WITH ANIMALS

URINE AND EXCRETA -

VALUE ADDITION

ENERGY

SOURCE FROM EFFICIENT TLUD COOK STOVES

AS BY PRODUCT FROM GASIFIER

STOVES, BOILERS ETC

CHARCOAL PRODUCTION

FROM BIOMASS /

WASTE MANAGEMENT

HABITAT

BIOCHAR BRICKS

BIOCHAR IN AQUARIUMS

BIOCHAR IN POULTRY FARMS

BIOCHAR IN FRIDGES,

MATTRESSES, ETC.

SANITATION

BIOCHAR URINALS

BIOCHAR TOILETS

BIOCHAR IN CATTLE SHEDS

CLEANING PLATES / UTENSILS

BATHING

HEALTH

CLEANING TEETH

BIOCHAR TABLETS

BIOCHAR IN FOOD AS PART

OF FOOD PREPARATIONS

WATER

WATER PURIFICATION – COLOR, ODOR, REMOVAL OF

HARMFUL ELEMENTS,

ETC.

RITUAL / SPIRITUAL / RELIGIOUS / PRACTICES

FIRE / ALTAR / YAGNAS /

AGNIHOTRA

FIRE DURING FESTIVALS

CREMATIONS

NATURAL / ARTIFICIAL

FIRES IN FORESTS /

FIELDS, ETC.

BIOCHARCULTURE SECTORAL

Major challenges

Climate change - variability - extremes

Soil fertility Water management

Impact of hazardous pesticides and

nitrogen fertilizers

Burning of crop residue

Alkalinity of soils

SOURCES OF BIOMASS FOR BIOCHAR

CROP RESIDUE (800 million tons of biomass burnt)COTTON STALKS (22.3 million tons generated)

PROSOPIS JULIFLORA

RICE HUSK

OTHER BIOMASS

EFFICIENT BIOCHAR RETORTS

GSBC Project

http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/content/magh-biochar-retort-1http://maghbiocharretort.blogspot.com/http://www.slideshare.net/saibhaskar/biochar-production-and-uses-dr-reddy-5242206

http://www.slideshare.net/saibhaskar/magh-biochar-retort-2

MAGH SERIES BIOCHAR PRODUCING STOVES

GOOD STOVES

http://g

oodstove

.com

MAGH SERIES BIOCHAR PRODUCING STOVES

GOOD STOVES

http://g

oodstove

.com

GRAVEL AND SAND

CHARCOAL

SAND

GEO WATER FILTER

THREE 15 LITER TIN CANS, SAND, GRAVEL , TAP AND PVC PIPE

SAND

CHIPS

TERRA PRETA NUGGETS

CHIPS

PEBBLES

GEO WATER FILTER

Two liter reuse bottle with bottom open, useful for treatment of water in all emergencies, If Terra Preta nuggets not available, charcoal from cook stove either washed / steamed can also be used.

OPEN TOILETS

BIOCHAR URINALSUrine, 95% of which is water, 2.5% of which is urea, and 2.5% of which is a mixture of minerals, salts, hormones, and enzymes, is not a toxic waste product. Urine is a blood byproduct and though it contains some body waste, it is non-toxic. In 1975, Dr. A.H. Free,

http://e-opentoilets.blogspot.com/

ELEMENTS OF HYGIENE

HYGIENE IS SACTITY AND SACTITY IS GOD

FIRE SMOKE

BIOCHAR ASH

FOOD

LIVESTOCK & DAIRY EFFLUENTS

Biochar – livestock urine

TRADITIONAL USE OF BIOCHAR

BIOCHAR FOR CLEANING

WATER LESS CLEANING

BIOCHAR BRICKS, GREEN BUILDINGS

BIOCHAR IN PADDY

METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION

OKRA - CONTROL AND BIOCHAR PLOTS CONTROL BIOCHAR COMPOST

4 KGS 8 KGS 12 KGS

1.5 FEET 6 FEET

CONTROL

BIOCHARCONTROL & BIOCHAR

CONTROL AND BIOCHAR - OKRA

CONTROL & BIOCHAR - MIRCHI

BIOCHAR COMPOST

BIOCHAR PREPARATIONS & APPLICATION

Biochar compost Application

• Point - eg. Horticulture• Spread - eg. Paddy

Biochar compost preparation

• Biochar + compost + green mulch + soil microbes + Jaggery + (pottery shards / fish bones / brick pieces / urine / etc.)• Addition of biochar to Farm Yard Manure pits in small quantities every day from traditional stoves – i.e., Cattle dung, cattle urine, straw, biochar, ash, pottery shards,

pottery tile pieces, etc.

Biochar only application

• Point - Biochar mulching - eg. Horticulture• Spread - Biochar broadcasting - eg. paddy

Biochar Prepartion methods - Many.

Application of BiocharThe difference is high in less fertile and degraded soils.

Biochar is good for all types of soils, because the fertility of soils defined in time and space varies, based on human and natural conditions.

1 kg to 3 kgs of biochar application for every 1 square meter field area is the emerging good application result for as tested in field trials.

The compost and other nutrients should be added to the field, as done regularly to any field as per the crop.

Initially the Nitrogen should be added more (1.5 to 2 times) than what is applied regularly, Green mulch / composts / farm yard manures etc., are most preferable.

Biocharculture Adaptation benefitsSecuring the crop from

drought and climate variabiiity

Reclaim the degraded soils, water conservation,

Lessen the impact of hazardous pesticides

and complex chemicals & to reduce plant

uptake.

reducing emissions and increasing the

sequestration of greenhouse gases

Conversion of crop residue into Biochar an

option and address carbon sequestration

Increase in crop yieldincreases in C, N, pH, and available P to the

plantsImpacts of Biochar last more than 1000 years.

Temperature regulation in the soil

Reduction in leaching of the bio / chem fertilizers applied

Increase in the soil microbes / worms at the biochar and soil

interface

GSBC PROJECT INTEGRATED APPROACH

BIOCHAR FIELDS – GSBC PROJECT

•16 FARMERS•KHARIF AND RABI2009

•25 FARMERS•KHARIF•30 NGOs from 5 Districts adopted

2010

3 farmers in 2006 under the V & A Project, Kothur village, Mahabubnagar District, AP, India, Biochar was introduced by Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy

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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BIOCHAR LINKS

Terra Preta Info - Indian conextBiochar ExperimentsBiochar - Alkaline soilsBiochar - Alkaline soils reportCharcoal production

Biochar ProductionMagh Biochar RetortGEO mini metal kilnARTI - Charcoal Biochar PlantsProsopis JulifloraProsopis Juliflora report

StovesMagh series tlud woodgas or microgasifier stovesAnila

Biochar UrineBiochar Urinals

Biochar Soil lifeTermitesEarthworms

Pottery ShardsIn soils

CleaningBiochar for Cleaning

Green BuildingsBiochar Bricks

Rural TrashBiochar plus

GSBC PROJECT ON CNN

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THANK YOU…WISHING YOU ALL HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 !