Biochar-Based Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture: Feedstocks, Production, and Effects on the Soil-Plant System
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Soils".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 January 2025 | Viewed by 134
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Interests: soil health; soil quality; soil organic matter; soil carbon sequestration; biochar
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Interests: biochar; impregnated biochar; phosphate fertilizers
Interests: organic matter; biochar; bioslurry; smallholder farming; precision agriculture; carbon sequestration; food security
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Dear Colleagues,
Biochar is a solid material, rich in carbon, obtained by thermochemical processes from various organic residues. Biochar as a soil amendment has been widely studied and the results indicate that it can partially or fully replace chemical fertilizers in agricultural production. However, in some cases, low concentrations or imbalanced nutrients may limit the use of biochar as a fertilizer. In view of this, several strategies have been assessed to make use of biochar as a fertilizer viable. Enriching biochar with one or multiple nutrients is a promising strategy to increase nutrient-use efficiency, reduce final product costs and reduce the environmental damage caused by chemical fertilizers, such as nutrient leaching and greenhouse gas emissions. There are several techniques to enrich biochar with nutrients to produce biochar-based fertilizers, including pre- and post-pyrolysis procedures. The feedstocks used to enrich biochar can be grouped into i) chemical fertilizers; ii) organic wastes; iii) rock dust; iv) minerals; and pure inorganic compounds.
This Special Issue welcomes submissions on biochar-based fertilizers including feedstocks, production, and effects on the soil–plant system.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Cícero Célio de Figueiredo
Dr. José Ferreira Lustosa Filho
Dr. Keiji Jindo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- enriched biochar
- pyrolysis
- slow-release fertilizers
- special fertilizers
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