Biochar News by Country

Japan

• Application of Rice Husk Charcoal

  Application of Rice Husk Charcoal
  See also:
  WESVARRDEC, Western Visayas Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium, The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) Regional Consortia

  ADAPTABILITY OF THE TECHNOLOGY

  This techology is best suited to small-scale farming, and to sandy, acidic and relatively infertile soils. It is effective for such crops as soybean, cowpea, corn and sorghum. It is also worth trying for other field crops and vegetables. Fig. 1 Tin can with ventilation holes and chimney

• Effects of Soil Microbial Fertility by Charcoal in Soil

  Effects of Soil Microbial Fertility by Charcoal in Soil
  Makoto Ogawa, Kansai Environment Engineering Center, Kansai Electric Power Co. Ltd, UGA Conference 2004

  Characteristics and Function of Charcoal

  1.Porous substance with high water and air holding capacity; Suitable habitat for some microbes and plant growth, good material for soil amendment, absorption of chemicals and humidity control

  2.High alkalinity ; Neutralization of acidic soil and improvement of chemical components of soil and

• Use of Murayoshi Charcoal for Flowerbeds and Fields

  Use of Murayoshi Bincho Charcoal for Flowerbeds and Fields
  Murayoshi "Bincho" (hard white) charcoal, product promotion and recommendations for use, Okinawa, Japan

  Murayoshi Bincho Products

  The History of Bincho Charcoal

• Potential of carbon sequestration by carbonizing wood residue from industrial tree plantation as a Clean Development Mechanism

  Potential of carbon sequestration by carbonizing wood residue from industrial tree plantation as a Clean Development Mechanism project in the Kyoto Mechanism
  Okimori,Y.Takahashi,F. Ogawa,M. (KANSO) Yamanaka,T.(Kansai Electric Power) U of Georgia Presentation 2004

• Growth Promotion of Tea Trees by Putting Bamboo Charcoal in Soil

  Growth Promotion of Tea Trees by Putting Bamboo Charcoal in Soil
  Takehiko Hoshi, Department of Biological Science and Technology, School of High-Technology for human Welfare, Tokai University, Shizuoka, Japan 2001

  Summary

• Promoting effect of wood vinegar compounds on fruit-body formation of Pleurotus ostreatus

  Promoting effect of wood vinegar compounds on fruit-body formation of Pleurotus ostreatus
  Hisashi Yoshimura1, Hisako Washio1, Sadao Yoshida1, Takao Seino1, Mitsuho Otaka1, Kazunori Matsubara1 and Matsutoshi Matsubara, Matsubara Syokutake Co., 1151-1, Kurotori, Kurosaki-Machi, 950-11 Niigata, Japan April 1995

  Abstract

• Wood Vinegar Production

  Japan: Wood Vinegar
  Nikhom Laemsak, Slide Presentation
  Wood & Pulp Research Program Coordinating Office, TRF Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University
  Tel& Fax 02-942-8899 and 02-942-8869

  Component of Wood Vinegar
  All component are about 200

• Microbial Fertilizers in Japan

  Microbial Fertilizers in Japan
  Michinori Nishio, National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan
  Food & Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC) for the Asian and Pacific Region

• The utilization of VA mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi for crop production

  The utilization of VA mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi for crop production:
  T. Ishii, Lab of Pomology, Kyoto Prefecture University, Japan

• Effects of Charcoal as a Soil Conditioner onCitrus Growth and Vesicular-arbuscular Mycorrhizal Development

  Effects of Charcoal as a Soil Conditioner onCitrus Growth and Vesicular-arbuscular Mycorrhizal Development
  ISHII T; KADOYA K. JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE 63: 529-535, 1994

• Current activities of biofertilizer project in Japan

  Current activities of biofertilizer project in Japan
  Takuji Ohyama, Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University

  Biofertilizer mailing list
  Biofertilizer mailing list has been established for exchanging information among researchers, producers, technicians, farmers, students and people who are interested in biofertilizer in Asia proposed in the last meeting in Bangkok. This list is managed by Project manager Dr. Tsuguo Genka JAIF. There are 73 people in the current list.

• Sustainability and Reality of Projects of Carbon Sequestration by Carbonization and Forestation (CCF)

  Sustainability and reality of the projects of Carbon sequestration by Carbonization and Forestation (CCF) as a biomass conversion option
  Makoto Ogawa, Yasuyuki Okimori*, Fumio Takahashi, ACC Strategy, Abrupt Climate change, Paris, September 2004

  Abstract.

• Proliferation of Microorganisms in Compost by Addition of Bamboo Charcoals

  Proliferation of Microorganisms in Compost by Addition of Bamboo Charcoals
  Shuji Yoshizawa, Michio Ohata, Satoko Tanaka, ACER News vol 2 June 2005
  Asian Center for Environmental Research (ACER), Meisei University, Japan
  http://acer.meisei-u.ac.jp

• Change of Dominant Microbial Community in Composting of Rice Bran by Adding Charcoal

  Change of Dominant Microbial Community in Composting of Rice Bran by Adding Charcoal
  Shuji Yoshizawa, Satoko Tanaka, ACER, December 2006

• The Effect of Charcoal from Recycled Japanese Cedar Waste on the Elimination of Organic Matter in Agricultural Land Drainage

  The Effect of Charcoal from Recycled Japanese Cedar Waste on the Elimination of Organic Matter in
  Agricultural Land Drainage
  Laboratory of Water Environment Conservation, Department of
  Hydraulic Engineering, National Institute for Rural Engineering, Japan,
  
• RDF (and biomass waste) Carbonizing System

  RDF (and biomass waste) Carbonizing System
  Environmental Solutions Center, JFE Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, Japan

• Charcoal Use in Japan

  Charcoal Use in Japan (From Japanese Market News: Charcoal 2000)
  IBPC Osaka Network Center

  1. In Japanese, charcoal is called "mokutan", or sometimes simply "sumi". Long ago, charcoal used to be the main source of fuel for household use, and was as important a necessity of life as rice. Domestic output in around 1955 was approximately 2 million tons. Output gradually dropped year by year, however, because of the switch to the

• Sakura Pyro Waste Systems Launches Global Initiative to Turn Waste into Energy

  Sakura Pyro Waste Systems Launches Global Initiative to Turn Waste into Energy
  PR Web Press Release Newswire, February 2007

• MOISTURE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARTIFICIAL MEDIA

  MOISTURE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARTIFICIAL MEDIA COMPOSED OF RICE HUSK AND DEMONSTRATION ON SWEET POTATO CULTIVATION
  S.Yamanaka1, A.Tanaka2, K. Nakaji3
  1Department of Bioproduction Environmental Science, Kyushu University, 6-10-1,
  Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan. ytsimsk@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp
  2Coastal Bioenvironment Center, Saga University, 152-1, Shonan-cho, Karatsu 847-0021,
  Saga, Japan. tanakaa@cc.saga-u.ac.jp
  3University Farm, Kyushu University, Kasuya-cho, Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka 811-2307,
  Japan. knkjfam@mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

  ABSTRACT

• NUTRIENT LEACHING FROM CARBON PRODUCTS OF SLUDGE

  NUTRIENT LEACHING FROM CARBON PRODUCTS OF SLUDGE
  Yoshiyuki Shinogi, National Institute for Rural Engineering, Japan, 2004
  ASABE/CSAE Paper 0440063

  ABSTRACT
  We proposed pyrolysis as a promising optional technology for recycling waste products,
  especially sewage sludge and animal waste (manure). In this study, nutrient (nitrogen,