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Chris Adam Kiln Chars Coconut Shells in Kenya

Submitted by Tom Miles on November 5, 2009 - 8:18pm
Last updated November 07, 2009
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Chris Adam Kiln Chars Coconut Shells in Kenya
November 5, 2009

Cocnut Husk in Kenya
Coconut Husk in Kenya

A Chris Adam Kiln retort which was built a year ago at the Kenyan Coast.

They are using it 3x a week to carbonize coconut shells and it seems to work well.

--Chris

Cornell University: Bio-Char Projects 2007

Submitted by Tom Miles on April 4, 2007 - 7:17pm
Last updated April 04, 2007
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Cornell University: Bio-Char Projects 2007

Bio-char Projects

Currently (January 2007) we conduct experiments to evaluate the effects of bio-char on nutrient adsorption, nutrient leaching, water percolation, soil water availability and carbon cycling as well as the stability and mobility of bio-char itself with research in our Ithaca lab, in Colombia, Brazil, Zambia and Kenya.

Adam + Partner Biocoal: Improved Charcoal Production System (ICPS) and Continuous Carbonization System (CCS)

Submitted by Tom Miles on March 10, 2007 - 12:05pm
Last updated April 02, 2007
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Adam + Partner Biocoal: Improved Charcoal Production System (ICPS) and Continuous carbonization system (CCS)
Chris Adam, Garmisch, Germany, February 2007

See the new biocoal web site where Chris Adams shows the charcoal production systems and stoves he has developed in Africa and Asia.

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Charcoal Application and VAM Inoculation Promote Vine Growth, Yield and Quality of Passion Fruits in Kenya

Submitted by Tom Miles on April 10, 2007 - 9:21pm
Last updated March 28, 2009
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Charcoal Application and VAM Inoculation Promote Vine Growth, Yield and Qualtiy of Passion Fruits in Kenya
L. Wamocho, R. Michieka, K. Yamashita, T. Ishii
ISHS Acta Horticulturae 565: VI International Symposium on Temperate Fruit Growing in the Tropics and Subtropics

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted in 1996/1997 to investigate the effect of charcoal (CH) and vesicular-arbuscular mycorhiza (VAM) inoculation on vine growth, fruit development and quality of passion fruits grown in the field. Plants grown in soils that are low (< 30 ppm) in P content, benefited from root colonisation by VAM. Inoculation of passion fruit cuttings raised in sterilised media inoculated with VAM fungi significantly increased vine growth, yield and quality of fruit. Inoculation with VAM fungi resulted to 100% survival of passion fruit transplants.

Keywords: nutrition, subtropics, mycorhiza, low fertility

THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SMALLHOLDER FARMERS AND FRAGILE TROPICAL AGROECOSYSTEMS IN THE KENYAN HIGHLANDS

Submitted by Tom Miles on March 10, 2007 - 7:46pm
Last updated March 10, 2007
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THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SMALLHOLDER FARMERS AND FRAGILE TROPICAL AGROECOSYSTEMS IN THE KENYAN HIGHLANDS
A.N. Pell, D.M. Mbugua, L.V. Verchot, C.B. Barrett, L.E. Blume, J.G. Gamara, J.M. Kinyangi, C.J. Lehmann, A.O. Odenyo, S.O. Ngoze, B.N. Okumu, P.P. Marenya, S.J. Riha, and J. Wangil
POLICY BRIEF No. 3 January 2005

Long-Term Black Carbon (Bio-Char) Dynamics in Cultivated Soil

Submitted by Tom Miles on March 4, 2007 - 7:29pm
Last updated March 04, 2007
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Long-Term Black Carbon (Bio-Char) Dynamics in Cultivated Soil
Binh Thanh Nguyen, Johannes Lehmann, and James Kinyangi. Cornell Univ, 1022 Bradfield Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
18th World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS) July 9-15, 2006 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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