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Recharging soils with carbon could make farms more productive [1]

Turning crop waste and discarded paper into a material called biochar could help to capture carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the soil while also helping to enrich farmland.

Publication Date: 
26/09/2018
PHYS [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Soil Resources [4], Carbon Sinks [5], Nutrition [6], Green House Gases [7], Carbon Offset [8]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/phys
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-resources
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sinks
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-offset