The following news was posted to the IBI February newsletter:
"A
good deal of research on biochar comes from Indonesia, but much of it
misses mainstream academic publications. A new three-year project
is underway led by Ghent University, Belgium to help the Indonesian scientific community obtain better worldwide standing using their bamboo biochar industry as a sample case."
From the website:
"This networking project in essence addresses the problem of low soil
fertility and related food security issues in Indonesia by harnessing
the potential of bamboo derived biochar for soil improvement. Given the
high scientific and societal impact of biochar research, notably in soil
science, the production and use of bamboo biochar (in a limited number
of field experiments) will allow us to address probably the main
challenge in academic research in Indonesia, namely the limited
international impact. Within this project, biochar will be used as a
case study to very significantly increase the international impact of
the participating universities, through the organisation of workshops on
hypothesis testing, on experimental set-up and on scientific writing
with impact, through bringing the Indonesian partners into contact with
non-Indonesian research institutes with internationally successful
biochar research, and through the sharing of experiences and the
learning process over the entire project duration. The inclusion of
diverse universities from Java, Bali, West Sumatra and Aceh will
maximize the overall project impact.ic community obtain better worldwide standing using their bamboo
biochar industry as a sample case."
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