Scientists claim biochar ‘fertiliser’ will cut emissions

IS there a way for farms to be fertilised, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions?

The principles and practices of organic farming, such as the use of clover for nitrogen fixing, are helpful in highlighting the options and opportunities for conventional farming.

There may be another, newer option. According to new research just published by a team of international scientists in the journal, Nature, a substance which can be made from farm waste could reduce the world’s greenhouse emissions by as much as 12%: biochar is a fine charcoal that can store carbon while improving soil.