Long description:

Biochar Ecotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture and Environment summarizes current accomplishments in biochar ecotechnologies for enhancing agricultural production, encouraging sustainable waste management, and fostering a circular bioeconomy by advancing the pyrolysis process at both large-scale industrial and small-scale-local levels. Chapters in the book synthesize recent breakthroughs in biochar agro-ecotechnologies for increasing agricultural productivity and promoting circular bioeconomy by advancing the pyrolysis process and add mechanisms involved in biochar-fertilizer mediated in-soil biogeochemical cycle and nutrients retention, availability and their losses, soil-microbial responses, emission of greenhouse gases, and plant responses.

Finally, this book aims to increase research understanding of nanotechnological breakthroughs in the production of biochar-based slow-release fertilizers, including their Nano characteristics involved in increasing fertilizer usage efficiency and managing chemical losses, for sustainable agriculture and the environment.

• Describes the benefits of biochar in uplifting circular bioeconomy through sustainable waste management practices
• Discusses cutting-edge approaches for investigating biochar, plant, and environment interactions, including the use of biochar to improve soil fertility, biological functioning, and plant responses
• Summarizes nanotechnological breakthroughs in the synthesis and qualities of producing biochar-based slow-release fertilizer via pre and post-pyrolysis changes
• Provides a grasp of the Nano characteristics of biochar that are engaged in boosting fertilizer usage efficiency and managing chemical losses

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Biochar for waste management, circular economy, & carbon neutrality
1. An overview of biochar production and its multifaceted applications for sustainable agriculture and environmental benefits
2. Biochar production to support circular bioeconomy: From waste biomass to a valuable product
3. A practical approach of biochar production and application towards sustainable agricultural waste management and achieving carbon neutrality
4. Biochar production and use among smallholder farmers in rural Uganda: challenges and opportunities for circular economy

Part 2: Biochar production: Techniques & process
5. Transforming contaminated biomass from phytoremediation into biochar
6. Biochar production methods and their diverse applications in improving plant production system to achieve agricultural sustainability
7. Factors influencing biochar properties and relationships with soil applications

Part 3: Biochar for enhancing soil fertility, functioning, & plant responses
8. Recent trends in multifarious benefits of biochar application to soil
9. Biochar for climate change mitigation and soil health management
10. Biochar as an emerging green and sustainable solution for amendment of degraded soil
11. Stability and reactivity of biochar in regulating nutrient dynamics and its supplies in agricultural ecosystems
12. Prospects of biochar for boosting crop productivity and soil sustainability
13. Biochar's potential for enhancing soil functions, nutrient balance and crop productivity in Mediterranean and tropical regions

Part 4: Biochar in managing biogeochemical cycles & greenhouse gases
14. Biochar soil application for sustainable carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas mitigation
15. Mechanistic insights into biochar's influence on nitrogen cycle homeostasis, microbial dynamics, and crop productivity in fertilized agroecosystems
16. Investigation into pyrolysis impact on biochar traits, soil microbial community interaction, and nutrient dynamics: Emission and leaching implications
17. Biochar augmentation on soil biotic processes and microbial structure and functions in fertilized tropical cropland

Part 5: Nanotechnological approach for developing biochar-fertilizer
18. Biochar modification methods: Property engineering for diverse value-added applications
19. Engineered biochar-mineral complex as a slow-release fertilizer
20. Biochar-based slow-release fertilizers for sustainable agriculture: A mechanistic overview on process development
21. Mineral-enriched biochar nutritional nanocomposites for enhanced soil properties, biogeochemical cycle and sustainable crop production?: A mechanistic overview
22. Nanotechnological aspects in producing biochar-mineral fertilizer for sustainable and intensive agricultural production: Pre-or Post-pyrolysis biochar modification