Product Overview (Chapter) | COPAL Publishing Group

Dr. Dinesh Goyal | Dr. Krati Sharma | Dr. Prince Dawar

ISBN:

978-81-993532-7-5

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.67509/imta3275

15. Fundamentals of Biochar as a Soil Amendment Tool: Integrating Brahma Samhita Principles with Sustainable Agriculture

Integrating Modern Technology with Ancient Knowledge

Rekha Rani Agarwal | Nupur Jain

DOI:

10.67509/imta3290

2026 | 191 pp.

Of all the sources, the most important one is soil, as it contains a good number of nutrients and microflora. This has been brought about by the rapid degradation of farmlands and the condition of farmlands by the ever- increasing population, coupled with excessive application of chemical fertilizers. The reorientation has to be done urgently to ensure that there is sustainable production of farm crops. These are the hard, carbonaceous materials which are produced through the pyrolysis of various kinds of biomass. Several studies have already reported on the possibility of increasing agricultural output and crop growth through the usage of biochar. In this chapter, the text merely sums up the properties of biochar, the way it responds to the soil microflora, and also the way these biochars are in the process of improving the growth of plants once they are injected into the soil. The process of soil and heat resource coal enhancement are considered to be international-level forecasts on how to increase soil productiveness and fertility along with containing climate change. Much attention is drawn to biochar, which is being utilized in converting land surfaces into enhanced scopes and land sequestration of carbon. The identified effects depend on its chemical, physical, and biological properties, which include large surface area, CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity), large water-holding capacity, pore size, pore volume, pore distribution, and elemental composition; all these properties have impacts on the microbial community where it is used. They exist in composting, agricultural lands, and remediated lands. The aim of this chapter is to present facts about the definition of biochar, its potential ability to be made out of soil, and the scientific basis of making use of biochar in different kinds of soil so as to get high-yield and high-quality crops.

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