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...ates, organic acids, probiotics, and other additives that affect rumen function (e.g., 3-NOP, Biochar,...).How does it work?
These feeding strategies reduce methane emissions by alterin...
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...through fermentation.Through pyrolysis, a heating of biomass at low oxygen availability, biogas and biochar are produced.In all these forms of processing, emissions must be limited in the process. ...
Research projects
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General introductionBASTA investigated the economic, ecological and technical feasibility of biochar production and biochar utilization from residual biomass. Biochar was applied in manure and bio...
News | 22/06/2021
Bart Vandecaesteele tells Belgian TV: “On the one hand, we want to see if we can use the biochar to replace less sustainable materials like peat or coir in potting soil mixtures. On the other hand, we...
News | 18/06/2019
Biochar een kwaliteitsvolle bodemverbeteraar
Biochar, a soil improver that results from thermal decomposition of biomass under limited supply or absence of oxygen, has a lot of potential as an alt...
News | 14/11/2019
... produced within the project on the basis of various techniques and materials. ECN-TNO has produced biochars based on spent cultivation substrates and other materials, while Université de Lille and...
Events
...erial provides energy for heating and lighting of greenhouses. The produced charred material, named biochar, is rich in carbon and has the potential to help mitigate climate change via C sequestrat...
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...IBIO naar Antwerpen. Hij onderzoekt de mogelijkheden van diverse strategieën zoals het gebruik van biochar om de koolstofopslag in de bodem te verhogen.
Naast de lezing van Daniel Rasse zijn er...
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...cycling of spent growing media. Spent growing media can be directly reused or can be processed into biochar or compost.
Partners Horti-BlueCWebsite Horti-BlueC for more information and up...
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...series will be completed with a webinar on the results of the LCA for new growing media blends with biochar for strawberry and tomato.
Horti-BlueC webinar 5 is planned for March 25th 14:00-15:3...
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... flows from agro, agri-food and fishery activities, which are processed into compost, plant fibers, biochar and chitin. The final goal is to come up with technically sound and economically interest...
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... winter. Stopping plowing is not a holy grail. Addition of plant material such as mulch, compost or biochar helps the soil to absorb and retain water.The detailed results of the project can be ...
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...nologies (carboxylic acid platform, microbial biomass production, electrodialysis, insect breeding, biochar production and composting. Four European regions and one in South America work together.
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The FERTIPLUS project assists the EU in the design and implementation of innovative strategies and technologies for the recycling of waste to both compost and biochar for use in agriculture.
Research projects
... criterion for assessing sustainability. Research approachILVO is involved in activities on biochar-based fertilizers and cascading use of biochar and biomass. The objective of this activit...
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...us on circular reuse of materials. The C-Farms project compares agro-based silicate weathering with biochar application and organic carbon stabilization in the soil. C-Farms strives to improve soil...
Events
Microbial Activation of Biochars: A Space Odyssey?
The high biological, chemical and physical stability and the limited risk of interaction with other materials make biochar a potentially interest...
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...d pest controlSoilless cultivation: added value of innovations for water and nutrient use efficiencyBiochar and compost in horticulture and carbon storage potentialOral and poster presentations wil...
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...ect researchers will present their findings on new solutions for sustainable growing media:
Biochar and chitin amendments for tomato substrates in commercial production: Evaluation of the p...
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What is on the programme?
Keynote on biochar as an additive in composting by M. Sánchez-Monedero7 presentations on growing media and sustainable use of resourcesPeat replacement by coir, wood ...
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... with a fourth webinar on the bulk replacement of peat, coir and mineral wool in growing media with biochar, compost, wood and plant fibers.
Horti-BlueC webinar 4 is planned for November 9th 14...
News | 21/09/2020
...okos en steenwol. In het eerste werkpakket werden organische reststromen verwerkt tot onder andere biochar, chitine, vezels en CO2-meststof. Er werd vertrokken uit 5 lokale reststromen uit de land-...
News | 02/07/2018
In July, Horti-BlueC starts up. ILVO plays a coordinating role, and will focus on the potential of biochar, chitin from shrimp and plant fibers in new mixtures for growing substrates.
The focus of...
News | 01/06/2018
...f green residual flows.
Within Horti-BlueC we want to upgrade chitin from shrimp shells and biochar based on, for example, used cultivation substrates or green residual flows into a soil im...
News | 01/06/2020
...en Botrytis cinerea. Voorbeelden van deze duurzame bouwstenen zijn: compost, plantenvezels, biochar en chitine. Deze bouwstenen worden geproduceerd uit reststromen die lokaal beschikbaar zijn. Daar...
News | 17/08/2021
...l scale. In their new substrate compositions, they tested the power of green compost, plant fibers, biochar and chitin, among other things. The sustainable mixtures were examined in terms of their ...
News | 29/01/2021
...rom agricultural, agri-food and fishery activities, which are processed into compost, plant fibers, biochar and chitin. The final ambition is to arrive at technically sophisticated and economically...
News | 22/08/2023
...ut important changes in the soil microbiome so that effects of organic additives such as compost or biochar (stable, inert carbon) on the soil microbiome can be masked by the timing of sampling.