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• Kari Tiilikkala, Oiva Niemeläinen
• Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
• Magdy M Mohamed,
• Deiaaeldin A Ahmed, Eslam M Abbas
• Gehan Mohamed Ebrahim ELAfifi
• Agricultural Research Centre of Egypt (ARC)
NJF SEMINAR 490
Nordic Agrifood Expertise for Development Fri, Jan. 22, 2016 in Helsinki, Finland
Production of biochar from
byproducts and application of it
to dry sandy soil cultivation
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”ENHANCING DEVELOPMENT OF WATER USE
EFFICIENT CROPS & PRODUCTION METHODS
TO DRY AND SALINE CONDITIONS” funded by
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
• Led by Dr. Oiva Niemeläinen, Luke Finland
• Project PI Dr Magdy M Mohamed, ARC Egypt
• Aim: Human capacity building !
• Result 4 focusing to:
• New agro-technologies for improvement
of water holding capacity of sandy soils
developed and adopted in the target area
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Contents
• Slow Pyrolysis, Raussi mobile technology used in the
demonstrations
• Products: gas, liquids and biochar
• Use of biochar (Biolan wood based and local feedstocks)
• Use of liquids as biopesticides, preliminary tests
• Use of energy, options
• LCA
• Research and development to come
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Feedstock in Egypt • Used in the ICI projects
• 1 Tomato Straw) {14-Cycles}.
• 2 Cantaloupe Straw {10-
Cycles}.
• 3 Remnants of Date Palms)
{09-Cycles}.
• 4 Remnants of Olive Trees
{10-Cycles}.
• 5 Tamarix (Tamarix nilotica)
{1-Cycle}.
• Egypt Agricultural
wastes:
• Dry matter 26
million tonnes per
year*
• 52% burned on
field
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*Suomi puuta 6 m tonnia vuodessa
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Feedstock used in North Sinai
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Slow Pyrolysis, RAUSSI mobile batch retort to
demonstrate new technology in practice
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Training in Jokioinen and North Sinai
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Products: gas, liquids, char
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Biochar for improvement of water holding, nutrient
cycling and soil improvement
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Mixture
of
manure
and
Biolan
wood
based
biochar
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Yield increase recorded: Fababean 2014 and 2015
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Water use efficiency improved
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Research topis for the future
• Salinity control - positive results already !
• Impact of biochar aging (manure mixture,
composted)
• Effects of Biochar on Soil Microbial
Biomass and indirect impacts !
• Impact of repeated use of biochar on soil
fertility!!!!!
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Liquids as botanical pesticides
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Energy use options and innovative technologies ?
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Human health aspect :
no smoke with high quality char !
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Char made in our
project
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Economical calculations and LCA assessments
need to be done
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Conclusions
• Water use efficiency
improved
• Nutrient cycling to replace
fertilizers
• Yield increase
• High quality char as solid
energy source
• Biological pesticides
• Waste management
• Food security
• Health improvement
• Carbon sink
• Bioeconomy based
on local resources
• Mitigation of climate
change
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Thank you very much !
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Please find more information about our
ICI activities Via FaceBook
https://www.facebook.com/NORTH.SINAI.SCHOOL.BIOCHAR
link
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