• Biochar amendment improves degraded pasturelands in Brazil: environmental and cost-benefit analysis 

      Latawiec, Agnieszka E.; Strassburg, Bernardo B.; Junqueira, André B.; Araujo, Ednaldo; de Moraes, Luiz F.; Pinto, Helena A. N.; Castro, Ana; Rangel, Marico; Malaguti, Gustavo A.; Rodrigues, Aline; Barioni, Luis Gustavo; Novotny, Etelvino H.; Cornelissen, Gerard; Mendes, Maiara; Batista, Nilcileny; Guerra, Jose Guilherme; Zonta, Everaldo; Jakovac, Catarina; Hale, Sarah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Most deforested lands in Brazil are occupied by low-productivity cattle ranching. Brazil is the second biggest meat producer worldwide and is projected to increase its agricultural output more than any other country. Biochar ...
    • The Effects of Gliricidia-Derived Biochar on Sequential Maize and Bean Farming 

      Castro, Ana; da Silva Batista, Nilcileny; Latawiec, Agnieszka E.; Rodrigues, Aline; Strassburg, Bernardo; Silva, Daniel; Araujo, Ednaldo; de Moraes, Luiz F.; Guerra, Jose G.; Galvão, Gabriel; Alves-Pinto, Helena; Mendes, Maiara; dos Santos, Juliana S.; Rangel, Marcio C.; Figueredo, Mariela; Cornelissen, Gerard; Hale, Sarah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      The addition of biochar to soils can improve soil fertility and increase agricultural productivity. We carried out a field experiment in which biochar produced from Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp. was added to ...