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What is Biochar?

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(i) To increase plants ability to store more carbon, plants are partly burnt such as crop waste, waste woods to become carbon rich slow decomposing substances of material called Biochar.
(ii) It is a kind of charcoal used as a soil amendment.
(iii) Biochar is a stable solid, rich in carbon and can endure in soil for thousands of years.
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