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EUBCE 2024 - Fernanda PALMEIRA GABETTO - Towards a Climate-Smart Agriculture Using Biochar to Reduce N2O Emissions, Increase Carbon Sequestration, and Maintain Soil Biodiversity

Towards a Climate-Smart Agriculture Using Biochar to Reduce N2O Emissions, Increase Carbon Sequestration, and Maintain Soil Biodiversity

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Climate change assessments: from case studies to system investigations

Towards a Climate-Smart Agriculture Using Biochar to Reduce N2O Emissions, Increase Carbon Sequestration, and Maintain Soil Biodiversity

Short Introductive summary

A promising way to store carbon (C) in Brazil is to use residual biomass by converting it into biochar, a pyrolyzed amendment considered a promising management practice of climate-smart agriculture to increase the sustainability of agro-industrial systems. However, there is currently limited knowledge about how biochar affects greenhouse gas dynamics in tropical soils and how the physicochemical properties of biochar may impact these responses. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the potential of biochar produced from Brazil’s main available residual biomasses to promote carbon sequestration, mitigate nitrous oxide emissions in tropical soil, and assess its effects on soil microbial diversity.

Presenter

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Fernanda PALMEIRA GABETTO

CNPEM, Soil and Plant Nutrition Dpt., BRAZIL

Presenter's biography

Fernanda Gabetto is an agronomist with a genuine interest in exploring environmentally friendly approaches for crop production. Her research focuses on evaluating strategies to decrease soil nitrous oxide emissions under tropical environments, such as the use of biochar as a soil amendment

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Co-authors:

F. Palmeira Gabetto, LNBR/CNPEM, Campinas, BRAZIL
S.T. Tenelli, LNBR/CNPEM, Campinas, BRAZIL
M.L.C Lamas Cosenza, UNICAMP, Campinas, BRAZIL
J.M.J. Martins, LNBR/CNPEM, Campinas, BRAZIL
O.A.C.A. Costa Almeida, LNBR/CNPEM, Campinas, BRAZIL
M.S. Strauss, LNBR/CNPEM, Campinas, BRAZIL
J.L.N.C. Nunes Carvalho, LNBR/CNPEM, Campinas, BRAZIL

Session reference: 2BV.7.20