Room: King Willem Alexander
Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Time: 16:15 - 17:15 CEST
Session code 1AO.4
Residues from agriculture and forestry: resource mapping and availabilities
Comparison of Two Biomasses (Rolled Hay Bale Versus Low-Grade Silage) as Raw Material for Pyrolysis: Towards an Effective Circular Scheme in Agriculture
Short Introductive summary
Consideration of the raw material of biochar used to ensure the sustainability of agricultural land needs further attention: what type of biomass it is, how can it be properly processed. Even though ecological and economical issues are regularly taken into account to evaluate biochar application as soil improver, less is known on its agronomical effect even though it is determining any expected economic profit. This study is trying to assess at once, feasibility, acceptability and profitability of biochar issued from agricultural residues and applied on agricultural land.
Presenter
Onjaherilanto Rakotovao RAZANAKOTO
Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics, Plant Breeding and Agroecology Dpt., LATVIA
Presenter's biography
I joined the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics (AREI) in Latvia in 2023 after a stay in France as a fellow of the MOPGA Postdoctoral program (One Health). Before, i was a lecturer-researcher at the High School of Agronomical Sciences (ESSA), in Madagascar.
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Co-authors:
M. Zhylina, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics, Talsu Novads, LATVIA
V. Kotelenecs, SIA Egg Energy, Iecavu Novads, LATVIA
L. Zarina, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics, Priekulu Novads, LATVIA
A. Auzins, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics, Riga, LATVIA
Session reference: 1AO.4.4