The Salt Solution
Together with Salt Farm Texel, ICCO will train 5,000 farmers in the coastal areas of Bangladesh to start growing ...
Akha Stoves produce biochar that enhances the soils ability to retain nutrients and water, thereby making it more productive with less inorganic fertiliser. Households using these stoves can therefore use the biochar in their agricultural land to increase soil fertility and reduce dependence on chemicals. As a result of this innovative project, beneficiaries are now generating additional income (in the form of selling biochar to other smallholder farmers and by saving money from reduced fuel costs), which also encourages others in the community to adopt the new technology.
The project has been receiving technical guidance from a number of universities including Bangladesh Agriculture University, Mymensing, Sher-E-Bangla Agriculture University, Dhaka, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agriculture University, Gazipur, Haji Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, and other national agricultural research institutions like BARI, SRDI, BJRI, WRC in Bangladesh. The researchers from these academic and research institutes have conducted a good number of research studies on biochar, its use and effect in soil and crop production.