African forestry is proud to share coverage of Dark Earth Carbon’s in collaboration with Atmosfair on sustainable biochar production

African Forestry is proud to share coverage of Dark Earth Carbon’s local stakeholder consultation in collaboration with Atmosfair on sustainable biochar production that was held in Iringa Mafinga at the Forestry and wood Industries Training Center.

Biochar is a powerful long lasting soil amendment. They get their name from Terra Preta, or Amazonian Dark Earth. These are places in the Amazon where people used char thousands of years ago to improve the fertility of their soils, and the benefits can still be seen today. 

Scalable, cost effective carbon removal that directly impacts African Smallholder farmers that face soils with low nutrient density due traditional slash and burn farming and heavy weathering