Bamboo for biochar: an opportunity for scientific, societal and environmental change in Indonesia (BamBIndo)
Funding period : 2019-2021 Active
Abstrak
This networking project in
essence addresses the problem of low soil fertility and related food security
issues in Indonesia by harnessing the potential of bamboo derived biochar for
soil improvement. Given the high scientific and societal impact of biochar
research, notably in soil science, the production and use of bamboo biochar (in
a limited number of field experiments) will allow us to address probably the
main challenge in academic research in Indonesia, namely the limited
international impact. Within this project, biochar will be used as a case study
to very significantly increase the international impact of the participating
universities, through the organisation of workshops on hypothesis testing, on experimental
set-up and on scientific writing with impact, through bringing the Indonesian
partners into contact with non-Indonesian research institutes with
internationally successful biochar research, and through the sharing of
experiences and the learning process over the entire project duration. The
inclusion of diverse universities from Java, Bali, West Sumatra and Aceh will
maximize the overall project impact.