Sebastian B. Scholz - Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries: Leveraging Current Knowledge and Exploring Future Potential for Climate-Smart Agriculture

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Leveraging Current Knowledge and Exploring Future Potential for Climate-Smart Agriculture

Sebastian M. Scholz, Thomas Sembres, Kelli Roberts, Thea Whitman, Kelpie Wilson, and Johannes Lehmann

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ISBN (paper): 978-0-8213-9525-7

ISBN (electronic): 978-0-8213-9526-4

DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9525-7

Cover collage: (Background) Three women plant seeds in a farm. World Bank/Maria Fleischmann. (Left inset) Three women using a biochar cookstove. Johannes Lehmann. (Right inset) Wheat crop. World Bank/Simone D. McCourtie. All photographs used with permission; further permission required for reuse.

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