date:Feb 20, 2013
Radio Lifeline, a non-profit based in the US, has launched the Black Earth Project, a new initiative designed to help Kenyan farmers mitigate the growing impact of climate change.
For this project, Radio Lifeline has partnered with re:char, a leading developer of small-scale biochar technologies, based in Kenya.
Biochar is made through a process called pyrolysis, and it involves the burning of dried biomass in a low or zero oxygen environment. The process prevents combustion and the usual rele