Review of Potential Biochar Utilization on Soil Quality in Agricultural Environments

Abstract

Land and environmental sustainability are two interconnected factors of long-term development. Former sand mining area that has been neglected and disused for many years can have a significant impact on environmental degradation. Sand mining activities previously conducted on this site employing trucks hauling mining goods may have had an impact on soil erosion and topsoil removal. The use of biochar is one promising invention in agriculture and land restoration. The purpose of this article is to investigate the usage of biochar as a substance for enhancing soil quality. Biochar is a carbon product derived from the pyrolysis (low or no oxygen heating) of organic biomass such as wood, straw, or other plant leftovers. Because of its numerous benefits in enhancing soil quality and promoting sustainable agriculture, the use of biochar in agriculture and land restoration has attracted extensive attention. Aside from that, biochar is thought to be more efficient than other techniques of enhancing soil quality due to its low cost

Soil Quality Index Analysis of Pine Forest Land Use Types on Dryland in Aceh Besar Regency

“…The effective CEC value is often referred to as base saturation (% BS). Opening of land due to forest encroachment causes basic cations or essential nutrients such as Ca and Mg to be washed away by rainwater and soil erosion (Zaman et al, 2023;Purnomo et al, 2022;Cotrufo et al, 2019).…”