Tadi abis ikut kuliah umum di audit faperta unsoed
pembicaranya dari Jepang namanya Yosei
OIKAWA, Ph.D. Isinya sangat bagus yaitu
tentang aplikasi arang untuk pertanian tapi materinya in english. Ini adalah
sedikit materi yg berhasil aku tulis.. maaf y pak Yosei sedikit ngutip nih materinya
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Charcoal and Its Application
炭/ Charcoal is
- A black porous carbon made from biomass (as from wood by charring in akiln from which oxygen is excluded).
- Porosity of charcoal provides various applications in agricultural and environmental sectors
-
Alkali Neutralizing 3Acid
Various Fungctions of
choarcoal:
- Non-smoke fuel
- Improve soil fertility
- Adjust/regulate moisture indors
- Adsorbs bad smell
- Reduce diarrhea of pig, chiken, et
- Purify muddy water
Wood Vinegar (Pyroligneous acid)
·
Byproduct from charcoal kilns: Liquid extracted from smoke (85 to
130oC)
Agro-wastes:
• Rice husk
• Sawdust
• Branches pruned
• Bark
• Fallen leaves
• Corn cob, peanut shell, coconut
shell

• (Bone, shell, eggshell for
organic fertilizer)
Charcoal Aplication in TUAT farm
(2004)
Reduce 50% of chemical fertilizer
for growing upland rice by scattering bamboo-charcoal powder (200g/meter)
Four steps of agricultural
extension:
1.
Demonstrate to attract farmers
2.
Provide opportunities to have experience
3.
Provide training workshop to understand
principels abd theoris
4. Support
their self problem.
Sumber; Oikawa Yose,et.al. 2010. Technical
Cooperation Project for Improving Rural Living and Nature Conservation by
Multipurpose Use of Charcoal and Wood Vinegar in Bach Ma National
Park (Bach Ma Charcoal Project). Biomass Town Workshop 27 Feb. 2010