NIBIO has had decades’ long research and innovation experience on biochar and its applications with Prof. Daniel Rasse as the leading scientist. To further promote biochar research and innovation, NIBIO takes the lead to organize a one-day workshop by inviting national and international scientists to share with us their achievements, experiences and outlook in the future.
This Biochar workshop will be held as a back-to-back event with the Sinograin III annual meeting 2025 on Aug. 20, 2025, in NIBIO’s O43 building, at Oluf Thesensvei 43, 1433 Ås.
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Programme
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Session I Biochar research and innovation- the global landscape Moderator: Thomas Hartnik, Division Director, NIBIO |
09:00-09:30 Registration og mingling
09:30-09:45 Welcome - Ivar H Kristensen, CEO/DG, NIBIO
09:45-10:00 NIBIO’s international collaboration- Per Stålnacke, Director of Research, NIBIO
10:00-10:15 Climate and environmental research at NIBIO- Thomas Hartnik, Division Director, NIBIO
10:15-10:30 Collaboration on biochar research between China and Norway – the Sinograin projects
Jihong Liu Clarke, Research Professor and China cooridator, NIBIO
10:30-11:00 Biochar research in China- Academician Chen Wenfu, Shenyang Agric Univ., China
11:00-11:30 Biochar at the nexus of soil health and climate mitigation: the road towards win-win solutions in Norway.
Daniel Rasse, Research Professor, NIBIO
11:30-12:30 Lunch
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Session II Biochar: a solution for C sequestration and climate mitigation Moderator, Per Stålnacke, Director of Research, NIBIO |
12:30-13:00 Biochar carbon offsetting and insetting – Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa, Planboo and ECOMtrading, global
13:00-13:30 Biochar stability, net effect on GHG, MRV and C credits, Alice Budai NIBIO
13:30-14:00 Pyrolysis and characteristics of biochar products derived from agricultural and forest wastes –
Kathrine Weber, SINTEF
14:00-14:15 Biochar for mitigating N2O emissions from soils Simon Weldon, NIBIO
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Session III Biochar solutions for soil health, AMR mitigation and the circular economy Moderator, Jihong Liu Clarke, Res. Prof. and coordinator for China, NIBIO |
14:15-14:45 Biological activation of biochar: benefits for horticulture and biomass processing before soil application?
Bart Vandecasteele, Senior researcher, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Belgium
15:45-15:15 AMR spreading in recycled wastes and the potential mitigation strategies using biochar -
Prof. Fangjie Zhao, Nanjing Agric. Univ., China
15:15-15:45 Co-benefits of biochar in urban development and climate-smart agriculture: PFAS remediation and African soil improvement – Prof. Gerard Cornelissen, NGI and NMBU, Norway
15:45-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:15 Biochar in the circular economy – examples from Norway Eva Farkas, NIBIO
16:15-16:30 Biochar-based Urea promoters Environmental and economic sustainability in crop production-
Bian Rongjun, NJAU, China
16:30-16:45 Biochar and biochar-based fertiliser for soil quality: results from the Sinograin II
and III projects - Nicholas Clarke and Thiago Inagaki, Research professor, NIBIO
16:45-17:00 Environmental effect of biochar on pesticides: Mechanisms and Practical Applications –
Xingang Liu, Professor, CAAS
17:00-17:10 Biochar Remediation of Herbicide Phytotoxicity in Agricultural Soils –
Wu Chi, Associate Professor, CAAS
17:10-17:30 Concluding remarks –
Per Stålnacke, Director of Research and Thomas Hartnik, Division director, NIBIO