INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON BIOCHAR Date: 28/10/2014 Place: Anfiteatro AGROS – UFV, Viçosa-MG Objective: Bring together people from public and private institutions to discuss the nature and use of biochar Program: Time 8:30-8:45 8:45-9:30
Speaker Teógenes Senna de Oliveira - UFV Balwant Singh – University of Sydney
9:30-10:15 10:15-10:30 10:30-11:15 11:15-12:00
Robert Gilkes – University of Western Australia Coffee-break Yoshitaka Uchida - Hokkaido University Etelvino H. Novotny – Embrapa Solos
12:00-14:00 14:00-14:30 14:30-15:00 15:00-15:30 15:30-16:00 16:00-17:00
Lunch Leônidas C.A. Melo – UFV Liovando M. da Costa – UFV Coffee-break Gilberto Mendes - UFU General Discussion
Theme Opening Potential agronomic and environmental benefits of biochar application to soils including a brief overview of international activities and knowledge Inorganic compounds in biochar and their behaviour in soil The effect of biochar on nitrogen dynamics Pyrogenic carbon and Biochar in soil: characterization and potential use in agriculture Biochar for environmental applications: heavy metals Physical and chemical charaterization of biochar Biochar and microorganisms: an experience with phosphate-solubilizing fungi
Free registration. To register send an e-mail to leonidas.melo@ufv.br providing full name, telefone number and institution. Organization: Postgraduate Program in Soils and Plant Nutrition; Support: Postgraduate Program in Agricultural Microbiology