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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:windowtext'>The two year lab and field study, “Biochar: Potential for Improving Crop Productivity and Stemming Land Degradation in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi”, will test biochar from TLUDs and Kon Tiki’s on acidic soils. The objective is to determine if “amending infertile granitic soils in Sothern Africa will increase SOM, soil water holding capacity, nutrient use efficiency, and crop productivity”. Dr. Machado is a Dryland Cropping Systems Agronomist at the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center, Oregon State University, Pendleton, Oregon. He is from Zimbabwe and will be collaborating with professors in each of the three countries: Dr. Willis Gwenzi, Soil Scientist, University of Zimbabwe; Dr. H Simfukwe, Mulungushi University, Zambia; Dr. P. C. Nalivata and Dr. J. Chimungu, Soil Chemistry and Fertility, Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources. This is an excellent team of agronomists and soil scientists who have experience with improved cooking stoves. I’m sure that you will get to know them in the course of the project. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:windowtext'>IBI is exploring ways in which we can support the scaleup of these research and demonstration projects. Biochar from cookstoves and Kon Tiki’s has shown good results at the household and smallholder scale, especially when used in combination with conservation farming. We would like to build on those successes and avoid using biochar where it doesn’t add value to household energy, economy, or well-being. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:windowtext'>Tom <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>Tom Miles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>Chair <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>International Biochar Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>Biochar-international.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><img width=51 height=37 style='width:.5291in;height:.3833in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D41C2C.BDA76530" alt=Logo160.><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'> Stoves <stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Anderson<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 14, 2018 5:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass cooking stoves <stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stoves] Household Energy, Biochar, and Conservation Agriculture in Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tom,<br><br>Thanks. Great. But if the word "you" is referring to me, there is something incorrect. Maybe I could assist in some way, but unknown to me as of now.<br><br>Best wishes to Machado, Gwenzi (whom I do not know) and whoever the "you" is.<br><br>Paul<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>Doc / Dr TLUD / Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Email: <a href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu">psanders@ilstu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Skype: paultlud Phone: +1-309-452-7072<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Website: <a href="http://www.drtlud.com">www.drtlud.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 7/14/2018 3:03 PM, Tom Miles wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Zambia - Norway project. Good reporting and several sites. I’ll send a letter NL <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Current project is the one you, Machado, Gwenzi are just starting. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Biochar For Sustainable Soils <a href="http://Biochar.international">http://Biochar.international</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tom<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal>T R Miles Technical Consultants Inc. <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><a href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com">tmiles@trmiles.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span>Sent from mobile. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Jul 14, 2018, at 12:50 PM, Paul Anderson <<a href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu">psanders@ilstu.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tom,<br><br>Please provide references or links or contacts for each of what you mention below. I do not doubt you. I and others with whom I am working in those same countries with similar stoves and interest in biochar / charcoal would really like to have that info / contacts. And I would not want to make guesses, although I might know about some of them already.<br><br>Paul<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>Doc / Dr TLUD / Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Email: <a href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu">psanders@ilstu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Skype: paultlud Phone: +1-309-452-7072<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Website: <a href="http://www.drtlud.com">www.drtlud.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 7/14/2018 9:57 AM, <a href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com">tmiles@trmiles.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Where in Africa are examples of household energy, biochar and conservation agriculture? A few years ago a very successful project in Zambia demonstrated the use of gasifying stoves used to make biochar, which was incorporated in locally formulated organic fertilizers at the household level. A similar project is just starting in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi. Where else in Africa can we find examples of biochar made by households and producer groups and used in conservation agriculture?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tom Miles<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chair, International Biochar Initiative<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://Biochar-international.org">Biochar-international.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com">tmiles@trmiles.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><image001.jpg><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Stoves mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Stoves mailing list<br><br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br><a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site:<br><a href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Stoves mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>