Sauman,
I have never heard of the "Maplecroft report". Do you have a link?
I agree that "Biochar**,bio dynamic farming and bio energy farming" do
need to be promoted on a wider scale /*among smallholders*/ -- this
means addressing issues of land ownership.
**On Biochar and "fertilisers": please be aware that Biochar itself is
*not* a "fertilizer" in the traditional sense. Its function may be to
help reduce [or possibly even eliminate] the need for chemical
fertilizers (if combined with things like composting and "biological
(organic) farming" and /*total nutrient cycling*/ -- i.e. composting of
all (non-toxic) "wastes" to return the minerals and nutrients that were
extracted by the growing plants back to the soil. This nutrient cycling
and soil building function is, I believe, where the real power of
Biochar will likely be found.
I also like your idea of "/*micro grids of sustainability and
safety*/". This is a very visual / descriptive way of stating the goals
we should be aiming for.
Good to hear about a "Green Bank" in India. I heard yesterday that
the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has also created a
"Multilateral Investment Fund" (MIF) that is intended to be "a
laboratory, a testing ground for innovative projects that promote
economic growth and poverty reduction" in Latin America. They target
Family Businesses, Cultural Industries, Human Capital and what the call
"Second Chance Entrepreneurship". MIF looks for projects that are
Innovative, provide a "Demonstration Effect" (should have the potential
of being taken to scale, or replicated in other sectors and/or
countries), be financially Sustainable and are carried out with local
partners.
http://www.iadb.org/mif/home/index.cfm
Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
www.biochar-consulting.ca
603-48 Suncrest Blvd, Thornhill, ON, Canada
905-707-8754; 647-886-8754 (cell)
Skype: lloyd.helferty
Steering Committee member, Canadian Biochar Initiative
President, Co-founder& CBI Liaison, Biochar-Ontario
Advisory Committee Member, IBI
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1404717
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42237506675
http://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario
http://www.meetup.com/biocharontario/
http://grassrootsintelligence.blogspot.com
www.biochar.ca
Biochar Offsets Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2446475
On 11/9/2010 10:06 PM, Sauman dasgupta wrote:
If we take this report and hash it with the Maplecroft report.Where we
see that India is No1,Bangladesh is no2,Nepal is no 4 and Maynamar is
5 or 6,Countries that will worst effected due to the effects of
Climate change and energy poverty More reason that Bio
char(fertilisers),bio dynamic farming and bio energy farming should
become mainstream business model of choice to create micro grids of
sustainability and safety.
In India like Nepal a Green Bank has been announced about a week back
by the Govt Of India to address these issues of seed funding and to
take the Bio Energy Initiative forward.
Similar is the lobby working in Australia.
My thoughts for the day.
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