Hampyeong County Promotes Biochar Industrialization for 2050 Carbon Neutrality

Jeonnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services Eco-Friendly Research Institute
Enhancing Crop Productivity and Improving the Environment

Exterior view of Hampyeong County Office.

Hampyeong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 22nd that it will cooperate with the Jeonnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services (Director Kim Haengran) to industrialize 'biochar' as part of efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

On the 17th, the Eco-Friendly Research Institute of the Jeonnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services visited Ocean & Farm Tech Co., Ltd. (CEO Kang Seongcheol), a biochar production company located in the East Hampyeong Industrial Complex.

The Eco-Friendly Research Institute agreed to actively pursue research, development, and industrialization using the 'biochar' produced by Ocean & Farm Tech Co., Ltd. to realize 'carbon neutrality by 2050'.

Biochar is an organic material in the form of charcoal made by pyrolyzing plant-based biomass (such as wood, herbaceous plants, and rice husks) at temperatures above 350 degrees Celsius in an oxygen-free environment.

It is known to have significant value in carbon storage, improving soil conditions, increasing water and nutrient retention, enhancing crop productivity, and environmental improvement.

The Eco-Friendly Research Institute will use biochar produced in Hampyeong-gun for various research and industrialization projects, including ▲carbon storage (evaluating carbon storage in field soils by type of biochar feedstock), ▲fertilization management (developing optimal nutrient management technologies for regionally specialized crops), and ▲growing media development (creating rice seedling growing media by mixing biochar to replace imported agricultural materials).

Kang Hachun, Deputy Governor of Hampyeong-gun, said, "Biochar produced in Hampyeong-gun will take the lead in pioneering low-carbon agriculture through research and development by specialized research institutions," and added, "We will actively support future environmental conservation and the revitalization of the local economy."

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