https://blogarchiv.tropentag.de/taxonomy/term/523/0 en https://blogarchiv.tropentag.de/node/297 A team of scientists have added activated charcoal to goats' feed, utilizing the charcoal-laden faeces in attempts to decrease the amount of leaching of nitrogen and carbon in poor performing sandy soils. The results were mostly positive. But what is activated charcoal, why are they feeding it to goats, and how might it benefit soil fertility? <a href="http://blog.tropentag.de/node/297">(read more)</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tropentag/9802519244/" title="Melanie Willich by tropentag, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3793/9802519244_d964b84bb7_n.jpg" width="271" height="320" alt="Melanie Willich" /></a> <p><a href="https://blogarchiv.tropentag.de/node/297" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://blogarchiv.tropentag.de/node/297#comments Activated Charcoal Carbon Melanie Willich Nitrogen Leaching Oman Organic Agriculture Tropentag 2013 University of Kassel Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:04:15 +0000 Vince Canger 297 at https://blogarchiv.tropentag.de