PBS Team at various events & field visits
PBS operates at the intersection of science, policy, and practice, creating tangible impacts across agriculture, energy, environment, and industry.
Agriculture & Soil Health
- Restoring degraded soils and boosting crop productivity.
- Training farmers to convert crop residues into biochar, reducing stubble burning.
- Supporting natural and organic farming with biochar integration.
Energy & Biomass Management
- Promoting pyrolysis and biomass-to-energy technologies.
- Facilitating bamboo, crop residue, plantations for biomass, biomass from processing; etc. for biochar production.
Environment & Climate Action
- Advancing carbon sequestration strategies.
- Applying biochar for wastewater treatment, pollution removal, and waste valorization.
- Mainstreaming biochar into carbon credit frameworks.
Construction & Industrial Innovation
- Supporting biochar in cement, concrete, green building, and road construction.
- Promoting decarbonization of steel production with biochar additives.
Networking & Capacity Building
- Organizing national/international seminars, workshops, and training.
- Establishing Biochar Study Center in universities/institutes
- Facilitating collaborations with ICAR, NABARD, MSMEs, and global institutions.
Policy Advocacy
- Engaging with governments to develop Biochar Policies and Missions.
- Supporting state-level biochar societies in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha.
Advocating incentives and subsidies for biochar adoption.