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Biochar has been heralded as a solution to a number of agricultural and environmental ills. To get the most benefit from its application, environmental and social circumstances should both be considered.

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Figure 1: Smouldering sugar cane in Kenya.

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  1. Department of Geography, Soil Science and Biogeochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland

    S. Abiven & M. W. I. Schmidt

  2. Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University, Ithaca, 14853, New York, USA

    J. Lehmann

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Abiven, S., Schmidt, M. & Lehmann, J. Biochar by design. Nature Geosci 7, 326–327 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2154

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