Charcoal Project: Improving Appropriate Technology for Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry in the Tropics

We aim to improve appropriate technologies for sustainable agriclture and forestry with local farmers, teaching staffs and students of sister universities, and collaborators of private and public sectors in the tropics.

The Charcoal Project Team of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), in cooperation with Bach Ma National Park, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam, have implemented a JICA Partnership Program, "Technical Cooperation Project for Improving Rural Living and Nature Conservation by Multipurpose Use of Charcoal and Wood Vinegar in the Bach Ma National Park" since 2008 until 2013. During the project, we disseminated Charcoal-applied Environmentally-friendly Farming with Livestock (CEFL) Model to farmers in the buffer zone. Our project staffs and collaborators of Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry (HUAF) also applied this model in organic rice cultivation, vegetable growing, and pig raising in and around Hue City.

Since 2014, we have also been conducting field experiments and demonstrations of biochar application in cooperation with collaborators of Can Tho University (CTU) and Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia (RUA).