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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/1.1/xsd/JATS-journalpublishing1-mathml3.xsd" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.1" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">isrdo-SRJAV</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="pmc">isrdo-SRJAV</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">isrdo-SRJAV</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Scientific Research Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher" pub-type="epub">SRJAV</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn>2584-1416</issn><publisher><publisher-name>ISRDO</publisher-name><publisher-loc>Gujarat,India</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">M-10148</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="categories"><subject>Soil Sciences</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Biochar: Unlocking Sustainable Practices in Semiarid Rainfed Agriculture</article-title></title-group><contrib-group content-type="authors"><contrib id="205" contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name><given-names>Reem Elmahdi</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1">1</xref><aff id="aff-1"><label>0</label><institution>Stellenbosch University</institution><country>South Africa</country></aff></contrib></contrib-group><contrib-group content-type="editors"><contrib contrib-type="editor"/></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="epub" data-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-12-25"><day>25</day><month>12</month><year iso-8601-date="2">2024</year></pub-date><volume>2</volume><elocation-id>V2-I2-2024</elocation-id><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-11-03"><day>03</day><month>11</month><year iso-8601-date="2024">2024</year></date><date date-type="revised" iso-8601-date="2024-12-01"><day>01</day><month>12</month><year iso-8601-date="2024"/></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2024-12-01"><day>01</day><month>12</month><year iso-8601-date="2024"/></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#xA9;2024 Reem Elmahdi Year Corresponding Author</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder>Reem Elmahdi</copyright-holder><license href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (ISRDO) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution License</ext-link></license-p></license></permissions><self-uri href="https://isrdo.org/journal/SRJAV/currentissue/mitigating-greenhouse-gas-emissions-with-biochar-unlocking-sustainable-practices-in-semiarid-rainfed-agriculture"/><abstract><p>Worldwide, semiarid rainfed areas are among the most vulnerable to the effects of global warming on agriculture. Biochar, a carbon-rich byproduct of pyrolysis, improves soil health and reduces emissions of greenhouse gases; it is an environmentally friendly option. In this study, we look at how biochar may improve soil fertility, decrease nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions, and sequester carbon. Biochar is perfect for semiarid regions because of its porous nature, which helps to retain more water and lessen soil erosion. Research in India and sub-Saharan Africa has shown that biochar may reduce greenhouse gas emissions while increasing agricultural yields by 150%. However, problems including poor awareness and high manufacturing costs must be resolved to achieve broad acceptance. Regarding combating climate change, biochar is an essential weapon for sustainable agriculture.</p></abstract><kwd-group kwd-group-type="author"><kwd> carbon sequestration</kwd><kwd> semiarid agriculture</kwd><kwd> rainfed systems</kwd><kwd> soil fertility</kwd><kwd> water retention</kwd><kwd> soil erosion</kwd><kwd> sustainable agriculture</kwd><kwd> climate change mitigation</kwd><kwd> gas emissions</kwd><kwd> nitrous oxide</kwd><kwd> methane reduction</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement>The author confirms sole responsibility for all stages of the study, including design, data collection, analysis, and manuscript writing.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><sec sec-type="data-availability"><title>Data Availability</title><p>Data sharing is not part of this study.</p></sec><sec sec-type="COI-statement"><title>Conflicts of Interest</title><p>No conflicts of interest are reported by the authors.</p></sec><sec sec-type="author-contributions"><title>Authors&#x2019; Contributions</title><p>The author takes full responsibility for the entire study process, including design, data collection, analysis, and manuscript writing.</p></sec><sec sec-type="funding-statement"><title>Funding Statement</title><p>The author confirms sole responsibility for all stages of the study, including design, data collection, analysis, and manuscript writing.</p></sec><sec sec-type="software-information"><title>software-information</title><p>This article does not include any software or tools usage information.</p></sec><ack><title>Acknowledgments</title><p>I appreciate the assistance and expertise provided by everyone involved in this research and manuscript, and the valuable comments from peer reviewers.</p></ack><ref-list content-type="authoryear"><ref id="1"><label>1</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>-</p></element-citation></ref></ref-list></back></article>
