Scaling Biochar Carbon Removal: Open-Source dMRV for Resource Efficiency, Credibility, and Soil Health

The project aims to transform waste into biochar and foster its adoption across Tanzania by:

• Establishing a biochar production facility in Kigoma to process underused biomass efficiently (WP1)
• Developing biochar compound fertilizers (BCF) tailored to Tanzanian soils and smallholder focused crops and training 500 farmers to improve crop yields (WP2)
• Deploying a digital Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (dMRV) system to track carbon credits and optimize operations (WP3)
• Scaling operations to demonstrate commercial viability while engaging smallholder and commercial farmers (WP4)
• Sharing knowledge, securing funding, and releasing the dMRV platform as open source to drive industry-wide adoption (WP5)

This approach ensures soil health improvements, additional income for farmers, and economic growth.

• REPIC (Renewable Energy, Energy and Resource Efficiency Promotion in Developing and Transition Countries)

• State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO – Economic Cooperation and Development

• Maji GmbH (Projektleitung), Tansania
• Dark Earth Carbon Tanzania Ltd, Tansania
• Atmosfair, Germany
• Tanzanian Agricultural Research Institute, Tansania
• Tanzanian National Carbon Monitoring Centre (NCMC), Tansania
• Tanzanian Fertilizer Registration Authority (TFRA), Tansania
• Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA), Tansania

• Fuchs Jacques (Department of Crop Sciences)

Project Partner

Expertise on composting, BCF optimization, field trial design. Enhance soil benefits, optimize biomass valorization, explore composting techniques.

• Plant Protection: Phytopathology & Entomology (Department of Crop Sciences, FiBL Switzerland)