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Nara Climate Community Biochar Project

Biochar

The Nara Climate Community Biochar Project converts an invasive shrub into a long-term carbon sink while giving refugee and pastoralist communities a new source of income.

SDG 12: Responsible consumption and productionDecent work and economic growthClimate action
About this project

The Nara Climate Community Biochar Project is set in the arid drylands of Kakuma and Kerio in Turkana County, northern Kenya. This project converts an invasive shrub into a long-term carbon sink while giving refugee and pastoralist communities a new source of income.

The project uses an invasive plant, Prosopis Juliflora as its feedstock. Prosopis Juliflora has spread across large areas of Turkana, degrading grazing land and native vegetation. The project's Community Based Organisations convert it into biochar using Kontiki flame cap kilns, and apply it to saline, degraded soils to improve pH, water retention and nutrient storage. The land is restored with fast-growing agroforestry systems that produce high yields of food crops, from spinach to tomatoes and fruit trees. This transformation provides communities with the tools to be self-reliant in some of the harshest environmental conditions.

The Nara project delivers many benefits through supporting the local community, improving soil health for agricultural purposes which in turn improves food security, and through biochar production, diverts biomass that would otherwise be turned into charcoal.

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21,713
tCO₂e/year
Quotation

This biochar project will contribute towards tackling Kenya's environmental challenges regarding invasive plants while supporting the sustainable development of the agricultural industry focusing on the use of biochar within saline agricultural practices.

- Project Design Document Version 3, prepared by Criou Energy Ltd

Soil health

Soil health

The project improves soil fertility through the restoration of saline and degraded land for agriculture. The local area has significant issues with saline soils which will be improved by biochar application. Biochar can improve soil quality significantly because of its impact on the soil pH, its water retention capacity, and its ability to store nutrients.

Sustainable livelihoods

Sustainable livelihoods

The project is located across two sites at Kerio town and Kakuma. Kakuma is home to one of the largest refugee camps in Kenya. The project has created over 123 local jobs to date with 50% of the workforce comprising of women and refugees.

Habitat projection

Habitat projection

The project produces biochar from the invasive plant Prosopis Juliflora, which causes significant issues for communities with within the region.. The plant has encroached onto community land, preventing cattle from grazing and limiting areas available for planting and growing crops. Its ability to thrive in extreme conditions, including saline soils and minimal rainfall, has allowed it to dominate local ecosystems, displacing native vegetation and reducing biodiversity.

Once cleared, the Prosopis Juliflora will be converted into biochar and applied to the soil where the invasive bush was removed. This will help restore the land, improve soil health and support agricultural productivity.

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