ÔAnthropogenic Dark EarthsÕ (ADE) and ÔBiocharÕ are current foci of extraordinary levels of technological optimism, agricultural research and political debate. ADE comprise both black soils associated with long enduring settlement sites and their depositions. These anthropogenically enriched soils can sustain permanent farming; their fertility is in part thought to be due to their high biochar content. Interest in ADE and biochar is linked to a double promise held by the purposeful creation

First Author: Sumberg, James; Thompson, John
Attributed to:  Anthropogenic Dark Earths in Africa? funded by ESRC

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Bibliographic Information

Type: Book Chapter

Book Title: Contested Agronomy: Agricultural Research in a Changing World (2012)

Page Reference: 64-85

ISBN: 978-0-415-50714-1