Overview
- TOWING Ltd. is a green and agri-venture company spun off from Nagoya University, established in February 2020 with the mission to "realize a super-circular society based on sustainable next-generation agriculture"
- Developed "Soratan," a high-performance biochar soil amendment that simultaneously reduces greenhouse gas emissions and promotes the transition to reduced chemical fertilizers and organic farming
- Aims to upcycle unused biomass into Soratan to achieve a sustainable food production system
- Soratan uses "high-performance soil technology" to manage artificial soil by adding microorganisms to biochar and mixing it with organic fertilizer
- This technology allows soil to be grown in about one month, compared to the usual three to five years
Features
- Combines TOWING's proprietary technologies for biochar pretreatment and microbial cultivation based on Japanese sake fermentation, which developed by National Agriculture Food Research Organization (NARO)
- Can create ultra-high quality soil in just one month
- Contributes to CO2 reduction by 150g per seedling through carbon fixation using plant residues, livestock manure, and sewage that generate carbon credit.
- High-performance biochar is closer to neutral in acidity, maintaining a soil acidity level preferred by plants regardless of the amount used.
Solvable Problems
- Improve land and biomass resource utilization.
- Helps stabilize agricultural revenues
- Contributes to reducing CO2 emissions and achieving decarbonization goals
- Reduction of chemical fertilizers.
Use Cases
- High-performance biochar can be used in rice paddies and fields, particularly in areas with poor soil quality or heavy reliance on chemical fertilizers.
- When applied, it can reduce about 1 ton of CO2 per 10 ares (approximately 1,000 square meters) of farmland. Experiments are also being conducted to mix it with field soil.
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