Front Cover -- Biochar in Agriculture for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- 1 Agricultural waste-derived biochar for environmental management -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Biochar production and properties -- 1.2.1 Production of biochar -- 1.2.2 Biochar engineering -- 1.2.3 Biochar properties -- 1.3 Biochar for environmental management -- 1.3.1 Soil management -- 1.3.2 Air pollution control -- 1.3.3 Waste management -- 1.3.4 Water purification -- 1.3.5 Energy production -- 1.4 Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2 Biochar and sustainable development goals -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Biochar material -- 2.2.1 Production of biochar -- 2.2.2 Biochar properties -- 2.2.3 Biochar modification and functionalization -- 2.3 Sustainable soil management by biochar -- 2.3.1 Soil quality improvement -- 2.3.2 Contaminants immobilization -- 2.3.3 Carbon sequestration -- 2.4 Prospect and future recommendations -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- Reference -- II. Biochar Production and Tunable Properties -- 3 Biochar and its potential to increase water, trace element, and nutrient retention in soils -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Biochar application into degraded soil -- 3.2.1 Effects on selected physical properties -- 3.2.1.1 Bulk density and porosity -- 3.2.1.2 Water retention -- 3.2.1.3 Saturated hydraulic conductivity -- 3.2.2 Effect on selected chemical properties -- 3.2.2.1 Physicochemical characteristics of soil -- 3.2.2.2 Nutrient and trace element stabilization -- 3.3 Conclusions and future directions to applying biochars in degraded soils -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 4 Biochar for carbon sequestration and environmental remediation in soil -- 4.1 Biochar for carbon sequestration in soil.