The carbon standard protocol, which is a global voluntary GHG reduction program, will be used to certify the program, according to Zehr.
A collaborative joint sector program is being launched in a first-of-its-kind initiative to encourage small farmers to adopt environmentally sustainable agriculture practices, particularly in rice-growing regions of the country.
Grow Indigo , a joint venture between seed giant Mahyco and US-based Indigo, is spearheading the carbon farming initiative.
“We’ve brought 4,000 hectares into the carbon farming program in Punjab, and an MoU with Haryana will be signed soon,” Usha Zehr, GIPL’s executive director, told FE.
GIPL will also assist farmers in selling their produce at a higher price.
“Efforts by farmers to adopt regenerative agriculture practices would be appropriately rewarded through this unique initiative,” said Ashok Kumar Singh, director of the IARI.
If paddy straw is not burned and instead returned to the soil, the soil’s organic carbon content increases, boosting fertility.
Nurture.farm’s Business Head and COO, Dhruv Sawhney, stated.
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