Brief: ‘Low ROI’ still the top reason farmers won’t engage in carbon projects, says Purdue survey
Low adoption is likely due to the economic and logistical burdens placed on farmers in order to participate in carbon sequestration programs.
Low adoption is likely due to the economic and logistical burdens placed on farmers in order to participate in carbon sequestration programs.
GROW Impact Accelerator startups CarbonFarm, FaunaTech and Exosomm are on mission to improve the health of animals, humans and the planet
The CarbonFarm satellite system monitors rice “at the paddy level” to bring more trust to the carbon credits process.
Enhanced rock weathering startup Eion is scaling up aggressively in 2024 as more players commit to buying carbon credits generated by its carbon removal process.
Australian startups are working hard to change the way we monitor, manage and report soil carbon sequestration.
Insurers offer discounts for avoiding smoking and good driving, so should they incentivize farmers to invest in good soil health?
The FarmLab agronomy platform can help farmers better map, sample and analyze soil for agronomy and carbon projects.
Conservation tech is a small-but-vital slice of agrifoodtech investment in Latin America to fight climate change and boost planetary health.
While many commentators have likened carbon offsetting to the Wild West of agriculture for a while now, the cracks are now starting to show with the fall from grace of key certifying body Verra and other questionable initiatives. I discussed this and more with panelists at the recent Hack Summit.
Danish startup Agreena aims to help farmers build a meaningful revenue stream by implementing, tracking and measuring regenerative farming practices.
So far, carbon markets have proven more beneficial to corporates trying to offset emissions than to the farmers themselves.
Australia-based Loam Bio’s microbial seed inoculum could help farmers store more carbon in the ground and more easily enter carbon markets.
Climate biotech startup Living Carbon says its “photosynthesis-enhanced trees” can grow twice as fast as other trees and capture more carbon.
EnrichAg’s novel sensing technology aims to make soil analysis faster, more accurate and cheaper for farmers and agronomists.
Through innovation, six major trends, from agrifintech to farm management software, are repositioning the sector and unlocking its game-changing potential.
Improving soil health, controlling erosion and boosting yields are the main motivators for using cover crops on US farmland.
St. Louis is in many ways the point of intersection for the agtech and geospatial sectors when it comes to improving our global food system.
Less than one year after going public, crop genetics company Benson Hill discusses the role its closed-loop farming system has over all of its ESG metrics.
Agreena will bring Hummingbird’s remote monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) technology in-house to further scale and validate its carbon market.
The forthcoming program aims to help produce growers generate residual income from carbon credits and become more resilient to climate change.
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