Earn from your land — turn farming into carbon income

Agricultural carbon credits are tradable certificates, each representing one tonne of CO₂-equivalent that farming removes from or avoids emitting to the atmosphere. In Indian agriculture they come from building soil organic carbon, planting trees on farms (agroforestry) and cutting methane from paddy through practices like Alternate Wetting and Drying. Once measured and independently verified, the credits can be sold to companies offsetting their emissions.

Yes. Most smallholders earn carbon credits by joining an aggregated project — usually through an FPO, cooperative or developer — because pooling many farms makes measurement and verification affordable. AgriCarbon Credits specialises in setting up and running these grouped projects so individual farmers can participate and be paid fairly.

Earnings depend on the practice, agro-climatic zone, area enrolled and the carbon price at sale, so we never promise a fixed figure. Soil-carbon and agroforestry programmes typically generate a few credits per hectare per year; rice-methane programmes earn from avoided methane. We model a realistic, transparent estimate for your specific land before you commit.

We work primarily with internationally recognised standards such as Verra (VCS) and Gold Standard, and with Plan Vivo for smallholder agroforestry. We choose the methodology — for example Verra VM0042 for agricultural land management or VM0047 for agroforestry — that best fits your practices, evidence and buyers.

MRV stands for Measurement, Reporting and Verification — the process of proving how much carbon a project removed or avoided. Strong MRV (soil sampling, remote sensing, field data and conservative accounting) is what makes credits credible and valuable; weak MRV is the most common reason agri-carbon projects fail. We run rigorous, increasingly digital MRV so your credits hold up to third-party audit.

Carbon projects run over multiple years. After enrolment we establish a baseline and begin monitoring; the first verified credits are typically issued after the initial monitoring period, often around 12–24 months in, with payments following issuance and sale. We give you a clear timeline for your specific programme upfront.