How planting and managing trees on farms — boundary plantations, alley cropping, silvopasture and orchards — generates long-lived carbon removals alongside farm income.
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A Gujarat landowner with 10,00,000 sq ft (about 25 acres) of standing eucalyptus asked what his plantation could earn in carbon credits. Here is the honest answer in plain words — why an already-planted crop usually fails, what harvesting does to the sum, what 25 acres realistically comes to, and the one route that does work.
A fruit farmer asked whether his 40-year-old mango trees can join a carbon credit programme. The honest answer is no. Here is the reason in plain words, what an orchard owner can actually earn from, and what to watch out for.
Boundary plantations, alley cropping, silvopasture and orchards can all generate agroforestry carbon credits in India. Here's what published research actually shows about sequestration and income — including a documented case of unpaid promises.
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