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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.
A farmer rang us with 200 tonnes of bamboo and a plan to turn it into biochar. Biochar does earn real carbon credits — unlike stubble — and they sell for roughly ten times the price. But 200 tonnes, once, is the wrong shape of supply. Here is the honest arithmetic, in plain language.
Soil organic carbon is the largest agri-carbon opportunity in India — and the slowest to pay. Here's which practices qualify, how the carbon is measured, what the realistic timeline looks like, and the questions to ask before you commit your land.
You buy the straw, run the pellet line and truck it to a coal power station owned by somebody else. So who owns the carbon saving — the supplier or the plant? The honest answer in India today is uncomfortable, and it has almost nothing to do with who is more deserving.
Documented investigations found over 99% of surveyed Indian carbon-project farmers received no payment, and real cases of unpaid promises and undisclosed carbon-rights transfers. Here's a practical checklist to check before you sign anything.
Verra and Gold Standard are the two registries behind almost every Indian agri-carbon project. Here's what actually differs — methodology fit, co-benefit requirements and market positioning — to help FPOs and agribusinesses choose.
Do you get carbon credits for not burning stubble or for selling your straw? Almost never — and here is the honest reason why. A plain-language guide for Indian farmers on where the real carbon money on your farm actually is, what it is worth per acre, and what to check before you sign anything.
India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) is the country's official domestic carbon market, distinct from the voluntary market most agri-carbon projects use today. Here's what CCTS is, its actual status as of 2026, and how it differs from the separate agriculture carbon market framework.
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.
