Carbon

Our focus is on the capturing of carbon within agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture. We use the carbon market to help smaller landowners earn revenue by sequestering carbon in their forests or Arable land.

What is a carbon credit?

A carbon credit is a tradeable asset issued by the independent verification body that represents a reduction or removal of one metric ton of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Carbon credits are bought and sold through a public marketplace or through any buyers or traders.

How does the forest carbon market work?

The burning of fossil fuels for transportation, manufacturing, and industrial processes emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Entities who are required by law to limit or offset their carbon dioxide emissions, as well as entities that are voluntarily offsetting their emissions, may purchase carbon credits that are generated from growing forests. As trees grow, they use photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide from the air into wood. This process can be measured and values can be assigned in the form of carbon credits. Carbon credits can then be purchased by entities to help them reach their emission reduction goals. 1 carbon credit equals 1 tonne (metric ton) of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere.

What is the price of carbon?

The price of carbon varies depending on market conditions

What is tCO2e?

tCO2e stands for tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. This is the standard unit in carbon accounting used to quantify greenhouse gas emissions, emissions reductions, and carbon credits.

What are emissions?

Emissions are the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere from sources and processes in a facility, including from the combustion of fossil fuels such as natural gas, petroleum products, and natural gas liquids.

What are emissions reductions?

An emissions reduction is the term used to quantify the amount of release of greenhouse gas, notably used in terms of prevention of a release. This term is put in place by the regulating body and it represents the standard unit of measurement for carbon projects. A single emissions reduction unit is equal to one tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent.

What are GHGs?

The term GHGs stands for greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases are gases within our atmosphere which absorb and emit radiation within the thermal infrared range. Excess of these gases due to human activity are widely accepted as a major contributor to global climate change. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the mostly widely recognized greenhouse gas and is the only greenhouse gas pertinent to Agriculture or forest offset projects. It is also used as the standard unit of measurement for carbon projects.

What is additionality?

In order for a property to be eligible for a carbon project, it must demonstrate that it is additional. Additionality means that actions that are taking place (i.e., implementing a carbon project and maintaining carbon stocks on a property) are beyond what would be otherwise required by law, regulation, or legally binding mandate, and that they exceed what would otherwise occur in a conservative business-as-usual scenario.

What is a Payment Period?

The Payment Period is a pre-determined period for which an offset project will remain eligible to be issued credits (and in which landowners will receive their annual payment). The Payment Period is synonymous with the term “Crediting Period.”

Our Focus projects

Forest conservation (REDD+): Projects such as REDD+ sequester carbon in biomass and the soil while sustaining communities and biodiversity.

Improved forest management: Improved forest management could be APPLIED to some two billion hectares of wood-production forest worldwide, an area twice the size of the United States.

Reforestation and afforestation: Planting trees could remove more than 100 billion tons of CO₂from the atmosphere by 2050, according to projections by EARTH INNOVATION INSTITUTE.

Grassland Conservation: According to PROJECT DRAWDOWN, grassland protection has the potential to withhold 3.35–4.25 gigatons of CO₂e.

Mangrove conservation and restoration: Mangroves are estimated to store up to four times more carbon than rainforests, making them a highly effective natural climate solution.

Agricultural land management: Sustainable land management and regenerative agriculture will help to adapt to a changing climate, mitigate the impact of food production on the environment, and ensure food security for a growing and more affluent global population.

Blue carbon: Coastal and marine ecosystems, including seagrass and seaweed, store large quantities of carbon.

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Agriselana

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NO POVERTY

More than 700 million people, or 10% of the world population, still live in extreme poverty. Surviving on less than US$1.90 a day.
Having a job does not guarantee a decent living. In fact, 8 percent of employed workers and their families worldwide lived in extreme poverty in 2018.
Globally, there are 122 women aged 25 to 34 living in extreme poverty for every 100 men of the same age group.
The majority of people living on less than $1.90 a day live in sub-Saharan Africa.
High poverty rates are often found in small, fragile, and conflict-affected countries.
Poverty affects children disproportionately. One out of five children live in extreme poverty.
As of 2018, 55% of the world’s population has no access to social protection.
In 2018, only 41% of women giving birth received maternity cash benefits.

AgriFaka – Inputs

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DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

The global unemployment rate in 2017 was 5.6%, down from 6.4% in 2000.
Globally, 61% of all workers were engaged in informal employment in 2016. Excluding the agricultural sector, 51% of all workers fell into this employment category.
Men earn 12.5% more than women in 40 out of 45 countries with data.
The global gender pay gap stands at 23 percent globally and without decisive action, it will take another 68 years to achieve equal pay. Women’s labor force participation rate is 63 percent while that of men is 94 percent.
Despite their increasing presence in public life, women continue to do 2.6 times the unpaid care and domestic work that men do.
470 million jobs are needed globally for new entrants to the labor market between 2016 and 2030.

AgriLab

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REDUCED INEQUALITIES

In 2016, over 64.4% of products exported by the least developed countries to world markets faced zero tariffs, an increase of 20% since 2010.
Evidence from developing countries shows that children in the poorest 20 percent of the population are still up to three times more likely to die before their fifth birthday than children in the richest quintiles.
Social protection has been significantly extended globally, yet persons with disabilities are up to five times more likely than average to incur catastrophic health expenditures.
Despite overall declines in maternal mortality in most developing countries, women in rural areas are still up to three times more likely to die while giving birth than women living in urban centers.
Up to 30 percent of income inequality is due to inequality within households, including between women and men. Women are also more likely than men to live below 50 percent of the median income

Agri Training

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GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

Official development assistance stood at $146.6 billion in 2017. This represents a decrease of 0.6 percent in real terms over 2016.

79 percent of imports from developing countries enter developed countries duty-free

The debt burden on developing countries remains stable at about 3 percent of export revenue

The number of Internet users in Africa almost doubled in the past four years

30 percent of the world’s youth are digital natives, active online for at least five years

But more four billion people do not use the Internet, and 90 percent of them are from the developing world