Carbon Removal through Biochar Initiative

Context

In the absence of the project activity, waste agricultural/ forestry biomass would have been left on land or the field for several days and/or burnt on the fields in order to clear the land for the next crop releasing substantial GHG.

Context

Project Activity

The Biochar project involves mass collection of agricultural/forestry residues that are burnt in the absence of oxygen or pyrolyzed to produce a black, highly porous material called biochar. Biochar can be produced at community level or industrial scale level depending on the quantity of available biomass wastes. It’s used for soil amendment and non-soil applications, and not as an energy source.

Project Activity

Project Highlights

BIOCHAR UTILIZATION - VM0044

METHODOLOGY

CARBON CAPTURE & STORAGE

PROJECT TYPE

SMALL & LARGE

PROJECT SCALE

JAN ‘25- DEC ‘40

CREDITING PERIOD

VCS 5007 : 104,591

CREDITS / tCO2e p.a.

VCS 5007

VERRA PROJECT ID

Project Impact Profile

upto 104,591 tonnes

CO2 emission reduction per year

100%

reduction in disease incidences from unsafe water, unsafe sanitation due to harmful microorganism breeding on residues and respiratory diseases due to burning of the crop residues.

Intense vocational training

for activities like waste collection, operation of biochar-making devices, biochar application etc.

More than 500 people

employed as rural micro-entrepreneurs, contributing to inclusive long term economic growth and decent work

66000 tonnes

of high quality biomass wastes from agricultural waste and forestry wastes etc put to use to produce 21160t of high quality biochar per annum

tonnes of CO2

tonnes of CO2 locked away permanently. Biochar Soil application brings Increase in crop quality production ensuring greater availability of food.

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Carbon Removal through Biochar Initiative