Climate-smart agriculture targets to enhance food security and foster resilience sustainably. We aim to increase the resilience of agriculture to climate variability through better adaptation to climate change and reduce agriculture’s contribution to global warming. We promote practices to mitigate environmental damage by relying on eco-friendly methods. Conservation farming helps keep soils from eroding, preserve land fertility, and save local plant and animal life. Smart water management conserves water supplies by lowering unnecessary consumption. Conservation tillage, planting cover crops, using biochar in rural areas, and well-planned, precise fertilizer applications are only some of the climate smart farming methods recommended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. Organic farming and IPM reduce the need for harmful chemical treatments, which is important for maintaining a balanced biome. Carbon dioxide is taken out of the atmosphere and stored in agroforestry systems, mitigating climate change. Overall, we advocate a comprehensive approach that finds a middle ground between economic viability and environmental sustainability to protect ecosystems over the long run. Extension services, policy advocacy, testing climatically smart agriculture systems, and scaling them up are all areas where we hope to make a difference.
Forests are our greatest natural ally in the fight against climate change, yet in many places they are more valuable dead than alive. Orissa Foundation targets to alter the narrative by valuing the carbon that trees remove from the atmosphere and store in their woody biomass (trunks, roots, branches and soils).Forestry & Land use Carbon Credit Market was valued at USD 22.4 billion in 2023 and is set to grow at a CAGR of over 13.9% between 2024 and 2032, owing to the grappling urgent need to address climate change and the role of carbon credits in incentivizing sustainable land management practices.
Carbon can be thought of as a crop, similar to the other crops you produce on your farm. Carbon credits are measurable, verifiable emission reductions from certified climate action projects. A carbon credit represents 1 tonne of carbon dioxide that an organization is permitted to emit. Projects monitoring carbon credits help to reduce, avoid or remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As of now, the price of 1 Carbon Credit (CCT) in Indian Rupee (INR) is about ₹17 to ₹18. The issuance, transfer or sale of carbon credits (or any digital representation of the carbon credit) is treated as an excluded transaction (not subject to goods and services tax (GST)) in India. The Ministry of Power, Government of India, has brought in amendments to the carbon credits trading scheme (CCTS) which paves the way for India to have its own standards for carbon trading and allow non-obligated entities to generate carbon credits. Under India’s revised carbon market scheme, obligated entities have the flexibility to purchase additional credits or sell surplus ones.
Projects that aim at forest protection or sustainable land management can preserve critical habitats, animal and plant species, and promote ecosystem services. Carbon credits bring with them significant benefits in several areas. In terms of climate action, they allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions, providing an incentive to reduce emissions through sustainable projects. Biodiversity conservation is another potential benefit of carbon credits. Projects that aim at protection of forests or sustainable land management can preserve critical habitats, animal and plant species, and promote ecosystem services. Carbon credits can also play a role in financing sustainable projects. Through the sale of carbon credits, emission reduction projects can receive funding that supports the development of clean technologies and low-carbon practices. This contributes to the promotion of sustainable development models and the achievement of long-term sustainability goals.
Forests are our greatest natural ally in the fight against climate change, yet in many places they are more valuable dead than alive. Orissa Foundation targets to alter the narrative by valuing the carbon that trees remove from the atmosphere and store in their woody biomass (trunks, roots, branches and soils).Forestry & Land use Carbon Credit Market was valued at USD 22.4 billion in 2023 and is set to grow at a CAGR of over 13.9% between 2024 and 2032, owing to the grappling urgent need to address climate change and the role of carbon credits in incentivizing sustainable land management practices.
Carbon can be thought of as a crop, similar to the other crops you produce on your farm. Carbon credits are measurable, verifiable emission reductions from certified climate action projects. A carbon credit represents 1 tonne of carbon dioxide that an organization is permitted to emit. Projects monitoring carbon credits help to reduce, avoid or remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As of now, the price of 1 Carbon Credit (CCT) in Indian Rupee (INR) is about ₹17 to ₹18. The issuance, transfer or sale of carbon credits (or any digital representation of the carbon credit) is treated as an excluded transaction (not subject to goods and services tax (GST)) in India. The Ministry of Power, Government of India, has brought in amendments to the carbon credits trading scheme (CCTS) which paves the way for India to have its own standards for carbon trading and allow non-obligated entities to generate carbon credits. Under India’s revised carbon market scheme, obligated entities have the flexibility to purchase additional credits or sell surplus ones.
Projects that aim at forest protection or sustainable land management can preserve critical habitats, animal and plant species, and promote ecosystem services. Carbon credits bring with them significant benefits in several areas. In terms of climate action, they allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions, providing an incentive to reduce emissions through sustainable projects. Biodiversity conservation is another potential benefit of carbon credits. Projects that aim at protection of forests or sustainable land management can preserve critical habitats, animal and plant species, and promote ecosystem services. Carbon credits can also play a role in financing sustainable projects. Through the sale of carbon credits, emission reduction projects can receive funding that supports the development of clean technologies and low-carbon practices. This contributes to the promotion of sustainable development models and the achievement of long-term sustainability goals.