Industry · AFOLU
Agriculture & Soil Carbon
Regenerative agriculture, soil organic carbon, livestock methane, and rice cultivation interventions.
Carbon challenges
Where complexity sits in this sector.
- 01Spatial heterogeneity of soil carbon stocks
- 02Cost-effective sampling vs modeled approaches
- 03Smallholder aggregation and additionality
- 04Permanence of soil carbon under climate stress
MRV integration
How CAS monitors, reports, and verifies.
- MRV 01Hybrid sampling + DayCent / RothC modeling
- MRV 02Sentinel-1/2 land use classification
- MRV 03On-farm digital data collection apps
- MRV 04Methane flux measurement for paddy and livestock
Compliance opportunity
Pathways to credit issuance and recognition.
Eligible under VM0042, CDM AMS-III.AU, Gold Standard SOC methodologies, and emerging Article 6 agricultural pathways.
VM0042GS SOCClimate Action Reserve