MRV of carbon balance and GHGS in the cerrado
Monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of carbon balance and greenhouse gases in agricultural systems in the Brazilian Cerrado.
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START
February 2023
DURATION
10 months
BIOME
Cerrado
LOCATION
Brazil
STATUS
In Progress
Regrow intends to develop a Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) model for farming conditions in the Brazilian Cerrado with Embrapa's technical-scientific support, and contributions from farmers in the For Farmers Program and researchers in the Cerrado Fellowship Program. Regrow's proposal is to adapt and calibrate the DNDC (DeNitrification-DeComposition) model – used exclusively by the company in other biomes and crop scenarios abroad – to tropical soil and climate conditions in soybean production systems, focusing on the Matopiba and Mato Grosso regions.
The company intends to select 30 farms, in an area of about 30,000 hectares in the Brazilian Cerrado, to adopt sustainable, low-carbon agriculture techniques, such as Crop-Livestock integration, no-till systems, biological nitrogen fixation, and reduced nitrogen use through biological and/or organomineral products.
Farmers participating in the project get a demonstration of their own farm's results in a customized, user-friendly platform, with an MRV recognized by leading carbon accreditation providers in the market, and high-precision, low-cost monitoring based on the DNDC biogeochemical model, with remote sensing and soil analysis. The data package encourages the adoption of low-carbon agriculture technologies by farmers, promoting sustainable production and reducing deforestation.
"Participating in the PSSC, and now in the SFF, is a watershed for Regrow in Latin America. The startup, founded in 2016 and now with more than 100 employees, is facing the great challenge of scaling up a new product in this region. Without the PSSC, it would be much more difficult to move forward," says Renato Rodrigues, Regrow's Region Leader for Latin America.
