Evaluating the potential and eligibility of conservation agriculture practices for carbon credits

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 9193 - 13
• Main Authors: Cariappa, Adeeth A. G., Konath, Noufa C., Sapkota, Tek B., Krishna, Vijesh V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.04.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/106/694; 704/844; 704/844/2175; 704/844/682; 704/844/843; Agricultural conservation; Agricultural economics; Agricultural practices; Agriculture; Agrochemicals; Carbon; Carbon farming; Carbon offsets; Climate action; Conservation; Conservation practices; Crop residues; Crop yield; Emissions control; Emissions trading; Farmers; Fertilizer use reduction; Fertilizers; Greenhouse gases; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Remote sensing; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)

Carbon credits, a voluntary market mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, can incentivize climate action. We evaluate the potential and eligibility of Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices for carbon credit generation in India under Verra's VM0042 methodology. Using farmer survey...