African farms and rangelands can store billions of tonnes of carbon

Africa has contributed the least to climate change but can contribute the most to solving the problem.

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How it works

From biomass to biochar

From biomass to biochar

We produce biochar from waste biomass on African farms, invasive weeds on rangelands and tree clippings from agroforestry systems to durably capture and store carbon.

We work with local communities

We work with local communities

We work with farmers who own their own land where they can capture and store carbon via biochar. We also work with tribal groups in pastoralist dominated rangelands where shared ownership of the land allows them to capture and store carbon as biochar.

At least 80% of the price of the carbon credit goes to local communities with the remaining revenue used to enable the sustainable growth of PlantVillage.

Why Biochar?

Why Biochar?

Biochar is the best way to capture and store carbon today. It durably stores carbon for >1,000 years and among all potential technologies to durably store carbon it is the easiest to scale to >1 billion tonnes/year. The added advantage is that it helps farmers and pastoralists adapt to climate change today.

Mixing & sinking

Mixing & sinking

Biochar can be sinked right on the farm where it was produced, or, ideally, mixed with manure to create a fertilizer that replaces synthetic fertilizers.

All stages are recorded and geotagged so the end buyer can be assured the carbon was stored durably.

Certification

Certification

Each step of the process is tracked so anyone can check every kg of locked carbon.

Independent organizations check input materials (biomass type), equipment used, photos of the biochar the production process, photos of the mixing and finally, the process of sinking.

As a result they certify that the declared amount of CO₂ is caught from atmosphere and durably locked into the soil. Samples are taken and stored for random spot checks according to established international protocols by the European Biochar Certificate and Carbon Standards International.

Transparency platform

All data shared publicly with the global community of scientists along with a data cube from PlantVillage that includes data from NASA, ESA, NOAA and others to study the effects of biochar on plant growth.

Each step is photographed, timestamped and geo-tagged

  • Biomass used
  • Production process
  • Furnace and other equipment
  • Biochar produced
  • Input fertilisers
  • Biochar mixing with fertilisers
  • Spreading biochar across farms

Plus

  • Each bag of biochar and fertiliser is tagged with QR code and tracked on each step
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Who we are

Carbon4Good is a company founded by a rainforest ecologist who also founded PlantVillage. Applied science is central to who we are.

Its origins are at Penn State, a world renowned Land Grant University, underscoring the importance of applied science that benefits farmers.

David Hughes
David Hughes
Founder/chief scientist
Chelsea Akuleut
Chelsea Akuleut
CEO
John Mayieka
John Mayieka
COO

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