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In what it says is a major milestone for the company, Denmark-based Agreena<\/a> has just registered its AgreenaCarbon Project<\/a> under Verra\u2019s Verified Carbon Standard<\/a> (VCS). This is the first time a large-scale agriculture project has registered under the VCS, which is widely considered to be the world\u2019s top greenhouse gas crediting standard.<\/p>\n

\u201cVerra is the de facto standard for voluntary carbon markets, which makes its validating Agreena\u2019s methodology a very, very important milestone for the company,\u201d Agreena cofounder and CEO Simon Haldrup tells AgFunderNews<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The registration now enables the company to \u201cmeet the significant demand for high integrity, nature-based, European credits in the voluntary carbon market,\u201d and Agreena expects issuance of Verra-certified carbon credits in 2025.<\/p>\n

Farmer revenue streams depend on verifications<\/h4>\n

Putting the farmer at the center of regenerative agriculture is the key to scaling it, says Haldrup. After that, there are some key barriers to overcome, the most well-documented one of which is financial.<\/p>\n

Overcoming financial barriers means being able to generate revenue streams for farmers through regenerative agriculture, he says. Finding a trusted way to verify, measure and quantify environmental outcomes is what will enable those revenue streams, he adds. More than that, \u201cthe entire scalable system stands on top of a digital-enabled, trusted way to measure and verify outcomes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we started this journey [for the AgreenaCarbon project], it was very clear that we needed better validation in order to really scale this. We spent three and a half years doing so, and therefore we are extremely proud to be the first kind of scalable project to succeed,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a pivotal moment for the regenerative agriculture movement and steering much-needed carbon finance to farmers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bringing down the cost of verification<\/h4>\n

The AgreenaCarbon Project works with farmers around Europe that are implementing regenerative farming practices to reduce emissions and remove soil carbon.<\/p>\n

Carbon credits are calculated based on how much carbon a farmer has captured using practices such as cover crops, minimizing soil tillage, and using organic fertilizer, to name a few. Farmers can then sell their credits directly to buyers, bundle the credits with crops, or work with Agreena to find the best price. (Agreena takes a 15% broker fee.)<\/p>\n

Agreena currently operates in 20 countries around Europe, working with 2,300 farmers.<\/p>\n

While the type of farms the company works with varies, Haldrup says it tends towards larger operations at the moment, as they are better equipped to make a transition and because \u201cthe cost of verification is so high.\u201d<\/p>\n

He hopes to see that change in the future, thanks in part to a digital data platform Agreena has been working on in order to verify data at a lower cost.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a prerequisite to rolling [Agreena\u2019s tools] out to millions of farmers,\u201d he says. \u201cNow we have the technology and the verified framework in place, so we can take this out to what is, at least in Europe, the backbone of agriculture: the small and medium farm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Agreena also has plans to move beyond Europe\u2019s borders in the future.<\/p>\n

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The Agreena team. Image credit: Agreena<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A field-level climate solution<\/h4>\n

Regenerative agriculture as a climate solution is not without its critics, some of whom argue that storing carbon in the soil to slow global warming is \u201chard to back up<\/a>\u201d as a claim.<\/p>\n

Verra itself was subject to scrutiny in 2023 after The Guardian<\/em> published articles<\/a> claiming the organization\u2019s carbon credits were \u201cworthless.\u201d Verra refuted the claims and even sought legal council at one point, while the internet wasted no time chiming in on both sides of the argument.<\/p>\n

Haldrup acknowledges that there are uncertainties in the verification process still, as well as risks. \u201cIt\u2019s a biological process, and a hugely variant ecosystem,\u201d he says. \u201cWe need to capture specificities of every single field that we\u2019re calculating. Agreena captures more than 200 data points going back five years on every single field.\u201d<\/p>\n

A lot of the skepticism, he adds, comes from seeing carbon sequestration from a macro perspective instead of a micro perspective that zeros in on each individual field.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to do this bottom up,\u201d he says of advancing regenerative agriculture. \u201cWhen you\u2019re actually coming down to every single field, managing exactly every year the crops, practices, fertilizer, etc, taking into account climatic factors and so on, you start to take away a lot of the uncertainties in this. The other factor is that carbon sequestration soil can be reversed, and therefore you need to be able to monitor over time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has to ultimately be about the farmers\u2019<\/h4>\n

Agreena also has plans beyond carbon credits, most notably with helping farmers access green loans and other financial benefits.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Agreena announced a partnership with the International Finance Corporation<\/a> to expand sustainable finance options to farmers by giving access to granular farm-level data to support eligibility documentation for financial offers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to more specific financial products to help farmers in that transition,\u201d says Haldrup.<\/p>\n

Last year also saw a partnership with CPG giant Mars<\/a> to provide financial incentives for Hungarian farmers switching to regenerative agriculture practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor any of this to scale, it has to ultimately be about farmers,\u201d says Haldrup.<\/p>\n

Beyond the financial barrier, the industry still grapples with equipping farmers with knowledge about regenerative agriculture as well as promoting regenerative agriculture throughout communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt comes down to those three barriers,\u201d notes Haldrup. \u201cTo really scale, we need to overcome those three things for every single farm.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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