A closer look at carbon credit collection in rice production.

(Baothanhhoa.vn) - For the Spring 2025 crop season, Green Carbon Co., Ltd. and Faegre Japan collaborated with Yen Dinh district and the Thanh Hoa Agricultural Institute to cultivate over 1,200 hectares of rice with reduced greenhouse gas emissions and carbon credits, applying sustainable farming practices to increase income for local people.

According to the rice plant's growth cycle, companies collect air samples, analyze them, and calculate the reduction in methane emissions.

To collect gas samples, technical staff from the companies place the gas measuring chamber upside down on the rice plants for a certain period of time to collect the sample.

The gas measurement chamber is made of glass and equipped with devices for collecting carbon credits in rice production.

After a certain period of time, the organization collects gas samples in gas measurement chambers.

The gas sampling procedures were carefully documented by the companies' technical staff.

After collecting air samples, the companies analyze them and calculate the carbon credits per hectare.

According to the analysis and calculations of the companies, rice fields producing rice with reduced greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional production reduce emissions by 4.84 tons of CO2/ha, equivalent to 4.84 carbon credits/ha (equivalent to 90 - 100 USD/ha).

Through a control group, rice production using a process that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and generates carbon credits resulted in a 5-10% reduction in production costs, a 10% reduction in water usage, and rice yields that were equivalent to or 10% higher than conventional production.

On February 12, 2025, the Department of Agriculture and Environment and Faegre Company of Japan signed a memorandum of understanding to coordinate and cooperate in the construction and implementation of the project "Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Building Carbon Credits in Rice Production in Thanh Hoa Province," with an area of ​​200 hectares in 2025, and an expected expansion to 50,000 hectares by 2030.

Le Hoi

Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/can-canh-thu-tin-chi-carbon-trong-san-xuat-lua-250271.htm