Carbon Farming – Basics

Carbon farming refers to sequestering and storing carbon and/or reducing greenhouse gas emissions at farm level. Carbon trading is a way to incentivise such projects through different payment methods and business models. It can deliver co-benefits to farmers and society, but also carries risks to be managed. In this course, we shall try and look at

• Opportunities and constraints for carbon farming
• Critical analysis for scaling up carbon farming that delivers robust climate mitigation