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Amazon pact aims to cut Indian rice farm methane with $30M credit deal

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A new initiative aims to reduce methane emissions from rice cultivation in India through climate-smart farming techniques. The program, supported by organizations including Bayer, GenZero, and Shell, will work with thousands of smallholder farmers to adopt practices that can cut methane output by up to 50%. This effort is expected to generate approximately 685,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in carbon credits. AI

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Amazon pact aims to cut Indian rice farm methane with $30M credit deal

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Biman Mukherji ·

    Can India’s rice farmers reap from US$30 million Amazon carbon credit deal?

    A US$30 million carbon credit deal by tech giant Amazon with India’s Good Rice Alliance will boost carbon markets globally, according to experts, potentially showing agriculture – as well as industry – can be at the heart of emission reductions. The organisation, primarily backed…

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