Rice Farming is a Major Source of Methane Emissions.
Rice Farming is a Major Source of Methane Emissions.
Fields are submerged and soils deprived of oxygen during most of the growing season. Specialized microbes in the soils produce methane instead of carbon dioxide when they live under zero oxygen environments. Removing water from the rice crop during the growing season, and only replacing it as the plants produce grain, allows air to enter into the soil and reduces methane emissions from rice paddies by as much as 65%.
Fields are submerged and soils deprived of oxygen during most of the growing season. Specialized microbes in the soils produce methane instead of carbon dioxide when they live under zero oxygen environments. Removing water from the rice crop during the growing season, and only replacing it as the plants produce grain, allows air to enter into the soil and reduces methane emissions from rice paddies by as much as 65%.
Methane is 25x more harmful to the atmosphere than CO2, and is responsible for one-third of global warming. Over 10% of global methane emissions are attributed directly to rice farming, mostly by smallholders in developing countries.
Methane is 25x more harmful to the atmosphere than CO2, and is responsible for one-third of global warming. Over 10% of global methane emissions are attributed directly to rice farming, mostly by smallholders in developing countries.
Efficiently managing water in rice paddies reduces methane emissions as well as costs.
Efficiently managing water in rice paddies reduces methane emissions as well as costs.
By training and giving farmers access to sustainable rice farming practices that significantly reduce global methane emissions, we are providing the means for farmers to participate in, and benefit from, the sophisticated global trade in carbon credits.
By training and giving farmers access to sustainable rice farming practices that significantly reduce global methane emissions, we are providing the means for farmers to participate in, and benefit from, the sophisticated global trade in carbon credits.
By aggregating hundreds of thousands of very small landholders we enable them to participate in markets that previously excluded them.
By aggregating hundreds of thousands of very small landholders we enable them to participate in markets that previously excluded them.
