VNV Transforms Rice Cultivation with TraceX Sustainability and Carbon Management Solutions

VNV leveraged TraceX’s Digital MRV Platform for tracking sustainable practices, ensuring accurate data collection, and enabling carbon reducing activities. 

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About the Company

VNV Advisory, a leading agricultural advisory firm, focus on climate action and sustainable development, working hand-in-hand with communities to restore ecosystems and promote long-term growth.

 

Their approach prioritizes clean and low-carbon solutions, ensuring a healthy planet and a brighter future for rural communities. 

Industry

Carbon Management

Region

India 

Use Case

DMRV platform for methane reduction in paddy cultivation and thereby enable generation of carbon credits  

Features Used

  • Onboarding of farmers 
  • Farm Plotting 
  • Tracking of AWD Irrigation activities 
  • Monitoring of Activities 
  • Reporting

What we like best about TraceX is their comprehensive Digital MRV Platform. It has revolutionized our ability to track sustainable practices and carbon-reducing activities. It ensures accurate data collection and effectively addresses environmental concerns. 

– Filip Tetart, Consultant AFOLU, VNV Advisory 

Challenges

  • Many agricultural projects involve smallholder farmers with fragmented land holdings. Aggregating these small plots into meaningful carbon projects can be complex. 
  • Gathering accurate and comprehensive data on individual farmers, their land holdings, and agricultural practices can be challenging. 
  • Overlapping farm boundaries may result in duplicated data, leading to inaccuracies in carbon accounting and project evaluation. 
  • Data Collection can be time consuming and resource intensive. 
  • Tracking of irrigation schedules can be cumbersome and inaccurate. 
  • Network connectivity challenges for collection of data through mobile apps. 
  • Continuous monitoring and reporting of activities is challenging. 
  • Training and Technical support to farmers. 
  • Scalability of Projects 

Solutions

  • Farm Management 

This involves digitization of farm activities, onboarding of farmers , geo tagging of their land plots and configuration of paddy crop. The package of practices and irrigation activities are configured. 

 

  • Capturing of Baseline Data 

The initial conditions of the field, water usage and farming practices are captured 

 

  • Monitoring of Irrigation (AWD) Practices 

The real time monitoring of these activities are carried out along with tracking of water usage and impact on crop yields. This includes monitoring of flooded and  drained periods of land and the safe AWD levels 

 

  • Reporting of Activities 

This involves reporting on water consumption, crop health and impact on emissions. Audit ready reports are generated to facilitate Verification bodies. 

Key Takeaways

  • Comprehensive Farm Management: TraceX provides VNV with an end-to-end solution for farm management, covering aspects such as baseline establishment, implementation of alternate wetting and drying (AWD) techniques, and robust monitoring processes. 
  • Baseline Establishment: VNV utilizes the platform to establish baselines for sustainable agriculture practices, enabling them to measure progress and track improvements over time accurately. 
  • Implementation of AWD Techniques: With TraceX, VNV efficiently implements AWD techniques, optimizing water usage in rice cultivation and promoting sustainable water management practices. 
  • Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification: The platform facilitates robust monitoring, reporting, and verification processes, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and providing transparent documentation of sustainability efforts. 
  • Enhanced Efficiency: The integration of TraceX enhances VNV’s efficiency in managing sustainable agriculture initiatives, streamlining processes, and improving resource utilization. 
  • Regulatory Compliance: By leveraging TraceX, VNV ensures compliance with regulatory standards and requirements, reducing the risk of non-compliance penalties and fostering trust with stakeholders. 
  • Contribution to Sustainability: VNV contributes to a more sustainable agricultural ecosystem by implementing best practices, reducing environmental impact, and promoting transparency throughout the supply chain.

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