First program to generate carbon credits from rice cultivation piloted
On June 11, Deputy Director Trinh Duc Toan of the North Central Agricultural Science and Technology Institute said that the unit is coordinating with Green Carbon INC to implement a program to improve farmers’ lives by generating carbon credits from rice cultivation. This is the first time this program has been piloted in Nghe An province as well as in Vietnam.
The project applies the technique of alternating flooding and drying on rice fields. This method helps prevent anaerobic digestion, an anaerobic biological process that converts organic matter into biogas including methane, by drying and exposing the surface of rice fields, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Translated by Anh Quan
