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US Department of Agriculture

U.S. Farmers Earn First Carbon Credits from Rice Production using Winrock’s American Carbon Registry Rice Protocol

Agriculture
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U.S. Farmers Earn First Carbon Credits from Rice Production using Winrock's American Carbon Registry Rice Protocol
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“Through a voluntary rice protocol developed by [Winrock International’s American Carbon Registry], rice growers in the Sacramento Valley of California and the Mid-South (Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana) can implement voluntary conservation management practices on their land that reduce methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Methane management practices include dry seeding, early drainage and alternate wetting and drying – these voluntary conservation management practices significantly reduce the amount of methane generated by rice growing and cultivation. In addition to reducing methane emissions, these conservation practices have numerous “co-benefits” such as reduced water pumping costs, reduced fuel usage, reduced water usage and reduced nutrient loading in downstream water bodies because the rice farmers modify their water consumption practices.”

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View the ACR Rice Protocol for more technical information.

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