“I remember them telling me that by selling carbon credits we might receive Rs 2,500-Rs 3,000 per acre, but when the initial subsidy itself has been reduced, how do we expect that we will get the carbon credits payment or not?” The resulting reduction in emissions, and the increased organic soil carbon are then used to generate carbon credits. In Uttar Pradesh, carbon farming projects owned by private companies as part of Voluntary Carbon Market are onboarding wheat, paddy and sugarcane farmers for agricultural land management. The information gapThe efficiency of carbon farming projects is measured using soil organic carbon (SOC), either through physical soil sampling, satellite-based model or a mix of both. Ultimately if the harvest is not good and the expense is higher, any farmer will drop the activity irrespective of the hope of carbon credits.”