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Carbon Sequestration and Grassland Restoration In India

This community-led biochar project is one of the world’s largest, issuing ~15,000 tCO₂e per month with nearly 100,000 tCO₂e already delivered.  The project tackles the urgent challenge of carbon sequestration by transforming the invasive Prosopis juliflora and cotton stalk residues into biochar, a stable form of carbon with long-term climate benefits.

Beyond carbon sequestration, the project delivers significant environmental and social co-benefits. It contributes to the restoration of degraded, invasive-infested grasslands, reduces harmful crop burning practices, and promotes the use of biochar as a soil amendment. This improves soil health by enhancing pH balance, water retention, and nutrient availability, supporting more resilient and productive agriculture.

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Without this project, Prosopis would remain a net emitter, either through natural decay, which releases CO₂ and methane, or through its traditional use as fuelwood, where it is burned, emitting all its stored carbon immediately. 

This project changes the carbon outcome by not only removing Prosopis but also permanently sequestering its carbon as biochar. In the absence of the project, Prosopis is either left to spread or is harvested for fuel, regrowing within four years without leading to permanent carbon storage. In contrast, the project’s intervention results in an additional 4-6 tC/ha of permanent carbon removal, further reinforcing its additionality.

Benefits

Climate

Nature

People

Climate

Nature

People

Without this project, Prosopis would remain a net emitter, either through natural decay, which releases CO₂ and methane, or through its traditional use as fuelwood, where it is burned, emitting all its stored carbon immediately. 

This project changes the carbon outcome by not only removing Prosopis but also permanently sequestering its carbon as biochar. In the absence of the project, Prosopis is either left to spread or is harvested for fuel, regrowing within four years without leading to permanent carbon storage. In contrast, the project’s intervention results in an additional 4-6 tC/ha of permanent carbon removal, further reinforcing its additionality.

The project aims to capture carbon from biomass , enabling durable carbon removal, with large volumes of CO₂ permanently sequestered. Over the first five years, the project is expected to sequester approximately 690,825 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent, averaging 138,165 tonnes CO₂eq per year.

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Live

Supported since

Supported since:

2025

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Type of project:

Carbon removal

SDGs supported

SDGs supported:

13

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Varaha ClimateAg Pvt Ltd

Varaha ClimateAg Pvt Ltd

Varaha is a leading global climate tech startup that specialises in nature-based solutions, including regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, and biochar projects that promote climate adaptation, biodiversity, water conservation and increased income for smallholder land stewards.

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