Agribusiness company teams up with NaturAll Carbon on regenerative agriculture project spanning 25,000 hectares
04/02/2025
Amaggi, Brazil’s largest domestically owned agricultural trading company, has partnered with Anglo-Brazilian climate-tech firm NaturAll Carbon to launch a carbon credit project based on regenerative agriculture.
The initiative will be carried out at Fazenda Carolinas, a 25,000-hectare farm located in Corumbiara, Rondônia. The farm comprises both degraded pastureland and areas under conventional farming, which will be restored using regenerative techniques.
Juliana Lopes, Amaggi’s director of ESG, communications, and compliance, said the practices to be implemented include no-till farming, crop rotation (soy, corn, and cotton), the use of cover crops, and replacing chemical pesticides with biological alternatives. These strategies support atmospheric carbon capture and soil sequestration.
“Amaggi has already been implementing regenerative agriculture for some time. It is a core part of our decarbonization plan,” Ms. Lopes said. In addition to capturing carbon, regenerative agriculture improves soil quality and fertility, she added.
Carbon sequestration will be measured through physical sampling, computer modeling, continuous soil monitoring using geoprocessing tools, and remote sensing technologies.
Alexandre Leite, co-founder and CEO of NaturAll Carbon, estimates that Amaggi could achieve an average carbon capture rate of 2 tonnes per hectare per year—totaling 50,000 tonnes across the 25,000-hectare area. This would enable the issuance of two carbon credits per hectare annually, or 50,000 credits in total. The exact number of credits will be calculated each year following an audit that certifies the captured carbon.
The project will be certified by Verra, the world’s leading certifier of voluntary carbon credits. It will use methodology VM0042 (ALM – Agricultural Land Management), a global standard for soil carbon sequestration.
NaturAll Carbon will also be responsible for securing buyers for the carbon credits. Issuance and sales are expected to begin in 2026, following third-party verification of the additional carbon captured through regenerative practices.
The credits will be sold in the voluntary carbon market, where companies opt to reduce emissions and trade credits independently of regulatory requirements.
According to Mr. Leite, demand for carbon credits in the voluntary market is rising, and Brazil is well-positioned to meet this demand. “Brazil has 40 million hectares of degraded pastureland that could be converted to regenerative agriculture. That represents huge potential for carbon credit generation,” he said.
Amaggi aims to expand the project to other company-owned farms and to its partner producers. The company currently cultivates grains and cotton on 400,000 hectares. In 2023, it launched the Amaggi Regenera program to encourage its 5,600 partner producers to adopt regenerative practices. According to Ms. Lopes, ten producers have already joined the program.
Amaggi is also investing in renewable energy sources, including small hydroelectric power plants, and preserving legal reserve surpluses. The company is evaluating the possibility of generating carbon credits from these efforts as well.
*By Cibelle Bouças, Globo Rural — Belo Horizonte
Source: Valor International