Carbon credits
Fighting climate change together
At PlantVillage+, we believe that fighting climate change is everybody's job — and we're making it easier for businesses, institutions, and individuals to take meaningful action. While reducing emissions is crucial, the fact is we must remove billions of tonnes to avoid a collapse of our food systems. As the Spanish proverb says "Civilization and anarchy are only seven meals apart". Clearly then, fighting climate change is everyone's job.
Step 7
The best carbon removal is durable carbon removal and the best durable removal is biochar. Biochar is inertinte, a form of coal (or specifically the maceral that is inside coal, like the 'mineral' in rocks). But if the science is too much just know that biochar it is the best and cheapest durable carbon available.
Operating across the Global South, we use pyrolysis to transform waste biomass into biochar. Pyrolysis is a technique of heating waste biomass at high temperature in a low oxygen environment. This essentially bakes the biomass turning the carbon into a type of coal (called intertinite). This is biochar. We developed a novel pyrolysis system for which we have a patent pending. This system can be locally constructred and easily deployed to where crops are harvested or weeds are present so waste biomass can be pyrolized on site.
Biochar locks away the carbon for thousands of years, keeping it out of the atmosphere while enhancing soil health and boosting crop yields.
Supporting farmers through agricultural innovation
But at PlantVillage+, carbon dioxide removal is not our sole purpose — it's a valuable side effect of the work we do to support farmers and drive agricultural innovation. Our priority is to help farmers adapt to and thrive in the face of climate change, and carbon credits are a way of maximizing the value of that effort. We don't pursue carbon for carbon's sake — we pursue agricultural transformation via advanced AI and trusted human networks: carbon removal at scale is one of the benefits we unlock along the way.
Our carbon offset program is cost-effective, transparent, and high-impact, with over 80% of revenue directly benefiting African communities. In a time when the world is facing a shortage of reliable, high-quality carbon removal projects, our model offers a nature-based, measurable, and community-driven solution for offsetting unavoidable emissions.
End-to-end innovation for maximum impact
Importantly, our system is fully in-house — we've built our own hardware, software, and operational model from the ground up. This end-to-end approach ensures quality, traceability, and scalability. Through our Biochar app, universities, companies, and individuals can seamlessly integrate verified carbon credits into sustainability reporting and ESG commitments, with full visibility into the impact they're supporting.
Building a resilient future
With PlantVillage+, sustainability isn't just about reducing harm — it's about actively restoring the planet, empowering farmers, and building a resilient future that works for people and the planet alike.