Mitti Labs, a ClimateTech company based in Bengaluru, India, has announced its successful registration of its first large-scale project under Gold Standard’s newest rice methane reduction methodology. This achievement marks a significant milestone for the company, validating its technology-driven approach to tackling climate change.
The project, which utilizes a rice-specific dRMV platform, combines SAR technology, AI, and field data to monitor and verify the uptake of methane-slashing farming practices in near real-time and at the individual farm level. This offers full transparency and guarantees that every carbon credit represents a real and verifiable emission reduction through on-ground methane measurement.
Mitti Labs focuses on India’s small-holder rice farmers, providing them with necessary training, resources, and financial incentives to adopt sustainable practices such as Alternate Wetting and Drying, dry-seeded rice, and no-burn rice stubble management. These practices, when implemented together, can reduce methane emissions from rice by over 50%.
The company will begin issuing high-quality carbon credits in Summer 2025, meeting the growing demand for high-integrity, nature-based carbon credits specifically tied to methane reductions. Methane, with its high warming potential (85XCO₂e), has become a priority for near-term mitigation efforts. Rice farming, which accounts for 15% of total methane emissions, equivalent to the total GHG emissions from global aviation, presents an ideal opportunity for climate action.
Mitti Labs’ carbon credits are distinguished by their integrity, confirmed by an investible grade pre-issuance rating from Sylvera, a leading carbon rating agency. This rating found the project to have strong carbon accounting systems and the ability to consistently deliver real, permanent climate benefits, in line with the highest standards for permanence, additionality, and transparency.
In addition to mitigating climate change, the adoption of sustainable farming practices also has co-benefits such as enhancing water security and building climate resilience in one of the most water-stressed regions in the world. Alternate Wetting and Drying, for example, has been proven to reduce water consumption by up to 40%, without any impact on yield.
Mitti Labs’ co-founder, Devdut Dalal, expressed his excitement at the upcoming issuance of rice-based credits, a first in the world. He also shared the company’s plans to scale up its impact by onboarding 300,000 farmers to climate-smart rice in the next two years. This will reduce 1.5 million tonnes of CO₂e annually and save nearly 400 billion liters of water each year, equivalent to Bengaluru’s annual water consumption.
With this large-scale impact, Mitti Labs is at the forefront of global climate solutions, further driving its mission to leverage SAR technology and sustainable farming practices to mitigate climate change. The company is backed by Lightspeed and Voyager Ventures in its mission to transform the $300 Bn rice-growing industry worldwide.
For more information, visit mittilabs.earth and join Mitti Labs on their journey to drive climate action and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
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