Tonnes of CO2eq Compensated
16.518,655
Project Type
Regenerative Agriculture
Biome
Atlantic Forest
Location
Poços de Caldas
Status
Active
Standard
CFS
Terrus Carbon Coffee
Terrus Carbon Coffee is an innovative regenerative agriculture project in Brazil, audited under the Carbon Fair Standard, which uses an innovative technology developed by Quanticum for soil management. This pioneering national technology allows for an increase in the amount of carbon captured and stored in the soil, as well as a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural practices. Through the project, more than 20,000 tons of carbon have already been captured from the atmosphere, and over 200 people have benefited.
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Terrus Carbon Coffee is an innovative regenerative agriculture project in Brazil, audited under the Carbon Fair Standard, which uses innovative soil management technology developed by Quanticum. This national and pioneering technology allows for an increase in the amount of carbon captured and stored in the soil, as well as a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural practices. With the project, more than 20 thousand tons of carbon have already been captured from the atmosphere, benefiting over 200 people.
The soil is the largest carbon reservoir in nature. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), soil stores approximately four times more carbon than plant biomass and three times more than the atmosphere, thus playing a significant role in the carbon cycle, greenhouse gas mitigation, and climate change.
For proper soil management, it is necessary to know its physical and chemical characteristics, usually requiring a series of samples and tests, sometimes relying on the producer's subjective evaluation.
The Terrus Carbon Coffee project brings new technology to coffee cultivation. A new system for studying and preparing the soil for coffee planting, with greater precision in soil identification, a reduction in the number of samples required for testing, and the ability to map locations with greater potential for carbon sequestration.
More specifically, this technology involves the identification and mapping of naturally occurring minerals in soils through magnetic susceptibility techniques. After diagnosing the soil's natural potential for carbon storage using a specific sensor adapted for Brazilian soils and biomes, the recommendation and most suitable best practices for the agricultural cycle are adjusted, increasing carbon permanence in the soil. All maps, recommendations, and balances can be accessed directly from the cell phone, facilitating implementation by the producer.
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What are the project SDGs
The project Terrus Carbon Coffee includes 0 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, which are: