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We are delighted to join the inaugural Asia Impact Forum organised by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).

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On our panel with Accion Venture Lab and AquaExchange Agritech, we will be discussing innovative solutions for building climate-resilient value chains for smallholders. Arukah is looking forward to sharing our experience with digital tracking as an enabler for scalability, building trust in project integrity, and also a higher income share to participating farmers, for instance via our dMRV partnership with Gold Standard on household biogas, and our biochar initiative in Cambodia.

At the annual Future Food Asia forum organised by ID Capital partnering with IFC, A*Star, and leading industry players like Adisseo and Buhler, Arukah was grateful for the opportunity to share on a dMRV panel our approach and findings to date on the critical importance of aligning climate action with farmer incentives to deliver high integrity climate mitigation at scale.

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Arukah’s insight and conviction is farmers are not incidental beneficiaries but instead core agents required to drive and sustain change in our region’s agriculture and food systems.

Designing and scaling large scale systems change will require situating and incentivising them as such. At Arukah, our integrated end-to-end dMRV platform — currently the only dMRV approved globally by Gold Standard for biogas — we channel 50% of carbon credit revenue directly to farmers for verified project participation.

For instance, we shared key findings from our project in household scale biogas production from livestock manure - namely, a measurable increase in motivation and participation when farmers can earn payments in proportion to their activities.

For instance, in A/B tests run in India since 2H24, we fully metered all digesters and all aspects of the project were similar except for farmer-level payments. 

Based on our initial findings, farmers in villages with no payments for verified biogas processing dropped off usage significantly over time. 

In contrast, usage is sustained and even increased over time where farmers are paid for verified processing.

This demonstrates that tangible and equitable economic incentives are critical to sustaining and scaling farmer action at scale.

We enjoyed the rich discussion with fellow panelists and conference participants, and we look forward to many fruitful collaborations to come. With livelihoods at the heart of our model, Arukah leverages digital MRV, biometric ID systems, and licensed digital payment infrastructure to ensure transparency, traceability, and trust. This foundation uniquely positions us to unlock large scale, high integrity, nature-based climate mitigation from the Global South, while supporting the development of more resilient, inclusive, and community-driven food systems.

Please do reach out to us if you share our vision and would like to partner as a carbon credit buyer or project financier.

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Hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Arukah was invited to participate in a regional workshop to share insights on our approach to carbon markets as a scalable source of climate financing in agriculture - enabled by digital tracking, as well as our biochar plans across the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).

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We are grateful for a rich set of discussions and next step partnerships, and look forward to contributing at scale to the post-processing traceability of agriculture supply chains across our region.

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In our presentation, we shared the immediate and measurable impact of our project design across decarbonisation, food security and poverty alleviation. And in a vibrant post-presentation discussion some key items were discussed that are both barriers in scaling biochar in the GMS, as well as scalable business opportunities -

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First, there are limited regional lab testing capabilities, despite the deep technical expertise in our region.

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Second, biochar fertiliser standards and know how are currently not widespread beyond specific markets, but member countries in the GMS have so far been very open and willing to share.

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Finally, Arukah shared our approach of absorbing upfront costs at the high risk phase of the project to partner with groups that are new to this space, as long as they are open to our inclusive business model featuring a 50% gross carbon revenue share to farmers. While buyer-focused project design and high frequency digitalised MRV can unlock more purchasing to our region - the entry barriers of minimum scale and upfront costs remain significant. We discussed our approach, and also continue to welcome new partners - please do reach out if this is an area of interest!