Sustainable agricultural practices for carbon sequestration by Organic and Natural farming groups
#9of 261 in Soil carbon#133of 975 in India#136of 1339 in Verra (VCS)#1of 8 in VM0017
Audit Analysis
A VCS soil-carbon project in Karnataka, India, using organic and natural farming across 18 smallholder parcels, with a 10% buffer pool, no reversal events, and a VVB-confirmed additionality test. The project over-delivered relative to its ex-ante estimate for the first monitoring period, but the 0% leakage deduction (deemed negligible) and project-specific baseline introduce moderate conservatism gaps. Low extraction confidence and a handful of cross-document inconsistencies temper confidence in the record.
Red Flags
- Leakage deduction of 0% justified only as 'deemed negligible' in the verification report, while the earlier validation report described leakage as 'quantified' — the more rigorous treatment was not carried forward.
- Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, meaning at least one key document was poorly readable and some fields may be incomplete or misread.
- 13 Corrective Action Requests were raised during verification (all resolved), indicating non-trivial documentation or methodological issues that had to be corrected before issuance.
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 500 | 0 | 500 | |
| 2018 | 500 | 0 | 500 | |
| 2019 | 3,000 | 0 | 3,000 | |
| 2020 | 3,000 | 0 | 3,000 | |
| 2021 | 3,000 | 0 | 3,000 | |
| 2022 | 30,000 | 1,000 | 29,000 | |
| Total | 40,000 | 1,000 | 39,000 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed common-practice test
10% buffer, no reversals, risk analysis done
0% deduction, deemed negligible only
Project-specific, reassessment not yet due
FPIC, grievance mechanism, safeguards documented
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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