ANALYSIS: Developers fear glut as demand lags for India’s farm credits

Published 14:13 on September 25, 2025 / Last updated at 16:40 on September 25, 2025 / / Asia Pacific (Asia), Insights (Analysis), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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Indian farms could remove billions of tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere in the coming decades, but scaling carbon credit projects across its patchwork of smallholdings must first contend with low farmer incentives and policy exclusions to doubts over sustained demand.
Indian farms could remove billions of tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere in the coming decades, but scaling carbon credit projects across its patchwork of smallholdings must first contend with low farmer incentives and policy exclusions to doubts over sustained demand.


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