Monitoring Design
The SOC plus ARR Project follows internationally recognized standards under Verra VCS (Project ID 3115).
1. Baseline Establishment
- Historical land use assessment
- Soil sampling and carbon stock analysis
- Fertilizer and biomass usage documentation
- Baseline emission calculations
- RothC baseline calibration modeling
2. Project Establishment
Monitoring is conducted at regular intervals as per approved methodology of VM0017 v1.0 to ensure measurable and verifiable carbon removals.
All data is recorded through farmer registers, field visits, and internal monitoring systems.
I. Soil Organic Carbon Monitoring
- Stratified soil sampling methodology
- GPS-based plot identification
- Periodic soil sample testing at accredited laboratories
- Bulk density and carbon concentration measurement
- Statistical analysis for SOC stock change
- Monitoring of crop residue
- Monitoring of farm-yard manure (FYM)
- Monitoring of weather conditions
II. Afforestation & Revegetation (ARR) Monitoring
- Tree inventory (Diameter & height measurement) and survival rate assessment
- Species verification
- Biomass estimation using allometric equations
III. Emission Reduction Calculation
- Reduction in synthetic nitrogen fertilizer usage
- Reduced fossil fuel consumption
- Reduced biomass burning
- Agroforestry sequestration
- Soil organic carbon (SOC) removals
- Leakage and permanence assessment
3. Verification & Certification
- Third-party validation and verification
- Independent audits
- Independent model expert for carbon modelling
- Issuance of Verified Carbon Units (VCUs)
- Transparent registry listing