Resilience first Carbon next

The collaboration between Carbon Registry India (CR-I) and the Association of Indian Organic Industry (AIOI) marks a pivotal step toward embedding climate integrity within India’s organic production systems.

Following the signing of our MoU, we convened in Bengaluru with AIOI leadership — Ajay Katyal (President), PVSM Gouri (Executive Director), and my Chairman Anil Jauhri — for an intensive working session to align on a shared vision: to build a robust, scalable framework for carbon-verified organic agriculture rooted in resilience, inclusion, and scientific rigour.

This initiative focuses on three core pillars:

• Methodology development tailored to organic agriculture and aligned with CR-I’s registry
• Capacity building for NPOP-certified operators, FPOs, cooperatives, VVBs, and grassroots institutions
• Pilot implementation to demonstrate real-world climate and livelihood outcomes across diverse agro-climatic zones

Our intent is not to layer carbon credits onto existing practices but to reimagine how verified carbon outcomes emerge from healthier soils, stronger communities, and long-term climate adaptation. This is especially relevant as conversations on Scope 3 emissions, food system resilience, and credible sustainability grow more urgent.

We are designing a credible, India-first model that does not reduce carbon to a commodity but positions it as a co-benefit of resilience — achieved through better soil, stronger communities, and equitable climate finance.

We invite partners to co-create, co-fund, and co-lead this effort. The time to unlock verified, farmer-first carbon outcomes in India’s organic sector is now.