CarbonFarm Rice Decarbonisation MRV Platform

CarbonFarm Technology is a French company registered in Nanterre, led by CEO Vassily Carantino and CTO James Hastwell, that uses satellites and AI to monitor and certify rice decarbonisation projects at scale. Rice produces about 12% of human-caused methane, and the company targets the gap between sustainable practices on smallholder farms and credible, low-cost verification.

Its MRV technology uses remote sensing to look back in time and set paddy-level baselines, then proprietary machine learning models detect water and straw management practices in near real time. Scientifically validated models estimate project emissions from observed practices, growing conditions and soil type, and additionality is verified for each paddy. The output supports Article 6 projects, Scope 3 quantification and voluntary carbon markets, with a client platform for developers and investors. Partners include Mars Food, Tilda, IRRI and the Sustainable Rice Platform.

• Satellite monitoring: near-real-time, independent data on rice fields at scale.
• AI practice detection: machine learning detects water management and straw management practices.
• Historical baselines: remote sensing looks back in time to establish baseline emissions.
• Emission modelling: validated models estimate methane from practices, growing conditions and soil type.
• Paddy-level additionality: verifies additionality claims for each individual paddy.
• Client platform: dashboards for developers and investors to track project progress and impact.

Rice exporters and cooperatives in the Mekong Delta can verify alternate wetting and drying adoption for low-emission rice certification and carbon revenue. International food brands sourcing Vietnamese rice can quantify Scope 3 reductions. Project developers can prepare rice methane projects for voluntary or Article 6 markets.

Satellite data replaces self-reported practices and paper logbooks, lowering the cost of verifying thousands of smallholder plots. Paddy-level additionality checks strengthen credit integrity. Food companies can quantify Scope 3 reductions in rice sourcing. The company cites that sustainable practices can halve rice emissions and cut water use by 38%.

Rice methane is a large and largely unaddressed emission source in Asia, and Vietnam has launched a national MRV procedure for low-emission rice alongside its one million hectare high-quality, low-emission rice programme in the Mekong Delta. Food buyers and Article 6 deals need scalable, remote verification.

CarbonFarm Technology, 65 Rue de la Croix, Nanterre, France (SIREN 912160389). Raised an oversubscribed EUR 7 million Series A in October 2026 led by Colam Impact with Proparco, Suma Capital, elea, Working Capital Fund, Albo and Bpifrance. Technology developed with IRRI, AgroParisTech, INRAE, ESA and Cornell University; active in 19 countries.