2023: ClimateRice Initiative (IIF Momentum Funding)
To successfully address climate change, we must rapidly adopt a different approach to growing rice, a daily staple for more than half of the world’s population. Rice accounts for 12% of anthropogenic methane emissions and 33% of global freshwater withdrawals. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a proven alternative for rice farming, and is practiced today in more than 60 countries by about 5% of rice farmers. ClimateRice is a collaborative initiative between Cornell’s Climate-Resilient Farming Systems Program, Department of Global Development at Cornell CALS and CarbonFarm, a technology start-up developing an innovative satellite-based carbon finance mechanism for rice.
Cornell Investigator: Erika Styger, Global Development
CarbonFarm: Vassily Carantino