Agriculture-focused carbon removal solutions provider Agoro Carbon announced that it has signed a 12-year offtake agreement with Microsoft, providing the tech giant with 2.6 million carbon credits from its U.S.-based projects, marking one of the largest soil-based carbon removal commitments to date.
Launched in 2021 by Norway-based crop nutrition company Yara, Agoro Carbon partners with farmers and ranchers to sequester carbon in the soil and generate verified soil carbon credits. The company’s projects deploy regenerative agricultural practices, including cover cropping, improved grazing and reduced tillage, which sequesters carbon in the soil, in addition to enhancing agricultural resilience,
