01 Nov

Report series on Regenerative Farming and Soil Carbon Sequestration now available!

Posted by Team Meros in Publications

Global interest in the role of regenerative agriculture and carbon farming continues to grow. There is deep interest in learning more about the potential of these approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and mitigate climate change risks. And there is deep interest in learning how these areas will be an opportunity, or a challenge, for companies and industries involved in global sourcing, supply chains and investment in food and agriculture.

Internationally, various mechanisms are being developed to provide financial and policy incentives for change, including soil carbon sequestration through the introduction of regenerative farming methods such as no-tillage and cover crops, and carbon credit generation through nitrous oxide suppression through nitrogen fertilizer reduction. Improved MRV (measurement, reporting and verification) technologies are being developed and tested in the market.

As companies expand their international business operations, they will be required to understand and  adapt to these changes. At the same time, these transformations in the global food and agriculture sector are being viewed as new business opportunities for companies who can provide products and services that support a transition to lower emission supply chains.  

Meros has created a three-volume report that gives an overview of the trends and developments in this sector. These reports are available as off-the-shelf reports or can be customized to suit the needs of specific companies.

Please contact us to discuss more! 

Volume 1: Trends in Regenerative Agriculture

  1. What is Regenerative Agriculture?
  2. Increased Usage of No-till Farming and Herbicide-resistant Seeds
  3. Incentive Mechanisms for Regenerative Agriculture and Private Sector/Financial Institution Initiatives
  4. Third-party Certification for Regenerative Agriculture
  5. Future Outlook for Regenerative Agriculture

Volume 2: Trends in Carbon Farming and Soil Carbon Sequestration

  1. What is Carbon Farming?
  2. Potential for Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Land
  3. Financial Incentives for Carbon Farming
  4. Carbon Pricing for Agricultural/Natural Sources
  5. Challenges and Future Outlook for Soil Carbon Sequestration

Volume 3: Private Sector and Government Initiatives in Carbon Farming (Focus on Europe and the United States)

  1. Private Sector Initiatives in Soil Carbon Sequestration
    • Certification Schemes for Agricultural Carbon Credits in Voluntary Carbon Markets
    • Private Company Marketplaces: Startup Initiatives
    • Private Company Marketplaces: Major Corporation Initiatives
  2. Government Initiatives in Soil Carbon Sequestration
    • U.S. Government Carbon Farming Initiatives and Subsidies
    • EU Government Carbon Farming Initiatives and the Carbon Removal Certification Framework
    • Australian Government’s ACCU Emissions Trading Scheme and Agricultural Carbon Credit Projects
  3. Future Outlook

If you are interested in how these trends may be impact your company in particular or how regulatory and market trends in regenerative farming, carbon sequestration and sustainable supply chains may impact your business, please reach out. Meros creates customized analysis and research to help in your business decision-making.  

inquiries@merosconsulting.com

14 Apr

Meros is growing! Welcome Sachika Onaka Adcock as a full-time research analyst!

Posted by Team Meros in News

Meros is thrilled to welcome Sachika Onaka Adcock as a full-time research analyst! 

Sachika originally joined our team as a full-time intern in fall of 2023. Her background and interest in global markets and food systems and environmental science were the perfect mix for success at Meros.

Our team has been extremely impressed with her work so far exploring food loss in the apple value chain in Japan, investigating global schemes for protecting plant breeder rights and successfully supporting a Japanese company register for organic OMRI labeling in the US. She is now just back from a whirlwind field research trip in Southeast Asia with lots of stories to share. Her unwavering enthusiasm and curiosity is infectious and we are so pleased to have her on our team.

As she told us last fall, she was initially attracted to Meros because of the diversity of issues we tackle and its link to her core interests of both science and international affairs.

“Because I majored in physiology at university and took a minor in Earth Science, I had studied issues involved peripherally with food and agriculture. Specifically, I looked at food and nutrition in relation to human health along with soil science and challenges facing the agricultural sector due to climate change.”

“Within the very first week at Meros I realized just how much change and innovation is occurring within the food and agriculture sector. I am excited to continue to learn more about such diverse and various topics, including regulations and policies of different governments surrounding the food and agriculture especially as it relates to new and emerging agrifood technologies.”

Sachika is a graduate of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia where she studied Physiology and Earth Sciences. Sachika spent her childhood between Australia and Himeji, in the western area of Japan.