We are pleased to announce that on August 30, 2023, we spoke at the “Hokkaido Carbon Farming Promotion Forum” held by the Hokkaido Carbon Farming Promotion Council, the largest of its kind in Hokkaido.
◆Outline of the Hokkaido Carbon Farming Promotion Council
The council was established as a forum for information exchange and collaboration among a wide range of stakeholders, including producers, industry, academia, and government, to decarbonize agriculture in Hokkaido.
About 62 organizations, including local governments, agriculture-related organizations, banks, insurance companies, and others, are registered with the Council, and about 120 people participated in the forum this time. The forum was attended by about 120 people.
URL：https://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/ns/shs/clean/152312.html
◆Contents of the speech
This year, Green Carbon is working on the implementation of emission reductions in approximately 5,000 ha of rice paddies by utilizing the “Extended Drying Period for Paddy Fields “*1 as its first project in Japan.
At this forum, we explained about the use of biochar and methods to reduce cattle burping, with a focus on reducing methane gas in paddy fields, and introduced Green Carbon’s carbon credit generation technology. Hokkaido’s rice paddies cover an area of 224,000 ha and have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 448,000 t2 and generate economic value of approximately 2.24 billion yen3.
We will continue to promote carbon neutrality in Japan by expanding the circle of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and livestock farming throughout Japan, including Hokkaido.
*1: A new methodology for methane gas reduction and J-credit generation by extending the period of drying-out of paddy fields has been approved in J-Credit. Drying paddy fields in the middle (falling water) has the effect of reducing methane gas emissions by bringing the soil into contact with the air and suppressing the activity of anaerobic bacteria.
*2: Calculated as a reduction of 2 tons of CO2 equivalent per hectare of paddy field.
*3: Calculated as 5,000 yen per ton.
○Speaker Information
Shunya Yoshimi, General Manager, Domestic Business Division, GreenCarbon Corporation
Graduated from Tokyo University of Agriculture. In FY2023, he is responsible for registering approximately 5,000 hectares of demonstration farmers as the first project in Japan to reduce methane gas in paddy rice cultivation, and is working to convert the methane gas into credits. In 2023, he will be responsible for registering approximately 5,000 hectares of demonstration farmers for the first project in Japan to reduce methane gas in paddy rice cultivation. In the future, he will promote and expand the scope of Green Carbon business in Japan so that it can benefit primary industry workers in Japan, such as farmers and livestock producers.