On-farm carbon optimisation
Enabling primary producers to participate in carbon markets may have multiple benefits, for farmers and to NSW. Carbon farming can provide additional farm income, greater farm enterprise resilience, create regional jobs and economic opportunities, and increase biodiversity delivering multiple co-benefits to regional NSW. Evaluating opportunities for farmers to participate in on-farm climate change abatement activities, maintain or increase production and improve the resource base is a major focus of the “Accessing Carbon Markets” project under the NSW DPI Climate Change Research Strategy.
Click on the links below to read about on-farm case studies that aimed to identify cost effective abatement opportunities with multiple benefits including production and environmental.
Bokhara Plains is a grazing property located in north-western NSW. The case study assessed the management strategy that gave the highest returns when selling credits generated by sequestering SOC were included.
Curricabark is a grazing property in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range east of Taree. The case study optimised economic returns for the enterprise considering options for revegetation of hill country and pasture improvement.
More detailed information about how the carbon farming optimisation works can be found here.
