Excellent and thought-provoking article. Two comments
1. On the private-equity side, I sense an opportunity to create a 'basket' of climate-gas reducing technologies. My background is in regenerative ag. A lot of resources are sitting on the sidelines because the more common carbon reduction schemes (see tree planting) have such a long payback in terms of quantifiable carbon reductions. PE is unwilling to provide upfront payments and so many players in the space are struggling to realize enough meaningful revenue to stay afloat before the trees mature. Bundling the long-term carbon reducing power of tree planting with shorter-term methane reducing technologies mentioned here would serve to diversify both risk and payback horizon.
2. I'd love to see the data in the FAO chart broken down by weights depending on whether the reductions are anticipated in Industrialized nations or in the Global South. This information would be meaningful as few developers operate within both spheres.
Conceptually, I've heard of the benefits of the enhanced outreach platforms and have always assumed they were targeted at small farmers. From your understanding of livestock operations, do you see these engagement platforms being helpful mostly for small farms, or do you think the 2,500 head operations in Texas and California would use and benefit?
I'm not in the agricultural community and I haven't tracked if there are good examples of these engagement platforms put into practice. I would love to know what lessons have been learned on adoption and utilization in other agricultural and cultural contexts.
Excellent and thought-provoking article. Two comments
1. On the private-equity side, I sense an opportunity to create a 'basket' of climate-gas reducing technologies. My background is in regenerative ag. A lot of resources are sitting on the sidelines because the more common carbon reduction schemes (see tree planting) have such a long payback in terms of quantifiable carbon reductions. PE is unwilling to provide upfront payments and so many players in the space are struggling to realize enough meaningful revenue to stay afloat before the trees mature. Bundling the long-term carbon reducing power of tree planting with shorter-term methane reducing technologies mentioned here would serve to diversify both risk and payback horizon.
2. I'd love to see the data in the FAO chart broken down by weights depending on whether the reductions are anticipated in Industrialized nations or in the Global South. This information would be meaningful as few developers operate within both spheres.
Great article!
Conceptually, I've heard of the benefits of the enhanced outreach platforms and have always assumed they were targeted at small farmers. From your understanding of livestock operations, do you see these engagement platforms being helpful mostly for small farms, or do you think the 2,500 head operations in Texas and California would use and benefit?
I'm not in the agricultural community and I haven't tracked if there are good examples of these engagement platforms put into practice. I would love to know what lessons have been learned on adoption and utilization in other agricultural and cultural contexts.