Abstract

Soil Capital Farming has been mandated to conduct a Regenerative Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration Pilot Project on a specific farm located in Northern Poland. The goal of this engagement is to provide a strategic review of the farming enterprise and assess what it would take for the owner and its tenant to direct it towards a more regenerative system.

Détails

Diversity is key

Crop diversity is the main driver contributing to soil life & natural fertility improvements. Many farms in Poland are "block-farmed", meaning that the farm units are cultivated as independent blocks, resulting in a significant loss of diversity. In our mission, we are assessing all the possibilities in terms of market to diverse the crop rotation while maintaining the profitability at similar or higher levels. At the same time, we study the feasibility to switch from synthetic to organic inputs and improve soil health and biodiversity at the farm level by working on an approach that will reduce tillage and improve soil coverage.

Strategy design and support for a healthy transition to regenerative agriculture in Poland

Carbon is the driver of the transition

Such transitions deliver better outcomes in terms of soil health and biodiversity while maintain financial results at the same time. When assessing the operational approach through specific calculation platforms, we manage to obtain better results in terms of GHG emission at the farm level, coming from a net emitter to a sequestering farming system. Hence, positioning the enterprise amongst the leaders in farming transition.

Transition strategy design as a model for change

When approved and implemented, these transition strategies are serving as model to initiate change and innovation in the local farming sector. We believe that such designs are serving as an innovative and sustainable tool to review today’s farming sectors and more specifically the relationship between landowners and tenants.