Battambang, Cambodia. December 16, 2025 - CarbonFarm is pleased to announce a new partnership with Amru Rice to support Cambodia’s first rice carbon project, following a stakeholder consultation held in Battambang with local authorities, agricultural cooperatives, development partners, and farmer representatives. The consultation marked an important step toward scaling low-emission rice cultivation in a country where irrigation expansion, climate commitments, and carbon market interest are converging.
The partnership builds on Amru Rice’s long-standing work with smallholder farmers and sustainable rice supply chains. Within this collaboration, CarbonFarm supports the structured deployment of Alternate Wet and Dry (AWD) rice cultivation and the development of carbon assets by providing monitoring, data consolidation, and verification workflows. This approach ensures that on-farm adoption of AWD is translated into credible emissions reduction accounting, a critical requirement for carbon market participation and essential integrity mechnanism to secure a premium credit price.
Cambodia presents strong potential for rice methane reduction projects. While the share of irrigated rice area remains lower than in several neighbouring countries, dry-season rice cultivation still relies on irrigation systems that create meaningful opportunities for improved water management practices. Limitations in secondary and tertiary irrigation infrastructure have historically constrained consistent water management practices., but this context is evolving, with planned investments in national irrigation schemes such as the recent launch of a USD 240 million irrigation and flood protection program co-financed by AIIB, GCF, and IFAD, covering approximately 32,000 hectares across four provinces.
This focus on rice production as a significant mititgation opportunity is reflected in recent policy developments, such as Cambodia’s NDC 3.0, published in July 2025. This reportidentifies increased adoption of intermittent flooding and improved rice water management as a key mitigation action in the agriculture sector.
The challenge for projects in Cambodia will be robust monitoring systems that can overcome the challenges of working in smallholder dominated production systems. This partnership with Amru Rice will provide the opportunity to showcase how remote-sensing technologies and smallholder-centric approaches to project design can both command an integrity premium on credits, without over-burdening rice farmers
“CarbonFarm is honored to partner with Amru Rice on Cambodia’s first rice carbon project. Amru is widely recognized for its long-standing work with smallholder rice farmers. At CarbonFarm, our role is to act as an enabler, turning climate-smart rice practices into real value by unlocking access to carbon markets. Together, we aim to support a fair and practical transition toward more resilient, sustainable rice farming,” said Vasilly Carantino, Co-founder of CarbonFarm.
This partnership marks the first step in launching high quality, high impact carbon projects in Cambodia. CarbonFarm works with rice millers, project developers, corporates, and public sector partners to design and monitor low-emission rice initiatives that align with farmer realities, national priorities, and carbon market requirements. Organisations interested in developing rice methane projects, scaling AWD implementation, or strengthening monitoring and verification frameworks are invited to contact info@carbonfarm.tech for more information.