The Africa Biochar Aggregation Platform is built and operated by Verst Carbon. It connects smallholder farmers to carbon markets: crop residue is collected at hubs, converted into biochar, and tracked through one digital system from registration to payment.
Phase 1 was a national feasibility study in Tanzania, delivered in partnership with the National Food Reserve Agency and funded by an FSD Africa grant to Verst Carbon. ENKOP delivered the farmer survey under that grant: 1,013 interviews across eight of the agency’s depot catchments, spanning four agricultural growth corridors and six agro-ecological zones, recorded on KoboToolbox.
Phase 2 would carry the same instruments into Kenya and Nigeria. The platform’s site describes it as “proposed to FSD Africa and under review; not approved and not funded”.
What the survey found
Share of 1,013 smallholder farmers surveyed across eight depot catchments.
Source: Africa Biochar Aggregation Platform.
| Response | Share of 1,013 surveyed |
|---|---|
| Currently burn crop residue | 73.2% |
| Willing to supply residue (Cash, barter or in kind) | 80.9% |
| Would adopt biochar now (77% including those who answered “maybe”) | 47.9% |