Inspecting the supply chain

Biochar carbon removal only holds up if the feedstock behind it is real, traceable and consistent. In July 2026 the ENKOP team travelled to Mwea to inspect both ends of that chain for our partner Pure Plant Organics.

The ENKOP team at a rice husk stockpile. Mwea,

Lucy Nyoike and Zecharia Mwangi hold out handfuls of rice husk in a yard of husk and white sacks, with a mill building behind them.
Lucy Nyoike and Zecharia Mwangi of ENKOP with rice husk at a stockpile. Mwea,

At MGM Rice Mill we reviewed processing throughput and inspected the milled grain that determines husk volume and quality. At the Pure Plant Organics site we walked through the production equipment with their technical team and examined how feedstock is stored and handled before conversion.

Two members of the ENKOP team inspect a handful of milled grain inside MGM Rice Mill, with sacks of graded rice behind them.
Inspecting milled grain at MGM Rice Mill. Grain quality sets the volume and consistency of the husk. Mwea,
A member of the ENKOP team gestures towards a large pile of rice husk falling from a chute at MGM Rice Mill.
Rice husk at MGM Rice Mill. The feedstock base for biochar carbon removal. Mwea,
ENKOP team members and partner technical staff lean over a workbench to examine samples.
Reviewing samples at the workbench with partner technical staff. Mwea,

This is the work that sits underneath a credible carbon credit. Not a signed memorandum, but a physical chain of custody that a registry auditor can follow from mill floor to finished product.

What we inspected

3 of 9 stages inspected

Inspected means seen on site by the ENKOP team. It is not third-party verification. Stages without evidence are listed as not yet documented, not left out.

  1. Stage 1: Rice paddy

    Not yet documented

  2. Stage 2: MGM Rice Mill

    Inspected

    Milled grain inspection at MGM Rice Mill
  3. Stage 3: Husk feedstock

    Inspected

    Rice husk at MGM Rice Mill
  4. Stage 4: Production site

    Inspected

    Field report (written account)

  5. Stage 5: Pyrolysis

    Not yet documented

  6. Stage 6: Biochar

    Not yet documented

  7. Stage 7: Soil application

    Not yet documented

  8. Stage 8: Registry issuance

    Not yet documented

  9. Stage 9: Credit retired

    Not yet documented