Cense Analytics partner in AGCLIMATE: Helping Farms Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Business Finland has granted funding for the AGCLIMATE project, which is all about finding practical, science-based ways to measure and cut greenhouse gas emissions from farms. The goal? Make farming more climate-friendly while also opening up new business opportunities.
Farming plays a big role in greenhouse gas emissions along the food chain. AGCLIMATE is working on tools to track carbon and nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions directly in the field and tie that data into farm- and product-specific carbon footprint calculations. This means smarter farming, more transparency, and better chances for Finnish companies to grow internationally.
What AGCLIMATE is working on:
- Developing climate-smart farming methods
- Creating a system to monitor carbon and N₂O emissions
- Feeding the results into businesses’ carbon footprint calculations
- Boosting exports of eco-friendly products and services
The project is led by the Finnish Meteorological Institute, in partnership with Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) and the University of Helsinki. Business partners include Valio, Hankkija, Vaisala, Datasense, and Cense Analytics, with Atria, HKFoods, and Lantmännen involved in steering the project.
AGCLIMATE is also the largest single project in Valio’s big-picture Food 2.0 programme, which is all about building a food system in Finland that’s more sustainable, profitable, and globally competitive.
Cense Analytics in AGCLIMATE
Cense Analytics Oy will play a pivotal role as a key partner in the AGCLIMATE Co-Innovation project. The advanced technology lies at the heart of soil carbon monitoring and validation of climate-smart farming practices. The field- and farm-scale data generated by Cense Analytics will serve as essential baseline input and validation for product life cycle emission assessments and carbon footprint calculations, enhancing both accuracy and credibility
The aim of the Cense Analytics’ own R&D project in connection to AGCLIMATE is to up-scale soil carbon measurement concept that combines proximal and remote sensing. The estimated budget for the Cense Analytics R&D project is 1.2 MEUR. During the project, Cense Analytics will provide field-scale soil carbon data to the project partners and utilise the pilot farms to test and develop the measurement and data service concepts.
