Rabobank and Microsoft accelerate sustainable agriculture
Rabobank has partnered with Microsoft to enhance sustainable agricultural practices through the Azure Cloud platform. The project fosters collaborations between farmers and major corporations, aiming to combat climate change with initiatives like carbon dioxide capture through tree planting and sustainable farming techniques. Specifically, the initiative supports climate-smart coffee cultivation in Colombia, leveraging AI and machine learning technology. The focus is on realizing measurable environmental contributions while ensuring economic viability for farmers impacted by climate disruptions, reflecting a scalable and replicable partnership for sustainability.
- Organization
- Rabobank
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Netherlands
- Published
- September 2021
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- 1AI-driven carbon sequestration measurement for smallholder farms
- 2Machine learning models for climate risk and crop resilience analytics
- 3Automated carbon credit generation and tracking platform
- Coffee farms increasingly impacted by climate disruptions such as excessive rain, flooding, and extreme heat
- High risk of crop loss due to landslides and sun damage to coffee beans
- Farmers needed to measure and monetize carbon sequestration but lacked digital infrastructure
- Sustainable farming techniques adoption hindered by lack of access to digital tools and expert guidance
- Demand from corporations for credible, scalable carbon removal programs
- Deployed Azure Cloud and Azure ML to build a carbon monitoring and trading platform
- Enabled digital tracking and verification of carbon sequestration by farmers
- Integrated AI-driven recommendations for climate-smart agricultural practices
- Connected farmers to corporate buyers for carbon credits through the ACORN program
- More than 36,000 hectares transitioned to climate-smart coffee farming
- 7,300 producers engaged, benefiting from sustainable practices
- Reduced use of chemical inputs across diverse crops
- Enhanced carbon dioxide capture and ecosystem restoration on farms
- Increased farmer income through verified carbon credits
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