How Intervention Accounting Drives Measurable Climate Impact in Rice Supply Chains
As companies work toward net zero goals, agricultural supply chains represent one of the highest-leverage areas for reducing emissions. There are two frameworks outlining how to measure nature-based outcomes within agricultural supply chains: Inventory and Intervention Accounting.
Inventory accounting measures greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts from the farm to the finished product, delivering a product specific footprint. Read about inventory accounting in rice supply chains here.
For rice, a high-impact, high-emission crop, intervention accounting provides a clear way to quantify the climate benefits of improved agricultural practices in your supply chain.
What Is Intervention Accounting in Agriculture?
While inventory accounting measures current emissions, intervention accounting measures the emissions impact of specific practice changes. It quantifies the difference between a conventional baseline and a climate-smart production system.
Intervention accounting is the process of investing in specific farming practice changes, such as alternate wetting and drying (AWD), furrow irrigation, or improved nutrient management, to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
In rice systems, intervention accounting enables companies to attribute GHG reductions to the specific farm where the rice is grown, providing a science-backed foundation for sustainability claims and net zero strategies.
How AgriCapture Supports Intervention Accounting
AgriCapture has the supplier relationships, field data capabilities, and expertise to deliver rigorous intervention accounting for rice production. With a footprint across 150,000+ acres of rice fields in the U.S. Mid-South, we leverage real field data and advanced modeling to deliver:
- Baseline and intervention scenarios, built from field-level data, not regional assumptions
- Modeled GHG reductions for practices such as AWD, furrow irrigation, and nitrogen use efficiency
- Alignment with industry’s best reporting protocols, like the GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Guidance and SBTi FLAG guidance
- Third-party verification to validate outcomes and support ESG reporting audit readiness
AgriCapture’s platform streamlines intervention accounting through low-burden farmer enrollment, robust field-level data collection, and a universal inventory management system, enabling credible and scalable verification of regenerative practice changes. Practice data is verified using remote sensing, farm equipment records such as the John Deere Operations Center, and field-level photo documentation.
Rice Sourcing With Verified Climate Impact
Intervention accounting turns sustainable sourcing into a measurable emissions reduction strategy. By modeling the climate benefits of regenerative practices and connecting those reductions to sourcing decisions, AgriCapture helps food and beverage companies incentivize practice changes their rice supply chains.
Let’s work together to decarbonize rice in your supply chain.
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