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Indigo publishes a peer-reviewed paper in Geoderma on the DayCent model behind its carbon credits
The soil science journal Geoderma published a peer-reviewed paper validating Indigo's DayCent-CR carbon quantification model across 14 crop and practice combinations including cover cropping, reduced tillage and nitrogen management. Indigo has issued over 133,000 credits and paid farmers nearly $5 million, and remains the only sustainable agriculture company to obtain Climate Action Reserve approval under strict modeling requirements with peer-reviewed validation.
- Journal: Geoderma, an international peer-reviewed soil science publication
- Validation: DayCent-CR model tested across 14 crop and practice combinations meeting rigorous calibration and validation standards
- Credits issued: over 133,000 registry-issued credits; farmers paid nearly $5 million across 22 states
- Unique standing: only sustainable agriculture company with both Climate Action Reserve approval and peer-reviewed validation of carbon model