Digitization of the methodology for calculating GHG emissions
ABOUT IT
The project was designed to develop a method for calculating the real greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from SLC agrícola's agricultural production systemsin the Brazilian Cerrado region. To this end, the search began for the development and validation of a mechanistic model to estimate the cause and effect relationship of each farm's environmental variability in agricultural production systems based on the company's database and information and regional environmental conditions, in order to map greenhouse gas emissions more assertively on each of its farms.
By integrating these SLC Agrícola databases with the digital platform for automating emissions. The new methodology will generate real and regionalized emission values for agricultural operations, considering the influence of factors such as climate, soil type, soil management, crop, water regime, types of fertilizers and other inputs on greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon dynamics.
In this context, the project consists of the development of a field experiment, with the collection and analysis of GHG samples in production systems, for the validation and implementation of a new methodology for calculating GHG emissions, based on the DayCent software and its regionalization to meet SLC Agrícola's production conditions. This project represents a significant innovation for the Brazilian agricultural sector in terms of mapping and defining strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and even has the potential to be patented by SLC Agrícola.
The project is scheduled for completion in December 2025.
Results and Objectives
The aim of the project is to redefine and validate the methodology for application on a large production scale, in order to prove its technical viability, taking into account Brazilian climatic, soil, crop and management factors, and to develop a digital system for calculating GHG emissions based on this new methodology.
One of the initiatives in the decarbonization plan is the 80% generation of electricity from photovoltaic plants installed on farmsThis represents 3.5% of the total. By 2030, it aims to have all of its energy supplied from renewable sources. With regard to medium voltage, it plans to purchase 70% through renewable energy contracts by 2030.
In 2023, the company implemented an initiative to convert and adapt equipment to reduce energy consumption. This initiative included the installation of 20 photovoltaic plants on farms, with a generating capacity of 1.1 MWp, representing an average reduction of 2.8% in total energy consumption. The reduction achieved, compared to the base year of 2022, was 3.96 GJ
The project covers 470,000 ha of productive areas (agriculture) and the farms have 112,000 ha of native vegetation areas, considered to be removers of atmospheric CO2, which are monitored and preserved through different actions.
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