E5. Cost Effectiveness: Harnessing Technology to Scale Viable Carbon Farming MRV | ECFS26

This session from the 3rd European Carbon Farming Summit (ECFS26), held in Padova, Italy from 17–19 March 2026, explores how technological innovation can address the cost–accuracy challenge in carbon farming under the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF). Focusing on monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV), the session presents cutting-edge solutions designed to improve measurement accuracy while reducing costs and enabling scalable carbon farming systems. 🔹 Session focus The session showcases advanced approaches to soil carbon measurement and verification, followed by a discussion on systemic barriers to scaling carbon farming across Europe. 🔹 Key themes Optimising soil carbon measurement through improved sampling and laboratory analysis High-resolution Earth Observation and plot-level monitoring Smart sampling strategies to balance accuracy, representativeness and cost Hybrid in-situ sensing approaches for efficient data collection Reducing uncertainty and maximising claimable carbon credits Data access, interoperability and public dataset integration Overcoming systemic barriers to scalable and cost-effective MRV systems Contributors: Ahmad Al Bitar (CESBIO/CNRS) Simon Bernard (ChrysaLabs) Heleina Black (Agricarbon) Andrea Ferrarini (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) Stewart Gee (Climate KIC) Edouard Lanckriet (AgroSolutions) Guillaume Vial (MyEasyFarm) The session highlights how innovation in MRV technologies and methodologies can unlock more efficient, accurate and scalable carbon farming systems across Europe. The 3rd European Carbon Farming Summit brought together farmers, policymakers, researchers and businesses to advance credible, scalable and impactful carbon farming across Europe. 🔗 Learn more: https://www.carbonfarmingsummit.eu