RegeneraBio platform launched in Brazil to enhance ″on-farm biological management″

The launch of ″RegeneraBio,″ a new platform from Brazilian bio-input manufacturer SoluBio that aims to ″enhance regenerative agriculture and achieve a positive impacts for on-farm biological management,″ was announced in Brazil.

According to Solubio, the tool aims to ″establish a partnership with rural producers″ through the use of bioinputs, helping them certify the economic and sustainable effectiveness of the technology, in addition to contributing to the climate resilience of production.

Technology can be used as an alternative to identify the effects of using bioinputs in agriculture on four fronts, which are carbon, water, biodiversity and socioeconomic aspects linked to the reduction of chemical substances and costs in the production of food and raw materials.

Through analyzing and monitoring the increase in carbon stock in the soil, as well as the effects on assets, such as water and biodiversity, SoluBio's platform will provide data for producers that will enable them to closely monitor their results, helping in the development of Payments for Environmental Services (PES).

″RegeneraBio is a tool that allows the gathering of indicators, so Brazilian rural producers can prove the positive effects of the use of bioinputs and other regenerative agriculture practices. Therefore, they can receive recognition through PSAs, such as the Credit of Carbon,″ said Rafaela Vendruscolo, SoluBio's sustainability coordinator.

According to Vendruscolo, the objective is ″to demonstrate the leading role of Brazilian agriculture in the adoption of bioinputs and other regenerative practices with positive effects on socio-environmental assets, such as carbon, nitrogen, soil, water, biodiversity, employment and income, human health and the cost of agricultural production.″

HOW IT WORKS

After joining the platform and programs focused on the four proposed fronts (carbon, water, biodiversity and socioeconomic aspects), the second phase of the project involves collecting and analyzing data for diagnosis.

Protocols were defined in partnership with institutions and researchers to monitor the indicators related to the proposed environmental and social assets. During this stage, the baseline is defined as evaluating, for example, the sequestration of carbon in the soil, and the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by plants carrying out photosynthesis.

Carlos Eduardo Cerri, professor of the Superior School of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz (Esalq) of the University of São Paulo (USP), is in charge of the research.

″Before adopting regenerative practices, we take these samples to the laboratory so  we can decide a reference of how the soil’s carbon levels. After the use of bio-inputs, annual assessments are made, in the hope that the carbon sequestration in the soil will increase, and then we compute the metrics,″ Cerri said.

Therefore, SoluBio will manage data on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The surveys will contribute not only to improving the solutions offered to the company's customers, but also to creating a network of reliable and relevant information about Brazilian agriculture, encouraging the adoption of practices that are not only sustainable but also regenerative.

By evaluating the sustainability indicators achieved when good management practices are adopted in agriculture, RegeneraBio directly monitors soil life and the resilience of crops in the face of climate change.

Therefore, RegeneraBio places the use of bioinputs and other regenerative agriculture practices on the climate change agenda, not only in the development of agriculture with less socio-environmental impacts, but also by enabling the regeneration of agroecosystems and making them more resistant to climate change, with fewer losses and more food and raw material security.

″We expect the results to be very interesting. I expect that they will be very positive, identifying management practices that can add carbon to the system,″ Cerri said in conclusion.

(Editing by Leonardo Gottems, reporter for AgroPages)

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