ISRO to fund carbon farming at RPCAU
The collaboration, announced on Thursday, is a significant shift towards space-assisted agricultural research in the state.
RPCAU vice-chancellor P S Pandey announced the development during the inauguration of the university's 19th general research council (kharif) meeting, saying that official communication from ISRO was received earlier in the day. "The entire funding for this collaborative work will be provided by ISRO," he said.
Under this initiative, ISRO's Space Applications Centre (SAC) will install a high-resolution Eddy Covariance (EC) tower on the university campus. The tower will enhance research capacity by generating high-frequency, accurate data on carbon dioxide and water vapour fluxes. "This will greatly support our agricultural and climate studies by creating high-quality flux datasets for analysing land-atmosphere interactions," Pandey said.
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Explaining the concept, Pandey said carbon farming, also called carbon sequestration, involves agricultural practices that increase the storage of carbon in soil and vegetation while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. "It is a powerful tool for addressing global climate change, and this partnership will place Bihar at the forefront of research in this critical area," he added.
The EC tower will aid in monitoring gross and net primary productivity (GPP and NPP), surface evapotranspiration, and crop water use efficiency. This, in turn, will bolster research into carbon and water flux monitoring, as well as support future space-based agricultural missions led by RPCAU.
The partnership is expected to benefit scientific and agricultural communities by offering precise, real-time environmental data for developing climate-resilient farming strategies.
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