Grow Indigo partners String Bio to bring breakthrough biological solution ‘CleanRise’ for Indian rice farmers

New Delhi: Grow Indigo and String Bio have joined to bring CleanRise®, a breakthrough biological solution for resilient rice cultivation in India.

The methane emissions from rice fields (about 160 Million hectares globally) is one of the largest contributors of Greenhouse Gas emission from agriculture.  Grow Indigo has built the largest Carbon program in India by promoting regenerative agricultural practices in rice growing areas and is recognized as a leading innovator in carbon solutions.

String Bio is a global leader in developing innovative solutions to address methane emissions from rice fields. By capturing methane to turn it into usable crop nutrition products, String Bio has built solutions to help farmers grow more resilient crops and improve the quality of their produce.

The proprietary technology developed by String Bio, “CleanRise®” is a methane-oxidising bacteria-based formulation product, offers a promising solution to significantly reduce methane emissions from rice fields while substantially increasing paddy yields and generating additional income from carbon credits for the farmer.

Powered by CleanRise, Grow Indigo’s leadership in sustainable farming solutions is further strengthened by addressing both conventional flooded and direct seeded rice in its carbon programs while creating substantial impact on farmer livelihood”.

“The collaboration increases the options available to farmers for improving resilience in rice cultivation and CleanRise is a unique product that we will add to our offering and scale it rapidly to over a million acres,” said Dr. Usha Barwale Zehr, Executive Director at Grow Indigo.

“The partnership is a clear example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts – between CleanRise and Grow Indigo’s carbon platform we maximize the benefits to the farmer, the rice value chain and the global climate ecosystem”, said Vinod Kumar, Managing Director at String Bio.