The Carbon Farming Program of Lithuania

The Carbon Farming Program of Lithuania is a joint initiative between UAB Heavy Finance (HF) and farmers within the Lithuanian Republic's borders. The program utilises private capital to implement and adopt improved agricultural land management for a long-term period, thus changing the mindset and establishing climate change mitigation and biodiversity-friendly practices. 

It is a first-of-its-kind program in Lithuania and the Baltics. It aims to assist farmers in overcoming barriers that prevent adopting sustainable land management practices by providing financial support, scientific knowledge, training, and technical support to adopt climate activities. 

The program is designed to expand over time and cover a range of conservation farming practices in Lithuania to help drive the change from the current conventional agriculture toward resilient and sustainable agrifood systems. 

The project operates under Verra’s VM0042 methodology and has enrolled 21,000 hectares of farmland into the scheme.