Jain Irrigation Systems inks deal with Supercritical for 19,000 tonnes biochar credits

Jain Irrigation Systems (JISL) and carbon removal marketplace Supercritical have signed a deal for biochar carbon removal credits from Jain's operations in 2026 and 2027. The agreement covers up to 19,000 tonnes of durable carbon removal from Jain's industrial biochar facility in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, which has been producing since early 2026.

Jain converts residues from its food processing lines and from agricultural crops into biochar via a gasification process that turns carbon into a stable form that stays locked in soil for centuries. Every output of the process is used within Jain's own operations. Syngas replaces fossil fuel at its industrial facilities, and the biochar goes into Jain's downstream agriculture businesses and back to farmers as a soil amendment. The project is undergoing verification through Puro.earth, with an independent BeZero Carbon rating underway.

The plant is built into an agricultural business that has worked with farmers since 1963 and has served more than 10 million farmers. Jain runs one of the world's largest mango processing operations and tissue culture nurseries, producing 150 million plants a year. Over the past 30 years, it has commercialized agricultural technologies ranging from micro-irrigation to banana tissue culture, and it plans to apply that research base and its farmer network to develop biochar products for agriculture at commercial scale.