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Sistema.bio FarmCarbon M: Carbon credits financing biodigesters for African smallholder farmers

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Sistema.bio FarmCarbon $53M: The Carbon Credit Structure Turning Livestock Waste Into Clean Energy for Africa’s Smallholder Farmers

UphivaBETAR
March 29, 2026

Sistema.bio has closed FarmCarbon at $53M — a carbon finance vehicle that pre-finances biodigesters for smallholder farmers using methane-capture credits as the subsidy mechanism. BNP Paribas, BII and Shell Foundation backed the first close.

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