On the outskirts of Nampo, African Farming caught up with Michael Lilje, CEO and founder of Orizon Agriculture, and Dr Andrea Campher, senior manager: sustainability and agribusiness for Business and Commercial Banking at the Standard Bank Group, to tell us more about the carbon credit programme for farmers.
By Maile Matsimela, digital editor at African Farming
The partnership aims to help South African farmers earn additional income by turning verified regenerative agriculture practices into carbon credits.
Standard Bank Business and Commercial Banking has partnered with Orizon Agriculture to help South African farmers generate additional income from regenerative agriculture practices through verified carbon credits.
Also read: Standard Bank and Orizon join forces to help farmers earn additional income from regenerative agriculture
The partnership was announced on 13 May 2026 and is described as South Africa’s first bank-backed regenerative agriculture carbon crop credit programme.
The programme will initially focus on South African commercial farmers, with a first-year onboarding phase aimed at building confidence and understanding of agricultural carbon markets.
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