Climate impact and food security, growing together.
SAGA is a community-first biochar carbon removal and integrated aquaculture program in Eastern Nigeria — 40 planned production hubs, built with the communities that host them.
What it is
Production hubs convert agricultural residues into stable biochar — locking carbon into soil for centuries while supporting food production and local livelihoods. Each hub pairs biochar production with aquaculture and community agriculture, so climate impact and food security grow together.
Impact snapshot — built to scale.
Method & verification
Transparent, third-party verified. Biochar carbon accounting follows the Verra VM0044 methodology, with third-party verification before credits are issued.
Technology angle
Cloud-powered climate reporting: the facility's monitoring and reporting layer runs on AWS — sensor telemetry, production data, and satellite-informed land monitoring, streamed and reconciled for transparent, audit-ready climate reporting.
The founders — ten years, four continents.
Founded by Monica Ojinnaka and John Bassey Ogbonnaya after ten years of on-the-ground work across four continents, SAGA stacks every small, proven solution into one model that works, scales, and belongs to the communities it serves.
Questions answered
What is SAGA?
SAGA is a community-first carbon removal and aquaculture infrastructure program in Eastern Nigeria: 40 planned production hubs converting agricultural residues into stable biochar while supporting aquaculture and community agriculture. Groundbreaking is November 1, 2026.
How is the carbon removal verified?
Biochar carbon accounting follows the Verra VM0044 methodology, with third-party verification before credits are issued.
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