Folk Oils SARL · FolkCarbon Programme
For every litre of oil ordered, a premium is invoiced and fully reinvested in 4 measurable actions on the Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve.
101,97 $
= 1 019,67 MAD · prime FolkCarbon pour 1 000 L (verger 7 ans)
The FolkCarbon premium is not a marketing label. It funds verifiable field actions documented by DARED/INRA-Agadir and the NEXT-FAO Souss-Massa 2024 project.
Allocation 1
40%
Direct funding for Cooperative Afoulki (Idmine, Anti-Atlas) for site protection, parcel fencing, and maintaining vegetation cover. Every dirham spent maintains natural forest sequestration: 5.65 tCO₂/ha/year measured by INRA-Agadir.
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Allocation 2
30%
Direct contribution to the planting programme: certified seedlings (controlled genetic origin), support irrigation, organic amendments (compost), mulching. These practices raise soil carbon from 23.6 → 27.2 tC/ha in 2 years (INRA).
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Allocation 3
20%
Co-financing solar panel installation at processing units of Folk Oils supplier cooperatives. Electricity accounts for 57.1% of sector emissions (NEXT-FAO 2024). Morocco grid emission factor = 0.718 kgCO₂/kWh. Each solar kWh installed avoids 0.718 kg CO₂.
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Allocation 4
10%
Funding for scientific monitoring (annual allometric measurements, soil samples), VCS/Verra certification preparation, and community workshops with rights holders. The Lhajja Fatima Aït Moussa Foundation (HFAM) leads carbon governance and programme traceability.
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Client
Order & invoice payment
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Folk Oils
Dedicated FolkCarbon accounting
Separate account
40%
Afoulki Cooperative — Forest protection
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30%
DARED orchards — Plants & soil
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20%
Cooperative renewables — Solar
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10%
HFAM Foundation — Measurement & cert.
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Allocation 1 · 40% · Forest protection
Funding protective fencing around natural argan forest parcels managed by Afoulki. Without fencing, goat overgrazing reduces natural regeneration and sequestration. INRA trials show protected sites maintain +3.6 tC/ha over 2 years in soils (0–30 cm).
📊 INRA-Agadir 2025: soil 23.6 → 27.2 tC/ha in 2 years = +13.2 tCO₂/ha (protected site). Unprotected: advanced degradation (argan additionality = 5.28 tC/ha only)
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per 1,000 L ordered
Natural forestAllocation 1 · 40% · Forest protection
In vulnerable DARED project zones, young argan trees (0–7 years, 0 t/ha yield) depend on support irrigation to survive recurring droughts. Irrigation maintains seedling survival and sequestering biomass growth.
📊 DARED Ait Aabd et al. 2025: irrigated sites = positive growth and seedling dynamics.
Seedling survival
200 trees/ha · 0–7 years
Climate resilienceAllocation 2 · 30% · DARED orchards
Application of compost (3 kg/tree) and mulching around argan basins. These practices directly increase soil organic carbon and rhizosphere microbial biodiversity (INRA-tested). Soil sequestration rises from 23.6 → 27.2 tC/ha in 2 years.
📊 INRA 2025: +3.6 tC/ha (0–30 cm) + 4.4 tC/ha (30–60 cm) = +8 tC/ha total = +29.3 tCO₂/ha from organic amendments.
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per 1,000 L ordered
Soil + biomassAllocation 2 · 30% · DARED orchards
Purchase of seedlings from controlled genetic origin, adapted to local ecological conditions. Balanced approach (local + varied) maximises climate adaptation and long-term sequestration.
📊 Souss-Massa: 6 varieties + 1 pollinator registered in official catalogue. Yields: 15–44 kg fruit/tree/year.
6 varieties
registered in official catalogue
Genetic resilienceAllocation 3 · 20% · Cooperative renewables
Installation or co-financing of solar panels at Folk Oils supplier cooperatives. Electricity accounts for 57.1% of total sector emissions by 2050. Each solar kWh installed avoids 0.718 kgCO₂ in the ordered oil value chain.
📊 NEXT-FAO Souss-Massa 2024: processing electricity = 1,050,020 tCO₂e in 2030 → 34,322,518 tCO₂e in 2050.
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per 1,000 L ordered
0.718 kgCO₂/kWh avoidedAllocation 3 · 20% · Cooperative renewables
Shells represent 50% of gross argan fruit production. Pyrolysis into biochar permanently sequesters ~30% of carbon (>100 years stability). 2050 potential: 110,711 tCO₂/year.
📊 NEXT-FAO 2024: 50% gross production → shells. Pyrolysis at 400–700°C → biochar. Stable sequestration >100 years (IPCC).
110,711
tCO₂/year potential (2050)
Permanent seq.Allocation 4 · 10% · HFAM Foundation
Funding for annual measurement programme: 89 observations/year, soil samples 0–30 cm and 30–60 cm on Folk Oils partner sites. Data enables precise tCO₂ attribution per invoice and VCS/Verra certification preparation.
📊 INRA 2025: allometric models validated n=89, 3 regions, 12 orchards.
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per 1,000 L ordered
VCS certificationAllocation 4 · 10% · HFAM Foundation
Organisation of feedback workshops with local communities. HFAM Foundation leads local FolkCarbon governance and social traceability to beneficiary communities.
📊 DARED 2025: 5 workshops organised for rights holders. 19 national and international scientific interventions.
5 workshops
community feedback
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tCO₂ sequestered
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attributed tCO₂ eq.
Ha mobilised
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arganiculture hectares
Car equivalent
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cars/year neutralised
Premium allocation (USD)
Folk Oils SARL · Zone Industrielle Sapino · Nouaceur · Grand Casablanca · Morocco
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FolkCarbon Programme — Scientific base: DARED/INRA-Agadir · ANDZOA · Green Climate Fund · 10 May 2025 · NEXT-FAO Souss-Massa · July 2024