| Considering Indian scenario, agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to nation’s gross domestic product and can easily take advantage of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol to earn carbon credits and generate an additional revenue source. But however, the progress in agricultural projects under CDM are quite less as of now. This paper focus on the role of CDM in developing the eco-friendly projects in agriculture sector and also clearly explains the benefits of the registering such projects under CDM by considering the few case studies. Also the current status of such projects in India is studied. Barriers that led to decline of project development in agriculture are also discussed. In the end few suggestion were framed to promote the CDM in agriculture sector.
Abbreviations: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Green House Gases (GHGs), Clean development mechanism (CDM), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
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