Japan, Feb. 9 -- Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui") has launched a project to reduce methane emissions through the use of alternate wetting and drying ("AWD"), a water-efficient rice-growing technology, in partnership with Bangladesh Bondhu Foundation ("Bondhu"), an NGO with an extensive track record of initiatives with local farmers in Bangladesh. Mitsui aims to use the Joint Crediting Mechanism* (JCM) for this project.AWD is a water management method for paddy rice cultivation. Multiple times during the growing period, the fields are drained and allowed to dry thoroughly before being flooded again. Paddy field soil contains methane producers. Under anaerobic conditions (environments in which oxygen is absent or extremely scarce), these organis...