Climate Value Bifurcation (CVB) Model: Methodology, Classification Protocol, and Quantification Framework

The Climate Value Bifurcation (CVB) Model is an open methodology for valuing the climate outcomes of agroecological and climate-smart agriculture programmes led by smallholder farmers. Such programmes produce mitigation, adaptation and resilience outcomes at the same time, and reporting them together invites "triple-win" claims, inconsistent classification and double counting. The CVB Model separates these outcomes into three independent tracks: Mitigation (carbon value), Adaptation (farm margin expansion) and Resilience (probability-weighted income protected against defined climate shocks). A five-step protocol assigns each intervention a primary track based on its climate mechanism, not its financial magnitude, anchored where relevant to IPCC and Verra pathways. The document sets out valuation formulas for each track, a three-tier data hierarchy with status codes, a structured literature review method, emission factor and carbon price conventions, a cash-flow separability test that governs when values may be aggregated, confidence ratings, sensitivity ranges and reporting conventions. An Engagement Localisation Annex adapts the method to any Indian landscape, with a worked example from Patratu Block, Jharkhand. Outputs are pre-feasibility estimates, not verified carbon credits. Field validation sharpens them at diligence.