The EX-Ante Carbon-Balance Tool (EX-ACT) is presented, including its role in quantifying greenhouse gas emissions and sinks from agriculture, forestry and other land use projects. EX-ACT allows users to build "business as usual" and "with project" scenarios to determine a project's carbon balance. Examples show EX-ACT being used to analyze projects in Tanzania, Madagascar and rice production in Madagascar. The tool follows IPCC methodology and can help identify most effective mitigation activities.