The manual was created specifically for use in the Western Kenya Smallholder Agricultural Carbon project, managed by the Swedish NGO Vi Agroforestry, which is the test case for the first Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) methodology for generating carbon credits by building organic matter in agricu...
Recha, John W.M.
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Kapukha, Martha
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Wekesa, Amos
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Shames, Seth
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Heiner, Krista
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[Sustainable Agriculture Land Management Practices for Climate Change Mitigation: A training guide for smallholder farmers]
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Sustainable Agriculture Land Management Practices for Climate Change Mitigation: A training guide for smallholder farmers
Shames, Seth
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Onyango G
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[Sustaining Agriculture through Climate Change (SACC): CARE International]
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Sustaining Agriculture through Climate Change (SACC): CARE International
Shames, Seth
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Wekesa, Amos
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Wachiye E
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[Institutional analysis and capacity building of African agricultural carbon projects case study. Kenya smallholder agriculture carbon finance project: Vi agroforestry]
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Institutional analysis and capacity building of African agricultural carbon projects case study. Kenya smallholder agriculture carbon finance project: Vi agroforestry
Two smallholder agricultural carbon projects in East Africa engaged in a participatory action research process to identify ways local actors could take on larger management roles within the projects. Key lessons from this process were:
* Community-based intermediaries can play a leading ...
Addressing the global challenges of climate change, food security, and poverty alleviation requires enhancing the adaptive capacity and mitigation potential of agricultural landscapes across the tropics. However, adaptation and mitigation activities tend to be approached separately due to a varie...
Harvey, Celia A.
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Chacón, M.
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Donatti, Camila I.
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Garen, E
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Hannah, L
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Andrade, A.
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Bede, L
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Brown, D.
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Calle, A
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Chará, J.
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Clement, C.
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Gray, E
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Hoang, Minh Ha
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Minang, Peter A.
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Rodríguez, A.M.
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Seeberg-Elverfeldt, C
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Semroc, Bambi
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Shames, Seth
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Smukler, S
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Somarriba, E.
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Torquebiau, Emmanuel F.
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Etten, Jacob van
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Climate-smart landscapes: opportunities and challenges for integrating adaptation and mitigation in tropical agriculture]
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Climate-smart landscapes: opportunities and challenges for integrating adaptation and mitigation in tropical agriculture
This manual has been developed to help build the capacities of farmers, farmers groups, extension staff and project managers who are implementing agricultural carbon projects in Eastern Africa. The manual describes the steps for implementing an afforestation/reforestation voluntary carbon project...
Masiga, Moses
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Nantongo Kalunda, Pauline
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Kiguli, Lillian
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Ssempala, Annet
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Shames, Seth
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Heiner, Krista
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Miller, M
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[Capacity Building for Stakeholders in Smallholder Agricultural Carbon Projects in Eastern Africa]
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[Smallholder Agricultural Carbon Projects in Eastern Africa]
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Smallholder Agricultural Carbon Projects in Eastern Africa
Background: Smallholders have begun to take advantage of a growing pool of investment in climate change mitigation. Meanwhile, early movers in this area are working to develop innovative models that will allow projects to be nancially sustainable and scalable while bene ting local actors. This s...
Shames, Seth
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Heiner, Krista
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Kapukha, Martha
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Kiguli, Lillian
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Masiga, Moses
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Nantongo Kalunda, Pauline
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Ssempala, Annet
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Recha, John W.M.
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Wekesa, Amos
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[Building local institutional capacity to implement agricultural carbon projects: participatory action research with Vi Agroforestry in Kenya and ECOTRUST in Uganda]
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Building local institutional capacity to implement agricultural carbon projects: participatory action research with Vi Agroforestry in Kenya and ECOTRUST in Uganda
Carbon credit project developers have been experimenting with projects that engage smallholder farmers in land-based carbon sequestration, while providing equitable livelihood benefits for farming communities. However, these projects face challenges in their management complexity and the costs of...
This paper describes an action research process undertaken with four African agricultural carbon projects—CARE’s Sustainable Agriculture in Changing Climate Initiative in Western Kenya; World Vision’s Assisted Natural Regeneration Project in Humbo, Ethiopia; Vi Agroforestry’s Western Kenya Agricu...
Shames, Seth
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Bernier, Quinn
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Masiga, Moses
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[Development of a participatory action research approach for four agricultural carbon projects in East Africa]
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Development of a participatory action research approach for four agricultural carbon projects in East Africa
This paper synthesizes the insights of six African agricultural carbon project case studies and identifies institutional innovations among these projects that are contributing to long-term project success while maximizing benefits and minimizing risk for participating farmers. We review project o...
Shames, Seth
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Buck, Louise E.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Masiga, Moses
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Biryahwaho B
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[Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects]
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Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects