This synthesis report presents highlights from six projects which are part of the joint Hivos-IIED PES Learning Trajectory Programme in five countries – Guatemala, Indonesia, Kenya, Nicaragua and Peru – that are exploring the use of carbon projects in smallholder farming. Through this research II...
Porras, Ina
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Vorley, Bill
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Amrein, Alexandra
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Douma, Willy
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Clemens, Harry
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[Payments for ecosystem services in smallholder agriculture: lessons from the Hivos-IIED learning trajectory]
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Payments for ecosystem services in smallholder agriculture: lessons from the Hivos-IIED learning trajectory
Lundy, Mark
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Amrein, Alexandra
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Hurtado Bermúdez, Jhon J.
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Becx, Gertjan
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Zamierowski, Nancy
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Rodríguez, Fernando
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Mosquera Echeverry, Erika Eliana
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[Metodología LINK: una guía participativa para modelos empresariales incluyentes con pequeños agricultores. Versión 2.0.]
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Metodología LINK: una guía participativa para modelos empresariales incluyentes con pequeños agricultores. Versión 2.0.
In Colombia, rural development requires institutional frameworks that help to reduce the current rural-urban divide. Policy instruments that promote productivity improvements, inclusion, and collective action focused on strengthening rural competitiveness are crucial. Twelve years of experience g...
Lundy, Mark
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Parra-Peña, Rafael Isidro
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Jaramillo, Carmen Lucía
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Amrein, Alexandra
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Hurtado Bermúdez, Jhon J.
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González, C.
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[Productive Partnerships: An effective instrument for the inclusion of vulnerable population groups in diverse contexts of Colombia]
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Productive Partnerships: An effective instrument for the inclusion of vulnerable population groups in diverse contexts of Colombia
En Colombia, el desarrollo rural requiere de una institucionalidad que contribuya a cerrar la brecha urbano-rural, que cuente con los instrumentos de política necesarios para la inclusión productiva y la promoción de una asociatividad orientada a una ruralidad competitiva. Los 12 años de experien...
Lundy, Mark
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Parra-Peña, Rafael Isidro
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Jaramillo, Carmen Lucía
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Amrein, Alexandra
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Hurtado Bermúdez, Jhon J.
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González, Carolina
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[Alianzas productivas: un instrumento efectivo de inclusión productiva, versátil ante diferentes condiciones de vulnerabilidad y contextos regionales]
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Alianzas productivas: un instrumento efectivo de inclusión productiva, versátil ante diferentes condiciones de vulnerabilidad y contextos regionales
This report explores the CommuniTree project that links forest activities in smallholder agriculture to carbon sequestration in Nicaragua. Managed by Taking Root, it is fully financed through the sale of carbon offsets. Farmers establish mixed-species forest plantations and receive a cash payment...
Porras, Ina
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Amrein, Alexandra
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Vorley, Bill
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[Reforestation, carbon sequestration and agriculture: can carbon financing promote sustainable smallholder activities in Nicaragua?]
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Reforestation, carbon sequestration and agriculture: can carbon financing promote sustainable smallholder activities in Nicaragua?
Indonesia’s cattle biodigester system is a highly effective ‘green’ technology, radically improving smallholders’ quality of life both in the household and via the farm enterprise: the main product, biogas, is a smokeless cooking fuel and the by-product, bioslurry, is a high-value fertiliser. The...
Vorley, Bill
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Porras, Ina
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Amrein, Alexandra
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[The Indonesia Domestic Biogas Programme: can carbon financing promote sustainable agriculture?]
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The Indonesia Domestic Biogas Programme: can carbon financing promote sustainable agriculture?
In Guatemala, we study a coffee project claiming carbon credits through its organic practices. Compared to conventional large-scale coffee production, the organic practices of smallholder farmers in the north of Guatemala provide a number of environmental benefits, including capturing and storing...
Amrein, Alexandra
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Porras, Ina
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Vorley, Bill
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[Organic coffee production and carbon sequestration in Guatemala: can carbon financing promote sustainable agriculture?]
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Organic coffee production and carbon sequestration in Guatemala: can carbon financing promote sustainable agriculture?
This report analyses a coffee and reforestation project in Peru led by a large coffee cooperative (Norandino) and a local NGO (Progreso). An ‘upstream–downstream’ approach links two groups of farmers in a climate-change mitigation and adaptation project: poor subsistence armers in the upper parts...
Amrein, Alexandra
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Porras, Ina
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Vorley, Bill
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[Reforestation, coffee and carbon in Sierra Piura, Peru: can carbon financing promote sustainable agriculture?]
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Reforestation, coffee and carbon in Sierra Piura, Peru: can carbon financing promote sustainable agriculture?
The Kenya National Domestic Biogas Programme promotes the installation of biodigesters in agricultural smallholdings across the country. Biogas provides on-demand energy in the home and is demonstrably better for the environment as it reduces dependence on firewood, and better for health as a smo...
Porras, Ina
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Vorley, Bill
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Amrein, Alexandra
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[The Kenya National Domestic Biogas Programme: can carbon financing promote sustainable agriculture?]
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The Kenya National Domestic Biogas Programme: can carbon financing promote sustainable agriculture?