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 ...
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
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...
Agriculture is central to the economy of Uganda; it employs about 82% of the national workforce and is responsible for generating over 20% of Uganda’s GDP (Oling, Rwabizambuga, and Warren- rodriguez 2014). Over 800,000 smallholder farmers in the Mbale, Manafwa and Bududa Districts (Mbale region, ...