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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, MosesNantongo Kalunda, PaulineKiguli, LillianSsempala, AnnetShames, SethHeiner, KristaMiller, M[Capacity Building for Stakeholders in Smallholder Agricultural Carbon Projects in Eastern Africa][Smallholder Agricultural Carbon Projects in Eastern Africa]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, SethHeiner, KristaKapukha, MarthaKiguli, LillianMasiga, MosesNantongo Kalunda, PaulineSsempala, AnnetRecha, John W.M.Wekesa, Amos[Building local institutional capacity to implement agricultural carbon projects: participatory action research with Vi Agroforestry in Kenya and ECOTRUST in Uganda]Building local institutional capacity to implement agricultural carbon projects: participatory action research with Vi Agroforestry in Kenya and ECOTRUST in Uganda
Autor: Shames, Seth

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...


Shames, Seth[How can small-scale farmers benefit from carbon markets?]How can small-scale farmers benefit from carbon markets?

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, SethBernier, QuinnMasiga, Moses[Development of a participatory action research approach for four agricultural carbon projects in East Africa]Development of a participatory action research approach for four agricultural carbon projects in East Africa

Agricultural landscapes must provide food, fiber and energy to a growing population in a changing climate, while potentially serving as instruments for climate change mitigation. Agriculture is the backbone of the Kenyan economy, contributing approximately 25% of the GDP annually and employing mo...


Shames, SethHeiner, KristaKapukha, MarthaWekesa, AmosRecha, John W.M.[Scaling up Sustainable Agriculture Land Management in Bungoma County, Kenya]Scaling up Sustainable Agriculture Land Management in Bungoma County, Kenya

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, ...


Shames, SethHeiner, KristaKiguli, LillianSsempala, AnnetNantongo Kalunda, PaulineMasiga, Moses[Scaling up agricultural carbon activities in Mbale Region, Uganda]Scaling up agricultural carbon activities in Mbale Region, Uganda

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