Smallholder Agricultural Carbon Projects in Eastern Africa

EcoAgriculture Partners, ECOTRUST and ENR Africa Associates have just published a training manual aimed at farmer groups, extension staff and project managers who are implementing agricultural carbon projects in East Africa. Carbon projects are initiatives designed to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions or sequester those already in the atmosphere, such as through planting trees. The projects outlined […]

Local government advocacy for agricultural carbon programs in Uganda Promoting agricultural carbon activities has multiple benefits for farmers, ecosystems, and the global climate. But what can local governments do to help? This brief presents recommended policy priorities for the Ugandan context that address this issue. Specifically, district local governments should: Increase direct support to the ECOTRUST […]

This training guide was developed within the context of a participatory action research project focusing on the institutional arrangements of smallholder agricultural carbon projects in Sub-Saharan Africa led by EcoAgriculture Partners and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS). It is designed to improve the ability of the Vi Agroforestry staff and other training professionals to train community facilitators on SALM practices, and serve as a resource for community facilitators training farmers in their communities.