Exploring the meso-level of agricultural carbon finance projects

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dc.contributor.authorClements, C.en
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Keith M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialKenyaen
dc.coverage.spatialTanzaniaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:31:21Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:31:21Zen
dc.date.issued2015en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractAgricultural carbon schemes are intended to mitigate climate change and provide carbon revenues while facilitating sustainable development. This is accomplished through practices which simultaneously increase yields, improve resilience, and store carbon, such as agroforestry, reduced tillage, and grasslands management. Proper monitoring, reporting, and verification of these activities enable the generation and sale of carbon credits. However, this requires linking smallholder farmers at the micro-level with carbon credit buyers operating at the macro-level. These vastly distinct scales are bridged by intermediaries operating at the meso-level, which influence, incentivize, monitor, and aggregate production decisions made by smallholders. Multiple levels of intermediaries may be involved, often including external initiating agencies, such as non-governmental organizations, as well as local-level units, such as farmer groups or local governance associations. Here, we frame evaluation of agricultural carbon schemes with this three-tiered approach, and describe parameters for appraising participation and power, as well as assessing financial feasibility, verifications and market linkages. This is applied to two case studies: the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project and The Sofala Community Carbon Project.en
dc.description.notesCCRA-8 (Technology Networks for Sustainable Innovation)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier8610en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70363en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherNew York, NY: Springeren
dc.relation.ispartofLal, R., B.R Singh., D.L. Mwaseba, D. Kraybill, D.O. Hansen, L.O. Eik, (Eds.). Sustainable Intensification to Advance Food Security and Enhance Climate Resilience in Africaen
dc.relation.urihttp://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-09360-4_26en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.springer.com/environment/soil+science/book/978-3-319-09359-8en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2015 by Springer International Publishing. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectParticipatory processesen
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectCommunity rightsen
dc.subjectCommunity institutionsen
dc.subjectNongovernmental organizations (NGOs)en
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectCommunity-based organizationsen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectCommunity participationen
dc.subjectInstitutional capacity buildingen
dc.subjectClimate controlen
dc.subjectAgroforestryen
dc.subjectConservation tillageen
dc.subjectAssociationsen
dc.subjectCommunity forestsen
dc.subjectLocal governanceen
dc.subjectExtension serviceen
dc.subjectEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale Governance Watersheden
dc.titleExploring the meso-level of agricultural carbon finance projectsen
dc.typeAbstracten
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