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Implementing smallholder carbon projects: building local institutional capacity through participatory action research

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Title Implementing smallholder carbon projects: building local institutional capacity through participatory action research
 
Creator Shames, Seth
Heiner, Krista
Kapukha, Martha
Kiguli, Lillian
Masiga, Moses
Nantongo Kalunda, Pauline
Sempala A
Recha, John W.M.
Wekesa, Amos
 
Subject carbon
agricultural land management
smallholders
management
 
Description 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 role in land- management trainings and supportive roles in carbon measurement and marketing.
* Local government participation is critical to project success.
* Local NGOs and private-sector actors can play central roles in training, providing agricultural inputs and linking farmers to markets.
* Standardized training and curricula are important for scaling up.
* Women’s roles in projects can grow if project benefits are aligned with their needs and trainings are made more accessible.
* Agricultural benefits are more important than carbon payments for participating farmers.
* Strengthened local and national policies in support of sustainable agricultural land management are needed to scale up project benefits.
 
Date 2015-03-30
2015-10-20T08:25:49Z
2015-10-20T08:25:49Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier Shames A, Heiner K, Kapukha M, Kiguli L, Masiga M, Kalunda P, Sempala A, Recha J, Wekesa A. 2015. Implementing smallholder carbon projects: building local institutional capacity through participatory action research. Research Brief. Washington DC: Ecoagriculture Partners.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68582
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format application/pdf