Chitetezo Cooperative Federation Proof of Concept: Legume Value Chains, Changing Lives, Protecting Nature

Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) is a social enterprise with a mission to work with communities to secure a better life and become good stewards of their natural resources. COMACO finances enhanced climate-smart agricultural practises through the adoption of a legume-based farming system...

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Autor principal: Zulu, Samuel
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130848
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description Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) is a social enterprise with a mission to work with communities to secure a better life and become good stewards of their natural resources. COMACO finances enhanced climate-smart agricultural practises through the adoption of a legume-based farming system and agroforestry that increase crop yields. It also provides market opportunities for smallholder farmers by selling a variety of nature-based food products through a country-wide retail brand, "It’s Wild", and linking to carbon markets with positive conservation outcomes, including more trees, more wildlife, and healthier soils. COMACO is working with 230,000 registered farmers. Of these, 137,153 (56% women) have so far planted Gliricidia seedlings in their fields. Together, the farmers have planted a total of 37.1 million seedlings, covering 16,200 hectares of land affected by climate change.
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spelling CGSpace1308482025-11-11T16:47:09Z Chitetezo Cooperative Federation Proof of Concept: Legume Value Chains, Changing Lives, Protecting Nature Zulu, Samuel soil nature conservation agriculture climate change farming systems smallholders farmers Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) is a social enterprise with a mission to work with communities to secure a better life and become good stewards of their natural resources. COMACO finances enhanced climate-smart agricultural practises through the adoption of a legume-based farming system and agroforestry that increase crop yields. It also provides market opportunities for smallholder farmers by selling a variety of nature-based food products through a country-wide retail brand, "It’s Wild", and linking to carbon markets with positive conservation outcomes, including more trees, more wildlife, and healthier soils. COMACO is working with 230,000 registered farmers. Of these, 137,153 (56% women) have so far planted Gliricidia seedlings in their fields. Together, the farmers have planted a total of 37.1 million seedlings, covering 16,200 hectares of land affected by climate change. 2023-02 2023-06-23T16:10:07Z 2023-06-23T16:10:07Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130848 en Open Access application/pdf Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa Zulu S. 2023. Chitetezo Cooperative Federation Proof of Concept: Legume Value Chains, Changing Lives, Protecting Nature. AICCRA Report. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA).
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nature conservation
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climate change
farming systems
smallholders
farmers
Zulu, Samuel
Chitetezo Cooperative Federation Proof of Concept: Legume Value Chains, Changing Lives, Protecting Nature
title Chitetezo Cooperative Federation Proof of Concept: Legume Value Chains, Changing Lives, Protecting Nature
title_full Chitetezo Cooperative Federation Proof of Concept: Legume Value Chains, Changing Lives, Protecting Nature
title_fullStr Chitetezo Cooperative Federation Proof of Concept: Legume Value Chains, Changing Lives, Protecting Nature
title_full_unstemmed Chitetezo Cooperative Federation Proof of Concept: Legume Value Chains, Changing Lives, Protecting Nature
title_short Chitetezo Cooperative Federation Proof of Concept: Legume Value Chains, Changing Lives, Protecting Nature
title_sort chitetezo cooperative federation proof of concept legume value chains changing lives protecting nature
topic soil
nature conservation
agriculture
climate change
farming systems
smallholders
farmers
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