Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects
This paper synthesizes the insights of six African agricultural carbon project case studies and identifies institutional innovations among these projects that are contributing to long-term project success while maximizing benefits and minimizing risk for participating farmers. We review project orga...
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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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| author | Shames, Seth Wollenberg, Eva Karoline Buck, Louise E. Kristjanson, Patricia M. Masiga, Moses Biryahwaho, B. |
| author_browse | Biryahwaho, B. Buck, Louise E. Kristjanson, Patricia M. Masiga, Moses Shames, Seth Wollenberg, Eva Karoline |
| author_facet | Shames, Seth Wollenberg, Eva Karoline Buck, Louise E. Kristjanson, Patricia M. Masiga, Moses Biryahwaho, B. |
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| description | This paper synthesizes the insights of six African agricultural carbon project case studies and identifies institutional innovations among these projects that are contributing to long-term project success while maximizing benefits and minimizing risk for participating farmers. We review project organization and management, the structure and role of community groups within the projects, costs and benefits for managers and farmers, strategies to manage risks to farmers, and efforts to support women’s participation. Projects have developed organizational systems for financial management, agricultural extension, and carbon monitoring. All of these were managed by project management entities, with farmers implementing practices and supporting monitoring systems. Most projects engaged farmers in small groups and larger clusters of groups, which enabled broad participation, efficient contracting, timely communication, provision of extension services, benefit-sharing, and gender-focused activities. Direct carbon payments to farmers were low. Consequently projects needed to manage expectations around benefits carefully, support more efficient systems of aggregation and ensure non-cash benefits for farmers. Managing power dynamics within and among farmer groups was a significant challenge to ensuring equitable decision-making and participation. Mechanisms for settling conflict over land and
benefits were also critical. We present action research questions that emerged from the first phase of this work and discuss the future of the initiative. Case studies about each agriculture carbon project from which our analysis is drawn can be downloaded along with the main report. |
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| spelling | CGSpace212222024-01-17T12:58:34Z Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects Shames, Seth Wollenberg, Eva Karoline Buck, Louise E. Kristjanson, Patricia M. Masiga, Moses Biryahwaho, B. climate carbon agroforestry small farms This paper synthesizes the insights of six African agricultural carbon project case studies and identifies institutional innovations among these projects that are contributing to long-term project success while maximizing benefits and minimizing risk for participating farmers. We review project organization and management, the structure and role of community groups within the projects, costs and benefits for managers and farmers, strategies to manage risks to farmers, and efforts to support women’s participation. Projects have developed organizational systems for financial management, agricultural extension, and carbon monitoring. All of these were managed by project management entities, with farmers implementing practices and supporting monitoring systems. Most projects engaged farmers in small groups and larger clusters of groups, which enabled broad participation, efficient contracting, timely communication, provision of extension services, benefit-sharing, and gender-focused activities. Direct carbon payments to farmers were low. Consequently projects needed to manage expectations around benefits carefully, support more efficient systems of aggregation and ensure non-cash benefits for farmers. Managing power dynamics within and among farmer groups was a significant challenge to ensuring equitable decision-making and participation. Mechanisms for settling conflict over land and benefits were also critical. We present action research questions that emerged from the first phase of this work and discuss the future of the initiative. Case studies about each agriculture carbon project from which our analysis is drawn can be downloaded along with the main report. 2012-07-24 2012-07-24T12:51:24Z 2012-07-24T12:51:24Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21222 en Open Access application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Shames S, Wollenberg E, Buck LE, Kristjanson P, Masiga M, Biryahwaho B. 2012. Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects. CCAFS Report 8. Copenhagen, Denmark: CCAFS. |
| spellingShingle | climate carbon agroforestry small farms Shames, Seth Wollenberg, Eva Karoline Buck, Louise E. Kristjanson, Patricia M. Masiga, Moses Biryahwaho, B. Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects |
| title | Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects |
| title_full | Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects |
| title_fullStr | Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects |
| title_short | Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects |
| title_sort | institutional innovations in african smallholder carbon projects |
| topic | climate carbon agroforestry small farms |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21222 |
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