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

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 ro...

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Autores principales: Shames, Seth, Heiner, Krista, Kapukha, Martha, Kiguli, Lillian, Masiga, Moses, Nantongo Kalunda, Pauline, Sempala A, Recha, John W.M., Wekesa, Amos
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68582
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author Shames, Seth
Heiner, Krista
Kapukha, Martha
Kiguli, Lillian
Masiga, Moses
Nantongo Kalunda, Pauline
Sempala A
Recha, John W.M.
Wekesa, Amos
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Kapukha, Martha
Kiguli, Lillian
Masiga, Moses
Nantongo Kalunda, Pauline
Recha, John W.M.
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Shames, Seth
Wekesa, Amos
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Heiner, Krista
Kapukha, Martha
Kiguli, Lillian
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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.
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spelling CGSpace685822024-01-09T09:56:25Z Implementing smallholder carbon projects: building local institutional capacity through participatory action research Shames, Seth Heiner, Krista Kapukha, Martha Kiguli, Lillian Masiga, Moses Nantongo Kalunda, Pauline Sempala A Recha, John W.M. Wekesa, Amos carbon agricultural land management smallholders management 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. 2015-03-30 2015-10-20T08:25:49Z 2015-10-20T08:25:49Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68582 en Open Access application/pdf 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.
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Kapukha, Martha
Kiguli, Lillian
Masiga, Moses
Nantongo Kalunda, Pauline
Sempala A
Recha, John W.M.
Wekesa, Amos
Implementing smallholder carbon projects: building local institutional capacity through participatory action research
title Implementing smallholder carbon projects: building local institutional capacity through participatory action research
title_full Implementing smallholder carbon projects: building local institutional capacity through participatory action research
title_fullStr Implementing smallholder carbon projects: building local institutional capacity through participatory action research
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agricultural land management
smallholders
management
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