More Than Just Hot Air : Carbon Market Access and Climate-Smart Agriculture for Smallholder Farmers

Woelcke, Johannes

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ADVISORY SERVICES;    AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT;    AGRICULTURAL LAND;    AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION;   

RP-ID  :  76530

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The Kenya agricultural carbon project isbreaking new ground in designing and implementing climatefinance projects in the agricultural sector. The project isregarded as an innovative example for climate-smartagriculture within and outside the World Bank. For the firsttime, while increasing productivity and enhancing resilienceto climate change, smallholder farmers in Africa willreceive payments for greenhouse gas mitigation based onsustainable agricultural land management. Quantification ofcarbon sequestration is monitored based on a newly developedcarbon accounting methodology. This smart lesson describesthe key factors to take into consideration when facilitatingthe adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices andaccess to carbon markets for smallholder farmers.