Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  477
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Cocoa Agroforestry in the Ivory Coast
• Secondary name
  ND
• Country
  Côte d'Ivoire
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2022
• Size (in hectare)
  2501
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  ND
• Duration
  ND
• Project description
  516 smallholder farmers will integrate 25-50 shade (wood and/or fruit) trees into their current cocoa production systems on a total area of 2500 ha • Establishing nurseries and tending and monitoring sapling growth/progress • Farmer coaching and training • The sales of non-timber forest products, and carbon offsets • The Necaayo cooperative will be coached and receive technical support on how to manage the carbon project, i.e. Education and training on agroforestry systems, climate change, and Taking Root’s FARMTRACE application
• Objective 1
  Social development
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  Other -ecosystem restoration
• Deforestation drivers
  Transient agriculture
• Type of forest
  ND
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  Agroforestry
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  District: Bas-Sassandra
• Jurisdiction level 2
  Region of Nawa

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  ND
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  ND
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  CO2
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  Plan Vivo

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  in process
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  https://www.planvivo.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=9a840903-242f-4d8e-8a98-141394332b57
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  none
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 3
  none
• Carbon standard 3 Progress
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Expiry date
  ND
• Source of information
  https://www.planvivo.org/pipeline

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Unclear
• Monetary benefit detail
  direct cash: They will be receiving performance-based payments based on tree growth to increase income security and compensate them for additional burdens, financed through the sale of carbon credit employment: Create new jobs for local populations (+35 jobs in the next 5 years)
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  Agroforestry|NTFP|Tree planting|Ecotourism
• Is there tenure clarification?
  Yes
• Is there environmental education?
  Yes
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  ND
• Is there forest enhancement?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  ND
• Is there other community benefits?
  ND