Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  375
• Project status 2022
  TBC
• Project name
  Sustainable Agriculture in a Changing Climate
• Secondary name
• Country
  Kenya
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  208185
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  2046
• Duration
  36
• Project description
  The primary justification for the first phase of the program is learning how carbon finance can be made to work for smallholder farmers in terms of enhancing farm production and building resilience of livelihoods, including adaptation to climate change. Within the eligible areas AR project activity instances will be made up of many discrete areas of land, and project activities will be implemented on multiple small farm holdings. The project intends to build upon existing AR activities in the lower and mid Nyando basin by using carbon finance to extend these activities to other eligible areas within the River basin. Specific project objectives are: 1) Empowering Communities to sustainably use their natural resources, adopt sustainable agricultural practices and increase land productivity (food security) 2)Reducing land degradation, improving soil quality and vegetation 3)Equitable sharing of resources within gender and empowering women and youths to be part of decision making and management structures 4)Increasing carbon sequestration, conducting research and empowering communities to benefit from carbon finance.
• Objective 1
  development, social development
• Objective 2
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 3
  climate
• Deforestation drivers
  cattle grazing, charcoal production, energy wood, local livelihoods, slash and burn agriculture
• Type of forest
  dry|humid
• Project activity
  ARR
• Project Type
  ARR
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  agroforestry
• Multiple locations?
  No
• Jurisdiction level 1
  Province : Western
• Jurisdiction level 2
  District: Nyanza

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  2011-2046
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
• Annual carbon credits
• Total carbon credits
  2205910
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  CCB

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  expired
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  41291
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  http://www.climate-standards.org/2012/06/20/sustainable-agriculture-in-a-changing-climate/
• 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
  http://www.climate-standards.org/2012/06/20/sustainable-agriculture-in-a-changing-climate/ ; http://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/sustainable-agriculture-changing-climate; (Much of this info does not match CCB PDD, so likely not correct)

Community level intervention

• Any monetary benefits?
  Yes
• Monetary benefit type
  Conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Farmer participants will receive 25% of carbon revenues, and remaining 75% will cover cost of project actitivies and be used to purchase seedlings
• Provides employment?
  Yes
• Are there non-cash benefits?
  Yes
• Economic activities - type
  agriculture | agroforestry
• Is there tenure clarification?
  No
• Is there environmental education?
  Yes
• Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?
  No
• Is there forest enhancement?
  Yes
• Is there community infrastracture improvement?
  No
• Is there other community benefits?
  No