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Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project
(KACP)
Features and lessons learned
By Amos Wekesa, Vi Agroforestry
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Win-Win-Win scenario
In KACP it is evident that mitigation finance provide significant incentives to leverage agricultural investments that generate: 1) productivity
increases, 2) reduction/removal
of greenhouse gases and
3) increased climate resilience.
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Area characteristics ! Western Kenya (Kitale &
Kisumu) ! 3% population growth ! 80% of population are farmers ! 25% of children below 5yrs are
underweight ! Average land size owned is
around 1ha ! 90% of populations use
firewood or charcoal for cooking food every day
! Around 50% of smallholders live on less than 1USD/day
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Implementation status 2011 and key features
! 30field officers providing advisory services
! 20,262 farmers adopting SALM (target 60,000)
! 9,656 hectare under SALM (target 45,000)
! 1,122 groups recruited (target 3,000)
! 598 groups contracted
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KACP and Climate Smart Agriculture
• For mitigation of land degradation and greenhouse gases
• For adaptation to climate variability - Terraces - Water retention ditches - Residue management - Mulch - Composting - Controlled grazing - Crop rotation - Cover crops - Improved fallows - Nitrogen fixing trees
intercropped
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KACP – save space and secure food ! >80% smallholders (Farmsize:
0.7 ha in Kisumu; 1.1 ha in Kitale)
! Multi-functionality of agroforestry
• Ecosystem services • Hign productivity • Food security • Sustainability • Resilient landscape
! For every hectare put into agroforestry alternatives, five to ten hectares can be saved (ICRAF).
! Diversification of a farming system is very important in case weather or market is unreliable or if pests attack the products.
! Agroforestry diversifies the timing of production so that farmers do not receive their entire year’s income at one time.
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Holistic approach in KACP
FED
VS&LA SALM
SALM=Sustainable Agricultural and Land use Management FED: Farm Enterprise Development VS&LA: Village Savings and Loan Associations
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Key methodology features: ! Generic and can be scaled up ! Model approach with ac:vity-‐based monitoring ! The model is 4-‐5 cheaper than soil sampling, minimizing transac:on costs and helps farmers to reach their objec:ves ! Long-‐term research in Kenya confirms model applicability ! Non-‐soil modules (using approved CDM AR methodologies for tree carbon) ! Methodology submiLed to Verified Carbon Standard (VCS):
Methodology development
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KML files
Database
GIS
Farm polygon
KACP – precision in MRV
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KACP and food security
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
2009 2010 2011
Percent of household s experiencing increased food
security due to SALM
KACP shows yields increased by 15 – 30 %
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Trees on agricultural land is increasing
Source: Vi Agroforestry (2011) 0
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2009 2010 2011
Avg no of trees on cropland
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Conclusion/Recommendations ! KACP show that carbon payments can be well
integrated into projects promoting sustainable agricultural development
! Extension and advisory services prerequisite for successful implementation and needs more attention and funding
! Bottom up and participatory approaches gives best results
! Carbon finance should leverage climate smart agriculture
! Training and capacity building for project entities is essential
! Merge adaptation and mitigation funding ! Combine financing from public and private
sources
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