Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project (KACP) Features and lessons learned
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Amos Wekesa, Vi Agroforestry COP17, Durban
Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project (KACP)
Features and lessons learned
By Amos Wekesa, Vi Agroforestry
Amos Wekesa, Vi Agroforestry COP17, Durban
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 activity-based
monitoring The model is 4-5 cheaper than soil
sampling, minimizing transaction costs and helps farmers to reach their objectives
Long-term research in Kenya confirms model applicability
Non-soil modules (using approved CDM AR methodologies for tree carbon)
Methodology submitted 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
0%
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
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
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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