Africa: Few African Farmers Benefit From Carbon Credit Projects

14 September 2012

Nairobi — African smallholder farmers lack adequate and reliable information about how to participate in agricultural carbon credit projects, says one of the authors of a recent report on innovations in such projects.

A report published in July by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security says carbon credit projects - which sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to help mitigate climate change - can provide income and help realise development objectives on small farms.

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