First African Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement for Soil Carbon Signed in the Hague: Kenyan Farming Project could be model for the Region

Kenyan Farming Project could be model for the region

The Hague, November 3, 2010 – Small-holder farmers in Kenya are set to reap the rewards of the first soil carbon project in Africa.  In the west of the country a group of farmers are changing practices and earning carbon credits.  In the process, the groundbreaking Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project is set to improve food security, help address climate change, and improve the lives and livelihoods of rural dwellers who live in poverty...

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Press Release

• First African Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement For Soil Carbon Signed In The Hague
• New Soil Carbon Methodology Approved

Interview with E. Baroudy, Head of BioCarbon Fund

• Kenya Agriculture project benefits smallholder farmers

Project Information

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• Triple Win of Climate-Smart Agriculture put into Practice
• Kenya to launch Africa's first carbon exchange (BBC)
• Landmark carbon project takes-off in Kenya (the Standard for Fairness & Justice)
• Kenya May Earn $61 Million Selling Carbon Emissions Credits by 2012 
• Kenyan farmers to lead Africa in Carbon Credit Agreement (Allvoices)
• First Carbon Finance Spreads Green Over Highland (IPS)
• Kenya Farmers to Earn Carbon Credits Under Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement (ABC Live)  
• Kenyan farmers to benefit from WB-funded soil carbon project (Afrique Avenir) 

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Link to Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security, and Climate Change