SCC-Vi Programme

Western Kenya Smallholder Agriculture Carbon

Finance project

ByAmos Wafula Wekesa,

Environmental and Climate Change Advisor, VI-Agroforestry Programme Eastern Africa,

P.O. Box 3160-40100, Kisumu,Tel. +254 735 955 247

E-Mail: amos.wekesa@viafp.org

Vi Agroforestry agriculture adaptation and mitigation scale

Working with 250,000hhs using SALM to improve agricultural productivity, increase

soil and biomass carbon stocks and biodiversity conservation

Two carbon

Projects

1. BioCF and

2. Plan Vivo

Standard

project

One adaptation

programme

The project promote SALM

practices within smallholder farmer

groups and create reductions of

emissions of greenhouse gases

(GHGs) through carbon

sequestration by trees and soil for

food security, economic and

environmental services

Total land area 116,000

ha in 6 administrative

divisions

45,000 ha targeted

60,000 farmers Until 2029

1, 236, 375 tCO2e and 60

% buffer

and only 494,550 tCO2e

be sold

1,978,200 USD projected

revenue

by end of crediting period

December 2029

�Western Kenya Smallholder

Agriculture Carbon Finance project

Figure 1: General project location

Emissions and Removals in Agricultural Land Management

Emissions

• CO2– Biomass removal– Land clearing– Tree cutting– Soils– Fossil fuel use

• CH4– Manure– Biomass burning– Fossil fuel use

• N2O– Manure– Fertilizer use– N-fixing species– Biomass burning– Fossil fuel use

Removals

C. Sequestration– Trees– Improved soil management

Activity based methodologyMonitor activity•Agricultural practice

•Production•Cover crops•Residuals•Manure

•Fertilizer use•Biomass burning•Fossil fuel use•Model long-term ∆ soil organic carbon•Convert the long-term to transitional ∆ soil organic carbon•Measure ∆ biomass in woody perennials

ABMS

Preparation

Negotiation

Start up of Project

Methodology

Validation

Implementation

PIN, CFD, technical, financial, environment &

social, endorsement, inclusion in portfolio & letter

of intend

Project Design Document,

Baselines and MP.. Calculations

By DOE Methodology pre-validation report

(BLS/MP), Methodology approval validation report

WB Lawyers draft ERPA,

consultation/negotiate,

and sign

Registration, activities,

initial verification of MP

and monitoring

Periodic verification by

DOE, Payments of VERs

and distributions

Western Kenya Smallholder Agriculture Carbon Finance project management

cycle and institutional framework

It takes 1-6 six years for project to start and be registered

Adaptation/mitigation synergies in smallholder agriculture

– mitigation

– adaptation

Sustainable Agriculture

Land Management

Mitigation can fund adaptation and

vise-versa

The Viagroforestry project targets soil and biomass carbon as well as

adaptation

Methodology is called;

Adoption of sustainable agricultural land management

(SALM)

1. Methodology is aimed to estimate and monitor greenhouse gas emissions of project activities that reduce emissions in

agriculture by applying sustainable land management

practices (SALM) e.g.• Crop residue mgt

• Conservation agriculture practices• Agroforestry practices

Carbon pools

1. Above ground

2. Below ground

3. Soil organic carbon

Methodology is based on modeling the agro ecosystem and nutrient cycling in the

RothC model factoring in soil properties, agro ecological zones, IPCC Tier data

Components of the method

• ∆ Biomass in woody perennials– CDM AR Tool for perennials in the baseline

– CDM AR SSC methodology

• Synthetic fertilizers– CDM AR Tool for fertilizers

• N-fixing species– IPCC Tier 1 methodology

• Biomass burning– IPCC Tier 2 methodology

Soil organic component

• Modified IPCC Tier 2

• Group activities

• Model long-term ∆ soil organic carbon for each Group using RothC1(or CENTURY2)

– Clay content, weather

– plant residues, manure, soil cover

• Convert long-term to transitional ∆ soil organic carbon using 20 year moving average

1 http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/aen/carbon/rothc.htm

2 http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/projects/century5/reference/html/Century/overview.htm

Summary by: Timm Tennigkeit

Roll out and carbon creditting potential

1,4 Tons of CO2/hectare

0,75Hectares per farmer

Under discussion – to be confirmed

Project status by 2009

7120.77554812816559644821Total

32003500407411641319385Kisumu

3920.7405440544918325436Kitale

Hectares

under

SALM

HH

with

SALM

HH filled FSA

(Kenya)

HH

Sensitized

Groups

Sensitized

Groups

IdentifiedProject

site

Table 4. Households sensitized and recruited to the BioCarbon finance scheme

Baseline and other procedures well done

Method developed and approved

ERPA drafted

Farm scenarios

Irrigation

Agroforestry Fodder bank

Zero grazing

Composting

Improved fallow

Water harvesting

and terracing

Tree potential

Tobias Benegula Phiason Katoto