5-Day Exploration of Agricultural Carbon Credit Markets for Sustainable Farming and Profitable Climate Solutions

FineResults Research Services would like to invite you to take part in our upcoming workshops on Agricultural courses at our FineResults Research Services training facilities in Nairobi, Kenya

29th April to 3rd May 2024                 Agricultural carbon credit markets course

29th July to 2nd August 2024           Agricultural carbon credit markets course

28th October to 1st November 2024   Agricultural carbon credit markets course

Introduction

Both livestock and crop farmers receive the lowest gross margin across the value chains. This is because of a lack of access to markets, high costs of inputs as well as implements, high labor costs, and selling their produce in raw forms without adding value. The situation is worsened by the effects of climate change leading to low income in farming enterprises and lose of livelihoods.  Interventions that may lead to increasing farmers’ income and improving their sustainability are therefore essential in boosting any farming business. One of these interventions is selling of carbon credit which can generate additional income for farmers and at the same time improve their sustainability as a result of farmers adopting climate smart technologies at their farms. Agricultural carbon markets exist through privately and publicly owned companies to lessen carbon emissions through trade of carbon units sequestered at the farm level. This 5 day training aims to equip the participants with the knowledge on carbon credit business to support sustainable livelihoods and economically empower farmers.

Target Participants

This course targets participants working in rural development and agriculture projects, government institutions, NGO staff, and private and research institutions.

Duration

5 Days

Course objectives

By the end of this training the participants will learn:

• What carbon credit business entails
• Explore markets for carbon credit
• Approaches that are there for entering a carbon marketplace
• How to register in carbon credit market
• How to develop technical documents

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to carbon credit markets

• Introduction to carbon credit markets
• Types of carbon markets , regulatory framework and how they work

• Voluntary carbon credit markets
•  Regulatory  compliance

• What approaches are there for entering a carbon marketplace?

• Using an aggregator
•  Through data manager

• Voluntary climate change agreements

• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)
• Kyoto Protocol (1997)
• Paris Agreement (2015)

Module 2: Carbon sequestration

• Main types of carbon sequestration: geologic and biologic
• Climate-friendly strategies to pull carbon dioxide into the soil and capture emissions
• Determining  the amount of  carbon credits that can be produced by each farmer
• How to register for carbon credit selling

Module 3: Preparation of necessary documents

• Proposal development
• Preparation of technical documents
• Participatory rural appraisal
• Where and how to engage farmers
• About share certificates

Module 4: Carbon sequestration practices and breakeven prices

1. About Payment of Ecosystem (PES) agreement
2. Project designs
3. Exploring Agroforestry systems
4. Carbon accounting methods for carbon credit

Module 5: Field visits to farmers and company dealing with carbon credits

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TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION

This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.

For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700/+254759285295 or Email: [email protected]  

REQUIREMENTS

• Participants should be reasonably proficient in English.  During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE

• The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

COST

In-person USD 1000

Online USD 900

REGISTRATION

January in-person/online

April in-person/online

July in-person/online

October in-person/online

ACCOMMODATION

• Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through
• Mobile: +254732776700 / +254759285295

or Email: [email protected] 

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