Climate change mitigation finance for smallholder agriculture : a guide book to harvesting soil carbon sequestration benefits

Abstract

Contiene: 1. The role of mitigation finance in meeting challenges facing developing country agriculture -- 2. Agriculture greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigation potential -- 3. Overview of current status of carbon finance for smallholder agriculture: where are the opportunities? -- 4. Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of agricultural mitigation activities -- 5. Capturing agricultural mitigation benefits from smallholder agriculture: what next? -- 6. Steps to establishing an offset project for smallholder agricultural projects -- 7. Costs, benefits and risks -- 8. Institutions to link smallholders to mitigation finance -- 9. Conclusions and lessons from experience with project-based offsets