Smallholder Agroforestry, Uganda
Location
Uganda
SDGs Contribution
17
Solution Type
Afforestation (ARR)
Project Type
Carbon Removal
Fact File
🧑🏾🌾 By teaching Conservation Farming, TIST farmers are almost always able to double their crop yields in the first year
🌿 The species planted are chosen by the farmers, who gather seeds from trees growing successfully locally, that are therefore adapted to the project agro-ecological zones
🪵 The project also mitigates deforestation outside the project area, by training the farmers in maintaining a sustainable woodlot
Partnership &
Certification
About this Project
The Problem
In Uganda, wood use, agriculture and increasing population have been key factors in deforestation. The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program (TIST) empowers Small Groups of subsistence farmers in India, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda to combat the devastating effects of deforestation, poverty and drought.
The Solution
The TIST program is a completely voluntary scheme for small landowners. Currently, there are 22 580 TIST participants in total from across 1641 villages in Uganda, which have planted more than 7 million trees. Farmers receive a payment per tree every year, plus a 70% revenue share from the sale of the carbon credits these trees produce, as a direct cash payment. Furthermore, each planted tree creates an additional value of $8 for the farmers. This includes fruits, nuts, fodder, traditional medicines, sustainable wood products and firewood (from dead trees and thinnings).
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