Carbon farming projects in Africa promise to contribute to climate change mitigation and reduce the vulnerability of smallholder farmers to climate change, while strengthening food security and reducing poverty. The latter, in part, through new income opportunities from the sale of carbon credits. But what is behind the buzzword ‘carbon farming’?

Find out in this new article on Smallholder Farmers and Climate Protection: The Potential Role of Carbon Farming in Africa by PARI researcher Friederike Schilling, published in Welternährung.