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Impact at origin: catalyzing sustainable agriculture with smallholder farmers

Closed
Combination
Agriculture/fishery
Forestry
Information and communication technologies (ICT)
Call 9
Nicaragua
Time consumed
 
Start: 01-Mar-21 End: 30-Apr-23
Lead Nordic partner
Arvid Nordquist
Country of Lead Nordic partner
Sweden
Other Nordic partner(s)
U&We
Local partner(s)
APRODEIN
Other partner(s)
FARM-TRACE, Rainforest Alliance
NCF grant size
399,935
Total project cost
526,645
Technologies
ICT tools
Methods
Agroforestry, Reforestation, Sustainable agricultural practices, Sustainable forest management, Value chain development
Country of implementation:
Nicaragua
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Description

The Impact at Origin project is demonstrating a replicable solution for brands across the coffee sector to reduce their climate footprints by reforesting their own supply chains.

If the coffee sector adopts more forest friendly farming practices it could remove up to 148 million tons of carbon from the earth’s atmosphere. Coffee brands are committing to reforesting their supply chains offering the opportunity to mitigate...
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Objective

The goal of the project is to demonstrate how the coffee sector can become natural climate and livelihoods solution.

Climate mitigation: The project will work with 700 coffee farmers in Nicaragua, using FARM-TRACE to measure, verify and deliver 18,000tCO¬2 of emissions reductions and removals across 1,400 hectares of land.

Improved farmer incomes: Create a new mechanism through FARM-TRACE for farmers to market and sell the verified...
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Results

The project successfully implemented climate-smart farmer practices through the planting of coffee agroforestry in order to deliver 19,541tCO2 of removals. 1,420 hectares of coffee farmland within Arvid Nordquist’s supply chain was mapped and verified as having high levels of forest cover and sustainable production through the FARM-TRACE platform. An additional 105 hectares of climate smart coffee agroforestry was established through the planting of 21,494 shade...
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Sustainable Development Goals
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Relevant links
FARM-TRACE's Approach, Plan Vivo Carbon Standard approved approach for FARM-TRACE

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