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Acorn Updates
We are seeking dedicated and highly qualified individuals to join Acorn's Scientific Advisory Committee to assist us in our mission to support smallholder farmer communities.
Read all about the latest developments in the world of agroforestry, remote sensing, and other Acorn-related topics.
After extensive planting in Kenya, it was finally time for harvesting. In other words: celebrating the first payout for smallholder farmers, facilitated by our local partners Trees for Kenya and Farm Africa. Our account manager Margreet and trainee Anne witnessed this wonderful moment of celebration in the town of Embu.
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Acorn Updates
We are seeking dedicated and highly qualified individuals to join Acorn's Scientific Advisory Committee to assist us in our mission to support smallholder farmer communities.
Agroforestry
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Local Partners
In this interview Hanna Choa Yu, Acorn's Head of Government Relations, discusses what she sees as the three most prominent hurdles facing the implementation of a global VCM regarding government regulation and policy, and how Acorn is working to overcome them.
Agroforestry
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Local Partners
Daniela Serpa and Rosemarie Derks are Acorn’s Data Collection Coordinators, with Daniela coordinating for Acorn’s Latin American and West African regions and Rosemarie handling projects in Asia and elsewhere in African. In this article, they share more about their role and their insights into Acorn’s processes from their perspective at the intersection of data collection and farmer onboarding.
Agroforestry
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Remote Sensing
Biodiversity is essential to ecosystem health, but it’s not easily measured. Xi Zhu, our remote sensing data scientist, explains how Acorn has collaborated with Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) to explore new ways of mapping biodiversity.
South America
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Local Partners
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Agroforestry
Building on an already robust network of mature projects, Acorn is taking its partnerships in Latin America to the next level with technological innovations. Maud Slippens, a partnership leader in our Latin American regions, recounts in this blog post a recent trip where she and her colleague Paola López Vargas garnered exciting updates on Acorn’s new partnership in the region with TechnoServe.
Agroforestry
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Local Partners
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Africa
In Nairobi, account manager Margreet and trainee Anne led a vital workshop aimed at expanding Kenya’s agroforestry efforts. With the country’s rich soils and stable climate, the goal was to bring eight local partners together to drive collaboration and set a clear path for growth – creating a scaling plan that aims to support 1.5 to 2 million Kenyan farmers.
Local Partners
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Farmer Stories
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Asia
As our partnership manager for Asia, Marta Radinovic Lukic visited India — meeting with our local partners and smallholder farmers we’re supporting in the region. In this blog, she relays her experiences.
Local Partners
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Africa
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Farmer Stories
In Kagera, an administrative region in north-west Tanzania, our local partner Kaderes is making sure farmers get paid fairly for their Acorn efforts — not just when it comes to how much, but also when it comes to how.
Local Partners
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Remote Sensing
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Africa
Etse Lossou, our GIS (Geographic Information Systems) analyst and native Ghanaian, visited his home country in January to train data collectors. In this blog, he shares his experiences.
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