Agroforestry

Acorn teams up with Corus International, through its subsidiary Lutheran World Relief (LWR), to propose an ambitious agroforestry campaign in Peru aimed at expanding the voluntary carbon market (VCM) in South America.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Asómbrate: a Spanish word that means "be amazed" and "shade [something]", and the name of the new agroforestry platform developed by Solidaridad. What better way to celebrate than with a catchy agroforestry tune?

Rabobank's Acorn, together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published a white paper on the current developments in carbon farming. In this document, they discuss the developments, benefits, and hurdles for carbon farming on a global scale.