One-Acre Fund Tanzania's Carbon Farming Initiative to Engage 34,000 Farmers by 2030

TLDR

• By 2030, One-Acre Fund Tanzania aims to expand participation to approximately 34,000 farmers, significantly increasing both environmental and economic benefits.
• The programme has already attracted more than 11,000 smallholder farmers across Tanzania.
• Over a projected implementation period of 26 years, the initiative is expected to remove an average of about 63,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent annually.
• He hopes to increase the number of trees on his farm to 1,000, demonstrating how carbon farming can become part of a broader strategy for environmental conservation, agricultural improvement and rural entrepreneurship.
• After successfully maintaining his trees, Mr Kibiki received an initial incentive payment of 20,000 Tanzanian shillings.