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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.04.015
	Bridging organizations in agricultural carbon markets and poverty alleviation: An analysis of pro-Poor carbon market projects in East Africa
	Lee J.; Ingalls M.; Erickson J.D.; Wollenberg E.
发表日期	2016
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	39
英文摘要	International agricultural carbon market projects face significant challenges in delivering greenhouse gas mitigation objectives whilst also seeking to provide additional benefits for poverty alleviation. The carbon credit producer (the smallholder farmer) and carbon credit buyer in the carbon market transaction typically operate at different spatial and temporal scales. Buyers operate at a global scale, responding to opportunities for financial speculation and both private and public climate action plans. Farmers operate within households, farms, and immediate agricultural landscapes, pursuing livelihood and food security needs. These different scales often result in mismatches of timing, payment, and knowledge in market transactions and can be partially rectified by project developers who serve to broker the relationship between the farmers and the buyers. We examined eight East African agricultural carbon market projects to determine how project developers function as bridging organizations and minimize the mismatches between these actors. Results show that projects better bridged the timing and payment gap between buyers and producers when project developers provided non-monetary benefits or direct monetary assistance to farmers. However, knowledge gaps remained a significant barrier for farmers wishing to participate in the market. We discuss how project developers brokered relationships in ways that reflected their interests and highlight the limitations, trade-offs, and challenges that must be overcome if win-win outcomes of poverty alleviation and climate change mitigation are to be realized. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Agriculture; Bridging organizations; Carbon markets; Mitigation; Scale; Smallholder farmers
学科领域	agricultural land; agricultural market; climate change; development project; food security; global perspective; greenhouse gas; market conditions; mitigation; organizational framework; pollution tax; poverty alleviation; smallholder; East Africa
语种	英语
scopus关键词	agricultural land; agricultural market; climate change; development project; food security; global perspective; greenhouse gas; market conditions; mitigation; organizational framework; pollution tax; poverty alleviation; smallholder; East Africa
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117361
作者单位	Environmental Program, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, United States; Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States; Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lee J.,Ingalls M.,Erickson J.D.,et al. Bridging organizations in agricultural carbon markets and poverty alleviation: An analysis of pro-Poor carbon market projects in East Africa[J],2016,39.
APA	Lee J.,Ingalls M.,Erickson J.D.,&Wollenberg E..(2016).Bridging organizations in agricultural carbon markets and poverty alleviation: An analysis of pro-Poor carbon market projects in East Africa.Global Environmental Change,39.
MLA	Lee J.,et al."Bridging organizations in agricultural carbon markets and poverty alleviation: An analysis of pro-Poor carbon market projects in East Africa".Global Environmental Change 39(2016).