Presentation at: Meeting global food needs with lower emissions: IPCC report findings on climate change mitigation in agriculture A dialog among scientists, practitioners and financiers April 16, 2014 World Bank, Washington, DC Following the April 13th release of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on Mitigation, including Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU), this event will provided an opportunity to listen to IPCC authors summarize their findings and for all participants to join in a dialog with practitioners and financiers to discuss actionable steps for mitigation in the agricultural sector. The event was a joint effort of the World Bank, the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases, and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

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JUABESO-BIA
LANDSCAPE
GHANA
Enhancing carbon in Ghana’s cocoa landscapes
by increasing productivity and restoring
ecosystems
Jeffrey Hayward, April 16, 2014

2. Working in over 100 countries
Globally
Certified Forest Operations
> 75M ha (11.4M ha set aside for conservation)
Certified Farms > 1M farmers 3 M ha

3. CERTIFICATION & MARKET SHARE
From niche to mainstream

4. SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES - VALUE CHAIN
APPROACH
Training & support
to producers
Auditing &
Traceability
Corporate
engagement
Marketing &
Brand awareness
producers / processors buyers / exporters / importers distributors / brands / retailers / industry groups consumers
LAND USE PRACTICES BUSINESS PRACTICES CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
Capacity
Building
&
Technical
Assistance
Certification
&
Sustainability
Standards
Market
development
&
Corporate
engagement

5. Bia
National
Park
Krokosua Hills FR
“Globally Significant
Biodiversity Area
Timber Concessions
GHANA: JUABESO – BIA LANDSCAPE

6. JUABESO – BIA LANDSCAPE: PROJECT
OBJECTIVES
Farmers
• Enable smallholder
farmers to practice climate-
smart agriculture
• Restore ecosystems
• Enhance remnant forests
• Conserve nearby forests
• Reduce GHG emissions
• Small enterprise
development
• Climate change education
Company
• Reputation
• Income opportunities from
carbon markets
• Value chain efficiencies:
• build resilient supply
• break links between
cocoa and
deforestation
• Reduce operational risks
• A learning exercise
- Supported by USAID, NORAD, Olam

7. CLIMATE SMART
ACTIVITIES
Training & climate education
• Best practices training to
support farmers to meet SAN
standards
• Capacity building for farmers to
achieve Climate Module
verification
• “Lead-farmer” program
establishment
• Adaptation plans developed at
community and farm level to
counter those impacts
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8. WHAT CAN COCOA FARMERS DO?
Maintain our
Sacred groves
Leave shade trees on our
cocoa farms.
Grow other crops
in addition to
Plant trees in
places where
we don’t farm.
Pruning of cocoa
Fertilizer
application

9. PROJECT SITE &
CERTIFIED FARMS
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2012: 833 farmers / 2,401 ha
2013: 1,256 farmers / 3,700 ha
2014 – 2018: 4,000 farmers
11,000 ha

10. C ACCOUNTING
METHOD
• Initially, farm by farm plot
approach
• Then, classification using
satellite imagery
– [World View 2m]
– [RapidEye 5m]
• Ground truthing with data
gathered in sampling plots
established in the various
land use types
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11. BENCHMARK CARBON STOCKS:
STRATIFICATION
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Higher shade
cocoa
Low/no shade
cocoa
Agriculture/fallow
s
Open canopy
forest

12. SAMPLING
LOCATIONS
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STRATIFIED LAND
COVER CLASSES

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CARBON STOCKS: STRATIFICATION
CCF = closed canopy forest
OCF = open canopy forest
HSC = high shade cocoa
LSC = low/no shade cocoa
OP = open, fallow
UR = urban

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15. LANDSCAPE CARBON STOCKS:
QUANTIFICATION
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2012: 833 farmers / 2,401 ha
255,000 tons CO2e
2013: 1,256 farmers / 3,700 ha
410,000 tons CO2e
2014 – 2018: 4,000 farmers
11,000 ha
1.5+ M tons CO2e

16. CARBON PROJECT DESIGN
In Juabeso-Bia it helped to:
• Encapsulate benefits and best
practices promoted
• Creating baselines
• Monitoring and evaluation
plans
• Novel C accounting method
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17. CARBON PROJECT DESIGN
• Developed according to the
CCB Standards
• Delivers credible climate,
community and biodiversity
benefits
• No VERs unless used with
another standard such as
VCS
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18. CLIMATE SMART
ACTIVITIES
Reforestation
• Degraded areas are
being reforested and
sustainably managed for
timber production
Diversification
• Other livelihood
opportunities such as the
rearing of grass cutters
and bee keeping are
being promoted
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GHANA: CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTIONS

20. RESULTS TO DATE ..
• Over 2,000 farmers trained to date according to the SAN sustainability
standards and the additional climate criteria
• Reach of the project to date covers more than 3,700ha in 36 communities
• Close to 100,000 shade tree seedlings have been planted
• Yield increase of 15-30% resulting in an average income increase of 25%
• Internal management systems developed
• 15 selected teachers trained in climate education are now running environment
clubs in 12 junior high schools
• Climate risks and impacts assessed at community and farm level and activities
to counter these are being put in place
• Sustainable trading relationship developed
• Project objectives align well with Ghana’s Forest Investment Plan, as region is
a priority, and also FCPF and ISFL

21. WHAT WE LEARNED
• Landscape C accounting = changes in C stocks can be assessed across all
smallholder farmers
• No repeated plot measurements needed = reduced cost
• Potential to quantify C sequestered = opportunity to engage in insetting
• Differentiation of cocoa system type = basis for management advice with
regards to stocking densities of shade trees
• Continued improvement of farming practices through follow up training =
increased yields, improved livelihoods, better quality, enhanced resiliency
• Replicable in other landscapes = rejuvenation and rehabilitation in Cote de
Ivoire
• Viable REDD+ pilot site = Help Ghanaian government achieve low carbon
development, consistent with FCPF and ISFL
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by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior.