The ACORN platform is a program of Rabobank. The project in Tanzania is being implemented in partnership with local organization Kaderes. What is unique about this project is that the Achmea Foundation is funding this project in partnership with Rabobank Foundation. This creates synergy benefits and allows us to share even more knowledge.
Applying agroforestry has many benefits for farmers: it increases their climate and weather resilience, diversifies their nutrients, improves yields, spreads harvest times and diversifies their income streams. Agroforestry or forest agriculture are land use systems that combine the planting and/or active management of trees with agriculture or animal husbandry. Planting food trees (mango, avocado, banana) and shade trees among coffee trees absorbs harmful greenhouse gases and releases oxygen. This can be converted into CRUs through the platform. These CRUs, farmers can use the platform to sell to companies that want to offset their own emissions. This results in an additional revenue stream that both diversifies the farmers' income and enables the financing of the transition to agroforestry.
Applying agroforestry has many benefits for farmers: it increases their climate and weather resilience, diversifies their nutrients, improves yields, spreads harvest times and diversifies their income streams. Agroforestry or forest agriculture are land use systems that combine the planting and/or active management of trees with agriculture or animal husbandry. Planting food trees (mango, avocado, banana) and shade trees among coffee trees absorbs harmful greenhouse gases and releases oxygen. This can be converted into CRUs through the platform. These CRUs, farmers can use the platform to sell to companies that want to offset their own emissions. This results in an additional revenue stream that both diversifies the farmers' income and enables the financing of the transition to agroforestry.