Sustainable Agroforestry Based Dairy Value Chain in Mount Elgon Kenya
Gold Standard · GS6588 · Kenya
About this project
The sustainable agroforestry based dairy value chain in Mount Elgon, Kenya is a livelihood improvement project being implemented within the Mount Elgon catchment areas of Bungoma and Tran Nzoia counties. It is implemented by Vi Agroforestry in partnership with Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF and Brookside. It aims to secure thriving livelihoods for smallholder farmers community within Mount Elgon ecosystem in Kenya. the projects aim to achieve three goals: the social, economic and environmental goals.Environmental goal: the project intends to facilitate the adoption of Sustainable Agriculture Land Management proactices on 25,000 ha for soil and water resources conservation.Economic goals: the project aims to improve the quality and increase the capacity of average milk production from 5,000 litres / day to 135,000 litres / day within 5 years. It also aims to increase yields (by at least 30%) through sustainable agricultural land management (SALM) for increased soil and crop producitivity, and to deliver value across carbon credits involving 30,000 farmers of which 15,000 will be specialized in dairy supply.Social goals: the project targets to improve the knowledge, skills and income of 30,000 participating farmers to reach better life quality; increase their family health and nutritional status of, facilitate establishment of strong farmer organizations for business and social empowerment, and increase participation of women participation in the farmer organizations.
The record
- Project ID
- GS6588
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Sustainable Agriculture · Agriculture
- Removal or reduction
- Mixed
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF · 8 projects
- Country
- Kenya
- First vintage
- 2018
- Crediting period
- 2018-06-06 to 2025-03-01
- Estimated yearly credits
- 50,618
- Scale
- Micro Scale · Standalone
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2018
- Crediting period
- 2018-06-06 to 2025-03-01
- Credits issued
- 111,343 (retired 6,467)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
- Coordinates
- -1.1000, 34.3000
- Source
- Gold Standard registry (public API), corrected
- Note
- Registry gave latitude 1.1, longitude 34.3 (flip lat); corrected to the only variant that falls inside Kenya
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