KALRO to pilot digital tool tracking carbon emissions in Kenya’s coffee value chain
The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization is piloting a digital tool to track carbon emissions across the coffee supply chain. The initiative aims to help farmers qualify for carbon credits and adopt climate-smart production methods.
Why it matters
This project bridges agricultural development with global climate finance, potentially increasing income for smallholder farmers.
Listen The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), through its Coffee Research Institute (CRI), is working with Korean partners to develop an application that will collect farm-level data needed to measure the environmental footprint of coffee production/KALRO NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 18-Kenya is set to pilot a digital system that will track carbon emissions across the coffee value chain, as researchers seek to unlock new opportunities for farmers to benefit from carbon credits while making production more climate-smart.
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