Country: Tanzania
Lead organisation: Solidaridad East and Central Africa Expertise Centre (Solidaridad)
Solidaridad is addressing the urgent need for transformative adaptation practices to accelerate the adoption of climate-smart methods among small-scale farmers, aligning food system resilience with sustainability and ecosystem health. The project promotes regenerative agroforestry in coffee systems to enhance profitability, improve coffee quality, and withstand drought, while also creating youth employment through shade tree nursery operations. To overcome barriers to green financing, pre-financing mechanisms and revolving funds are introduced, enabling farmers to access inputs and scale sustainably. Through carbon trading, smallholders earn payments for climate-smart practices via partnerships with Rabobank and the Acorn platform, fostering resilience and sustainable agriculture.