Yifan Powers, Author at Precision Development

Making markets for carbon: can smallholder farmers benefit from investments to cut climate change?

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023

Paying people for actions that contribute to climate change mitigation, known as payment for ecosystem services (PES), has the potential to address both environmental and poverty alleviation goals. For example, there is a strong history …

Can millions of smallholder farmers meaningfully mitigate climate change and be rewarded for it? We think so.

November 22, 2022November 10, 2022

PxD is collaborating with the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD) to identify opportunities to benefit poor farming communities through their participation in climate mitigation activities. The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) …