Category: Meet a Farmer

December 2023 Updates

We hope you enjoy this round-up of all the amazing happenings with our partner projects, The Plan Vivo Foundation, and COTAP! All project’s most recent

December 20, 2023

Meet a Farmer: Zinori Bikorwomuhangi

Offset your CO2 emissions through this project here: Our favorite part of Zinori’s interview is at 4:16, when he REALLY lights up listing all the

July 20, 2023

Meet A Farmer: Adam Turyareeba

Offset your CO2 emissions through this project here: Adam Turyareeba joined Ecotrust Uganda’s Trees for Global Benefits (TGB) community reforestation carbon offset project in 2011.

June 11, 2023

Meet A Farmer: Staluzi & Gerald Muhindo

Offset your CO2 emissions through this project here: Yosamu Muhindo joined our partner Ecotrust Uganda’s Trees for Global Benefits (TGB) community reforestation project in 2012.

October 31, 2022

Meet A Farmer: Oliva Nyirazuba

Offset your CO2 emissions through this project here: In 2012, Oliva became a participant of Ecotrust Uganda’s Trees for Global Benefits project. She lives in

May 27, 2022

Ani Matamosi

Along with around 30 other fabulous women from eight mataqali (clans) in the Drawa Rainforest Carbon Project, Ani is running a honey business in Batiri village, Fiji, set up with income from carbon credits.

Ani says "We women are really happy about this beekeeping business because for some of us, only our husband earns money and beekeeping has enabled us to earn money ... we learn not only to take care of bees but also to be business minded. It has boosted our confidence and self-esteem to engage more in income generating activities, so we want to keep our business alive."

Staluzi and Gerald Muhindo

Country: Uganda
Village: Maliba
Trees Planted: 400
Climate Benefit: 203.4 tonnes of CO2
Earnings as of 3/13/18: $485.92
Total Expected Earnings: $607.40
Livelihood Benefits: House construction, school fees.

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Richard’s enterprise is called Beneco and it’s one of over 30 throughout Uganda which supply seedlings to Ecotrust’s Trees for Global Benefits project. His nursery has 8 full-time and 30 seasonal employees.

Richard Akora

Owner, Beneco Seedling Nursery

Country: Uganda
Village: Maliba

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In 2012, Oliva became a participant of Ecotrust Uganda’s Trees for Global Benefits project. She lives in the Maliba community of Western Uganda’s Kasese district, and she’s planted 400 trees which are sequestering an estimated 203.4 tonnes of CO2.

Oliva is projected to earn $610.40 from TGB. In this interview, you’ll learn how she uses those earnings, as well as about her children and grandchildren, one of her favorite ways to relax, what “MIFA” stands for, how she lost some of her trees, and how her community views firewood thieves!

Oliva Nyirazuba

Country: Uganda
Village: Maliba
Trees Planted: 400
Climate Benefit: 203.4 tonnes of CO2
Earnings as of 3/13/18: $186.18
Total Expected Earnings: $610.40
Livelihood Benefits: School fees for children.