CENARE's Consulting and Advisory Unit offers comprehensive solutions in agriculture, forestry, and land use management.
We specialize in promoting sustainable practices such as regenerative agriculture and agroforestry, which enhance soil fertility, biodiversity, and ecosystem resilience. Our services cover a wide range of areas, including crop production, soil health management, forest management planning, and land use planning. By integrating cross-cutting themes such as climate, gender mainstreaming, and community resilience, we help our clients achieve holistic and impactful outcomes across agricultural landscapes. With a commitment to sustainability and innovation, CENARE empowers farmers, stakeholders, and communities to thrive in harmony with nature while promoting food security, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience. We have extensive experience in implementing a variety of projects in Africa. Our broad international network of associates and partnerships with various institutions ensures expert attention to the project challenges.
Some of the services we provide are:
- Forest ecology, biodiversity, and conservation values assessments
- Land and vegetation rehabilitation programs for deforested areas, including plantation planning and management and Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR).
- Climate Smart Agriculture practices including agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, minimum tillage, conservation agriculture etc.
- Forest Inventory and Carbon Accounting for three main purposes:
- Stock accounting to assess the amount of timber, wood biomass or carbon stored in forest ecosystems at a single point in time.
- Emissions accounting to assess the net GHG emissions to the atmosphere resulting from forests.
- Emission reductions accounting to assess the decrease in emissions from project or policy activities, so that they can be traded.
- Monitoring & Evaluation of NRM Projects-Support in the implementation of NRM projects by providing technical backstopping and supervising project implementation, including preparation of activity and work plans, budgets, and taking lead in Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting.
- Writing for REDD+ and AFOLU Projects-Support in writing Project Design Documents for REDD+ and AFOLU projects in line with approved certification standards including the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), Plan Vivo, the Gold Standard and the Communities, Climate and Biodiversity Standards (CCBA).
- Technical specifications development and training on forests including specifications for forestry development and management, design and development of forest nurseries, training manuals and modules, and implementation of training programs.