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Carbon footprint standards Case study from Kenya’s tea sector Aaban Butt International Trade Centre

Climate Change and Trade To strengthen the capacity of agricultural exporters to: - Deal with carbon standards - Mitigate GHG emissions - Find synergies with adaptation

Tea Sector in Kenya • Provide $1.3 billion to Kenya’s economy • Employs 3 million people • 60% of which are smallholders • Kenya Tea Development Agency manage smallholders

Climate change and Tea • Climate Change affecting quality and quantity of tea • Buyers demanding tea exporters to measure and report on emissions in the supply chain • Non tariff barriers for many farmers

ITC Technical Paper Product carbon footprinting standards in the agri-food sector

What is Carbon Footprint? Carbon footprint is a calculation of the total greenhouse gas emissions in CO 2 e associated with a product, organization, process or event.

Steps for carbon footprint

Scoping

Steps for carbon footprint

CASE STUDY: Climate change mitigation in Kenya’s tea sector

Created Public Private Partnership

Develop climate change mitigation manuals

Selected pilot factory in Chinga

Mitigation training and action plan developed • Training of trainers • Factory management staff • Extension officer and lead farmers • Community leaders

Climate change adaptation training 126,000 tea farmers are less vulnerable to the effects of climate change

Mitigating tea factory lead to:  Lower carbon emissions  Increased energy efficiency  Lower costs of production  Increased profit  Increased farmer incomes

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