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Economically vulnerable, food insecure rural communities in Cross River State as in other parts of 
Nigeria and West Africa exercise subsistence farming using slash and burn approaches resulting in 
CO2 and particulate material generation that negatively impact health and global warming. 
Plantation based, raw materials production for export where finished products are re-imported, 
further isolates rural communities from globalization benefits. Communities of color and female 
farmers with deforested land that buffers the 1.6M hectares of forest will be invited to expand their traditional farm towards the government designated 200,000 hectares of land, becoming cooperative 
partners in sustainable forest management and produce biomass that will be used in biochar 
production. This project empowers rural farmers with education to use biochar, creates local 
economies in producing kilns and fertilizer, increases food crop yields and accelerates bamboo 
growth, also for local processing. Moving economically disenfranchised families from subsistence to 
sustainable practices, from slash and burn to regeneration, from export contactor to local business 
provider, alleviating poverty with co-operative profits and staving off hunger with increased local 
food production. ADC guarantees two revenue sources for farmers by negotiating carbon credit and 
farm product off takers. (bamboo plus their food crop of choice)

Website:

http://www.brooksmicrofinancebank.com

Mission Statement:

Brooks Microfinance: Lift people from poverty.
As a social enterprise, Afri Decarbonization Corporation, Inc (ADC) was founded to improve the lives of the people of West Africa by developing nature-based decarbonization strategies while improving, preserving and optimizing sustainable ecosystems and biodiversity.

Link: LinkedIn:

https://afridecarbonization.com/