ABSTRACT
The objective of this case study was to see whether there were technologies for carbon sequestration that would fit into the farming system in the Atlantic Forest region, what they were, and what might be learned from this exercise that could be applied to sinks projects in agriculture generally. The hypothesis advanced at the end of Chapter 7 was that there would be a need for a ‘basket of technologies’ so that farmers could pick, choose and if necessary modify technologies according to the nature of their particular farm. This ‘basket’ hypothesis recognizes the farm-specific nature of agricultural practices, and accords as much importance to stimulating the farmers’ own processes of innovation as to simple technology transfer. It is suggested by many years’ research into technology adoption and adaptation in general, culminating in Sumberg and Okali’s (1997) conclusions to this effect. It might also partially address the equity concerns raised by Tschakert (2004, 2006, 2007), although it would not eliminate them.
