Counting the costs, delivering the benefits, restoring the land
Like most people, small-scale farmers respond to markets that offer the best price and typically follow the practices that markets promote. When COMACO began its relationship with farmers, we found...
View Article19 Years and Counting – COMACO’s History of Building a Green Economy
19 years and counting – COMACO’s history of building a Green Economy offers a platform for the new Zambian government COMACO sees small-scale farmers as critical to a Zambian Green Economy where...
View ArticleTime Has Run Out For Words – It’s Time To Act
(As published in the Times of Zambia on 15/11/2021) Let’s not kid ourselves. We know we’re losing Nature and we also know the perils that will follow. The COP26 meeting has made that clear. Don’t...
View ArticleClimate-smart farming aims to end poaching
(Lusaka, Zambia – 2 May 2022) – Small-scale farmers across Zambia have begun harvesting the first season crops from a climate-smart project aimed at securing livelihoods and protecting wildlife. They...
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Elephants and sunflowers: A life-changing transformation takes one man from...
Elephants and sunflowers: A life-changing transformation takes one man from poacher to landscape steward. Written by Nick Schonfeld Smoke Phiri looks like an archetypal henchman. His massive frame...
View ArticleWildlife Management in the Hands of Small-scale Farmers – The COMACO way
By Dale Lewis, COMACO CEO and FounderI’m going to tell you something that you’ll have a hard time believing. My work in Zambia began as a conservationist focused on elephants. Later it shifted to...
View ArticleFrom an Idea to Making it Happen, a Blog From Our CEO
By Dale Lewis, COMACO CEO and Founder Most did not believe that a company built and led from a foundation of poor, under-skilled farmers could possibly achieve a national food brand, much less turn...
View ArticleCOMACO Delivers Multimillion Dollar Carbon Credit Transfer/Project to Nine...
Lusaka, Zambia/Africa – The Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) is enabling a multimillion-dollar carbon credit payment to nine chiefdoms of Zambia in recognition for their conservation...
View ArticleCOMACO AT COP27 – Farmers, Carbon Markets, and A Model Scaling for Climate...
In a few days, #COP27 in Egypt will bring Heads of State and thousands of people together to decide the future of #ClimateAction. Zambia is the Chair of the Africa Group of Negotiators for COP27 and...
View ArticleCOMACO COMMENDS GOVERNMENT’S CONFERENCE OF PARTIES (COP27) APPROACH
Lusaka, Zambia/Africa – The Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) has commended government for rallying the private sector in its strategy to address climate change issues at this year’s United...
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