Clarkson University

Partnering with the MUST Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, the Clarkson School of Business is working on a long term microfinance study. Embedded within that study the Institute for a Sustainable Environment has initiated a carbon sequestration scheme where women in the microfinance groups are given training and an economic incentive to practice agroforestry. Student interns and researchers from Clarkson and MUST are responsible for collecting data on the project. The project integrates a University and community partnership in Uganda with research completed as an MS thesis, education and service learning and efforts. It is designed to see if microfinance groups are an effective network for implementing agroforestry carbon sequestration.