Global interest is growing in using carbon finance to promote large-scale, sustainable farming and land management practices within agricultural landscapes in the developing world. Nowhere is the need for such an initiative greater than in the rain-fed agricultural lands of sub-Saharan Africa where land degradation compounded by climate change is leading to declining crop and livestock productivity. Such degradation often derives from poor farming techniques that deplete soil fertility and leave the soil highly vulnerable to erosion, and progressive loss of trees due to high demands for fuelwood and other wood products.