Climate Training

Agriculture

Challenge Background

Inadequate water for trees and crops: The severity of the drought in northern Nigeria has severely affected afforestation projects. Tree plantations hardly survive the to the next rainy season, due to inadequate water and increased evapotranspiration. Despite efforts by government and non-governmental organizations, optimum vegetative cover has not been achieved. The encroaching deserts and declining water supply has hampered agricultural output and diversity. The communities who are supposed to be custodians of these project are not usually carried along during project design and implementation, this makes them to develop an “i-don’t-care” attitude towards the projects. As can be seen in this article: https://humanglemedia.com/dead-trees-no-water-missing-money-the-truth-of-yobes-great-green-wall/

What we are looking for

Technology for local capacity building & training. The communities should be sensitized on the importance of tree plantations, the consequences of not having trees around, and subsequently train volunteers from the community on tree planting, nurturing and maintenance of tree plantations and water infrastructure.

Solution criteria

Community participation: should be part and parcel of the planning and implementation stages.

What we offer

Sustainable Tree Plantations in the Sahelian belt of Northern Nigeria

Drylands Initiative for Ecosystem Restoration and Capacity Building

Drylands Initiative for Ecosystem Restoration and Capacity Building (DINERCAB) is a non-profit environmental based non-governmental organization committed to building communities’ resilience to environmental challenges bedeviling the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa. We aim to secure sustainable drylands within the dynamic global Ecosystem.

Nigeria

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Deadline:

31-March-23

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