Nigeria, Niger and Chad are working on a joint trans-border agro ecosystem project aimed at the restoration of livelihoods and rehabilitation of the Lake Chad Basin.
Director General, National Agency for the Great Green Wall, Dr Bukar Hassan, disclosed this after an international conference on desertification in New Delhi, India.
The 14th Conference of Parties, CoP 14 to UN Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD was held at India Expo Centre and Mart from Sept. 2 to Sept. 13.
He said that since environmental issues did not recognize national boundaries, the partnership would help to rehabilitate agricultural system, restore degraded land and livelihoods of people in Lake Chad basin.
According to him, the project includes promotion of agroforestry and livestock development in the three participating countries bordering the Lake Chad Basin.
The Director General said that Lake Chad, which was located in a very dry area, had lost about 90 per cent of its water over the years, thus making farming unattractive in the basin.
