Rehabilitation: Nigeria Partners Niger, Chad On Lake Chad Basin - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 16, 2019
Nigeria,Niger and Chad are working on a joint trans-border agro ecosystem project aimedat the restoration of livelihoods and rehabilitation of the Lake Chad Basin.
DirectorGeneral, National Agency for the Great Green Wall, Dr Bukar Hassan, disclosedthis after an international conference on desertification in New Delhi, India.
The14th 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.
Hesaid that since environmental issues did not recognize national boundaries, thepartnership would help to rehabilitate agricultural system, restore degradedland and livelihoods of people in Lake Chad basin.
Accordingto him, the project includes promotion of agroforestry and livestockdevelopment in the three participating countries bordering the Lake Chad Basin.
TheDirector General said that Lake Chad, which was located in a very dry area, hadlost about 90 per cent of its water over the years, thus making farmingunattractive in the basin.