| Project Detail |
The twin objectives of the African Development Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy (2013-2022extended to 2023) are inclusive growth and gradual transition to green growth. The project will contribute to these objectives by engendering growth across sectors, geography, gender,and age as the project activities will be carried out in one of the poorest states in Nigeria and targets support to women and youth. In addition, its major intervention of afforestation and reforestation will result in carbon sequestration and thus, the project could be classified as a green project. It also seeks to build resilience to climatic shocks by reducing emissions, degradation,and deforestation.
Project Objectives
The development objective of the project is to enhance resilience to climate change and reduced food insecurity through creating opportunities for food production and incomes in Yobe State. This will be done by (i) renovating existing nurseries where tree seedlings would be produced and subsequently used to establish shelterbelts, orchards, and woodlots as well as stabilize sand dunes; (ii) expanding agricultural production area by rehabilitating degraded oasis; (iii) promoting agriculture water management schemes in riverine areas; (iv) developing and deploying carbon sequestration through multiple approaches including trees planting in institutions and implementing regreening methodologies in communities and providing incentives for natural regeneration of trees; (vi) establishment of MSME that are not dependent on forest wood; (vii) creating alternative clean cooking energy for both industrial and domestic needs thus generating green jobs at scale and reducing dependency on firewood overtime; and (viii) creating systems to access carbon market.
Beneficiaries
Project implementation activities will be undertaken in 178 Wards in 17 Local Government Areas of the State. The interventions will lead to building resilience of degraded ecosystem, carbon sequestration, generation of green jobs and other environmental benefits as well as reduce the pace and potentially reverse desertification, yielding attendant benefits for the entire 3.5 million population of the state. Interventions in the oases, riverine areas, sand-dunes and others; leading to development of 6,000 Ha arable land with improved water management will benefit some 40,000 farmers cultivating wheat, rice, horticultural crops, fruits and woodlots. In addition, 3,560 persons will be trained in social entrepreneurship, agribusiness and skills modules for non-wood dependent industry of which 50% will be women and 70% youth; 21,780 women will be provided with energy efficient cook-stoves; and 1,436 households with sets of small ruminants or oxen for animal traction and 2,000 green and climate change adaptation jobs will be created. In principle, the Project will use a gender-inclusive community-centred approach whereby communities will be empowered to play an active and participatory role in project design and implementation. |
