FAO is training local actors in large-scale restoration techniques and mechanized land preparation in support of field operations under the Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative to restore drylands and degraded lands in Africa. Land restoration offers hope for improving livelihoods...
Nigeria is getting ready for the 2024 planting season
28 February 2024
28 February 2024
Abuja, Nigeria. FAO delivered a “training of master trainers” in large-scale restoration techniques from 20-28 February in Abuja, kick-starting field implementation activities of the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project. The training, delivered to over 350 participants from 19 northern...
FAO and CIFOR-ICRAF to generate knowledge for accelerating Africa’s Great Green Wall implementation
06 November 2023
06 November 2023
Addis Ababa. The European union and FAO renewed their commitment to accelerate support for implementing the Great Green Wall (GGW) through the launch at the African Union of a ‘’Knowledge for Great Green Wall Action (or “K4GGWA”) project during the GGW...
Applying the large-scale land restoration model devised by Action Against Desertification (AAD), the BRIDGES project (Boosting Restoration, Income, Development, Generating Ecosystem Services) has brought restoration up-to-scale in Kassala in eastern Sudan, a region bordering Ethiopia and Eritrea affected by drought...
Expanding Mauritania’s Great Green Wall
04 November 2022
04 November 2022
With 18% of total degraded land, Mauritania is the Sahelian country with the second highest rate of land degradation. The country is especially affected by the encroachment of moving sand, with severe impacts on people and the environment. At the...