January 24, 2020

US$85 announced in funding to scale up agroforestry in Africa

A group of NGOs have joined together on an US$85 million project to scale up agroforestry in Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Kenya and Ethiopia. The announcement was made during the U.N. Climate Summit last month. Funding was reportedly obtained from the G9 Ark to implement the initial phase of the first initiative. The project is called the Grand African Savannah Green Up program.

It is envisaged that the project will accelerate and massively scale-up adoption of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) and other complementary ever-greening practices across Africa’s most degraded landscapes. The project focuses on the restoration of degraded land through deliberate integration of trees and leguminous shrubs into farmlands, rangelands and communal lands. It emphasizes on the managed natural regeneration of endemic species, increasing biodiversity and habitat for pollinators. It aims to significantly increase food crop reliability and productivity, increase soil health, reduce erosion, build resilience and adaptive capacity to the impacts of climate change, and provide a sustainable local supply of biomass for energy needs and additional livelihood opportunities.

The coalition of NGOs, dubbed the Global Ever Greening Alliance, has a goal of capturing 20 billion tons of carbon dioxide annually by 2050. The coalition is made up of NGOs such as World Vision, Catholic Relief Services, World Agroforestry, CARE International, Justdiggit, World Resources Institute, The Nature Conservancy, and Concern Worldwide.

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