Nigeria has reclaimed 178,235 hectares of degraded land across 19 northern states, a major milestone in the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes Project, funded by the World Bank. The $700m initiative, launched in 2022, targets the restoration of one million hectares by 2028 in a bid to counter land degradation and halt the encroaching Sahara...
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