Sandamu LGC plants 1.11m trees in 6 years
By Auwalu Birnin Kudu
Trees
Sandamu (Katsina State), Nov. 1, 2019 (NAN) Sandamu Local Government Council of Katsina State says it has planted more than 1.11 million of assorted trees to promote environmental conservation in the area.
Alhaji Sada Yahaya, the Council Director of Agriculture and Natural Resources, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sandamu on Friday.
He said the mass tree planting drive was achieved through the EU and Oxfam sponsored improving the Fuel Wood Balance (FUWOBA) project.
Yahaya said the project was being implemented in the seven participating local government areas under the lot two segment of the project.
He said the feat was recorded between 2014 and 2019 when the project was first implemented.
The director added that assorted trees have being planted across the 11 wards in the area.
Yahaya said that the trees planted include Moringa, Eucaliptus, Neem, Mahogany, Zizipus and other related economic trees.
He said the aim of the project was to prevent desertification, environmental degradation and reduce the instances of indiscriminate falling of trees.
Yahaya said the trees were planted and raised by 3,200 farmers in the area who were trained by FUWOBA on modern techniques of raising seedlings and planting of the trees.
He said the project had established no fewer than 850 farmers groups in the area who were provided with agricultural inputs to promote agriculture.
He said the population of the farmers is 60 per cent male and 40 female, adding that three hectares of land has being earmarked for the cultivation of an orchard for assorted trees.
NAN reports that the FUWOBA projects targets planting of 7.7 million of assorted trees across the seven participating local government areas in the state.
NAN also reports that the seven participating local government areas under the lot two FUWOBA project are Daura, Sandamu, Baure, Ma’iadua, Mashi, Dutsi and Zango. (NAN)
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Edited by Joseph Edeh/Muhammad Suleiman Tola