Great Green Wall: Nigeria signs MoU with the Netherlands
Nigeria’s National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the Netherlands with Groasis B.V and Boplas Industries Limited Nigeria on the production of waterboxx, an advanced technology on irrigation method for implementation in its Great Green Wall programmes.
The MOU signed is a tripartite agreement that will accelerate Nigeria’s Tree Planting campaign in the Great Great Wall (GGW) belt
This is contained in a statement issued by the Agency’s Head of Information and Corporate Communications Unit, Mrs Pauline Sule, on Sunday in Abuja.
She said the MOU was signed on April 14; “The Groasis waterboxx is an innovation adopted to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Great Green Wall planting activities in the 11 frontline field operational areas of the Agency.
“The waterboxx is an Ecological water saving technology that has proved its effectiveness in enhancing tree survival, increasing growth speed and reducing the amount of water being used to plant millions of trees in 55 countries around the world.
“NAGGW has expressed its interest by keying into the advanced technology on irrigation method for implementation in its Great Green Wall programmes
“Adoption of the waterboxx innovation by the NAGGW management led by the Director-General Dr Yusuf Maina Bukar shows the Agency’s seriousness in reforming the process of planting through new innovations, technologies and strategies that will ensure sustainability and competitiveness.”
Sule said that the MOU signed would be a tripartite agreement that would accelerate Nigeria’s Tree Planting campaign in the Great Great Wall (GGW) belt.
She added that It would boost economic activities, create thousands of new jobs and ultimately reposition the Agency to achieve its mandate of transforming the GGW belt into an economic hub.
“The Groasis waterboxx technology as an advanced irrigation method will enhance the survival rate of seedlings and trees in Sahel and Sahara dryland areas by 90 per cent.
“Accelerate and provide more sustainable agriculture in the NAGGW tree planting campaigns by reducing carbon footprints released in the environment.
“Bring about job creation as the production of the waterboxx will be done in one out of the 11 frontline states of the Agency and transfer of innovative solutions to other African countries.”
Sule said that the MOU has the potentials to expand the initiative to other Pan- African countries of the Great Green Wall.
“Nigeria is the first Pan-African Agency for the Great Green Wall member country to adopt the innovation as policy as the country continues to lead the Pan-African Agency for the Great Green Wall and its agenda in Africa,” Sule added.
The National Agency for the Great Green Wall is an agency under the Federal Ministry of Environment, established to address land degradation, desertification, boost food security and support communities to adapt to Climate Change
The mission of the NAGGW is to halt and reverse land degradation, prevent depletion of biological diversity, ensure that by 2025, ecosystems are resilient to climate change and continue to provide essential services that would contribute to human welfare and poverty eradication
Additional Research/NAN/PIAK
