March 8, 2024
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Kebbi State is participating in the ACReSAL project which is a multi-sectoral and multi-institutional scheme, covering Environment, Agriculture and Water. The project is to support the state combat desertification, restore degraded lands and special ecosystems for agriculture and biodiversity conservation.
Our Project Development Objective (PDO) is to increase the implementation of sustainable landscapes management practices in Kebbi State thereby strengthening Nigeria’s long-term enabling environment for integrated climate-resilient landscape management.
ACReSAL Project will help restore over 50,000 hecatres in Kebbi State. This will contribute to achieving 1 million hectares for ACReSAL participating States and to the Federal Government of Nigeria’s objective/commitment of restoring four million hectares of degraded land set for broader landscapes restoration by 2030. The Project will also help reduce the vulnerability of millions of the extreme poor people in Kebbi State, strengthening their own role in line with achieving environmental sustainability.
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This component will implement integrated watershed management planning and addresses challenges of large-scale watershed degradation in northern Nigeria
Most of the challenges of dryland management are to be found at the local level, where they constitute the day-today reality of communities and farmers. Communities need support to be more resilient and communites and households need targeted investments to put new approaches into effect in targeted microwatersheds
This component includes investments to improve the enabling institutional and policy foundation for multisectoral integrated landscape management and climate resilence, as well as support to project management
A Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) is a financing mechanism available to Borrowers in Investment Project Financing (IPF) operations to enable quick deployment of uncommitted funds to respond to an eligible crisis or emergency.
Greening the environment,
saving lives
The project duration is 6 years
The project is implemented in the 19 Northern States and the FCT.
Geographical areas that directs rain into rivers and streams.
The project is has four key components
The number of individuals that have benefitted from our interventions
The size of land in hectares restored by our interventions
Number of Community Interest groups we have supported
Number of communities that have benefitted from our interventions
The project will assist in minimizing the ugly incidences of herders-farmers conflicts, over grazing land, and water through community cohesion and peace building.
ACReSAL interventions will improve land use planning and help a wide range of communities adapt to evolving dryland conditions with an end target of 170,000 in Kebbi State and 3.4 million direct project beneficiaries for ACReSAL participating states.
The concept of ACReSAL is to fund investments strategically in the area of ecosystem restoration, flood and sedimentations control, sand dunes stabilization, watershed infrastructure such as integrated dams/small-scale multipurpose reservoirs and irrigation.
The sustainability of these investments will be reinforced by strengthening institutions and information services across sectors and States, including support to improve governance, regulatory compliance, environmental monitoring, impact evaluation, watershed and land use planning, thus, strengthening Nigeria’s capacity to promote and implement climate- resilient projects.
The ACReSAL project introduces innovative and impactful solutions, enhancing land use, promoting ecosystem restoration, and developing sustainable infrastructure
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The acronym “ACReSAL” stands for Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes.
It is a World Bank assisted Project aimed at addressing the challenges of land degradation and climate Change in Northern Nigeria on a multi-dimensional scale.
ACReSAL Kebbi SPMU stands for ACReSAL Kebbi State Project Management Unit.
ACReSAL is implemented in 19 Northern States and the FCT which kebbi State is among.
The ACReSAL Kebbi SPMU implements ACReSAl activities in Kebbi State.
To address environmental challenges arising from Climate Change and poor land-use practices in Northern Nigeria
To have strong practices and policies on ecological restoration and a climate change resilient community.
Our (PDO) is to increase the implementation of sustainable landscapes management practices in targeted watersheds in northern Nigeria and strengthen Nigeria’s long-term enabling environment for integrated climate-resilient landscape management.
ACReSAL Project will help restore 50,000 hectares of degraded land in tKebbi State. This will contribute to the Federal Government of Nigeria’s objective/commitment of restoring four million hectares of degraded land set for broader landscapes restoration by 2030. The Project will also help reduce the vulnerability of millions of the extreme poor people in northern Nigeria, strengthening their own role in line with achieving environmental sustainability.
The components of the Project are as follows:
Component A. Dryland Management
Component B. Community Climate Resilience
Component C. Institutional Strengthening and Project Management
Component D. Contingent Emergency Response.
The Project is being implemented in the 19 Northern States of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Kebbi State Ministry of Environment is the lead implementation Ministry for the project in Kebbi State in collaboration with the Kebbi State Ministry of Agriculture and Kebbi State Ministry of Water Resources.
The Federal Steering Committee (FSC) and Federal Technical Committee (FTC) provide overall policy and technical guidance respectively. The FSC is chaired by the Minister of Environment, co-chaired by the Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development and Water Resources, while the FTC is chaired by the Permanent Secretary of Environment with representations of Directors from Agric, Water Resources and other relevant MDAs
The Federal Project Management Unit (FPMU) is responsible for the overall supervisory activities of the Project and is headed by the National Project Coordinator with support from MDAs.
A State Steering Committee (SSC) and State Technical Committee (STC) also provide overall policy and technical guidance respectively. The SSC is chaired by State Commissioners for Environment, co-chaired by the commissioners of Agriculture and Water Resources, and includes Permanent Secretaries of Finance, Works, Women Affairs and other sector representatives. The STC is chaired by the Permanent Secretary of the Environment and includes relevant Directors of Agriculture, Water and other sector representatives.
A State Project Management Unit (SPMU) is responsible for the overall supervisory activities of the Project at the State level. The SPMU is headed by the State Project Coordinator
At the community level, a Local Government Project Management Committee (LGPMC) chaired by the Director Personnel Management (DPM), supports inclusive participation and promotes local ownership of project activities
The role of partners is critical to promote multisectoral coordination and cooperation for building climate resilience and better management of drylands natural resources across northern Nigeria. Federal and State agencies responsible for environment, agriculture, and water management will be the lead implementing agencies, through the state project management units who are responsible for day-to-day intervention works with technical support from the World Bank and Federal Project Management Unit. The community actors/stakeholders are also critical in terms of ownership and sustainability of activities/interventions.
ACReSAL interventions will improve land use planning, restoration of degraded land, increase food productivity and help a wide range of communities adapt to evolving dryland conditions with an end target of 3.4 million direct project beneficiaries. ACReSAL will specifically target the inclusion of vulnerable and marginalized groups, including women, youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities, internally displaced people, and ethnic and religious minorities. Importantly, farmers and host communities across the 19 participating states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will benefit immensely from the project. This will help ensure their full participation in community level structures established or supported under the project. Government institutions at federal and state levels and other partners from governmental and nongovernmental agencies will be beneficiaries of the institutional modernization and policy support investments.
Kebbi State is participating in the ACReSAL project which is a multi-sectoral and multi-institutional scheme, covering Environment, Agriculture and Water. The project is to support the state combat desertification, restore degraded lands and special ecosystems for agriculture and biodiversity conservation.
