Environmental policy and administrative management

Akoko North West fell 2374 trees per month out of the total of 87370 trees fell in the entire State (MIN. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AKURE 2008). With the number of trees being fell increasing by the year with no replacement, erosion has eaten away farmlands and has rendered the road less motorable, especially the routes leading to farmlands. Indiscriminate disposal of waste which blocks water canals also aid erosion in these communities leading to land degradation. Oke-agbe, Ajowa and Ikaram/Ibaram are given to subsistent farming in cassava, maize and plantains. The people are mostly petty traders based on their produce from the farms. With land degradation, they have been experiencing abject poverty with little or no farm produce for feeding let alone for sales. Youth are now engaged in carpentry and timber cutting for sales, causing more harm to the land textures. This proect is therefore expedient in these areas for reforestation with Jethrohpa and ogbono trees as income generating activities for the communities. Project Activities include include 10 advocacy visits, 3 social mobilizations for acceptance and ownership of project, 3 days baseline survey, 5 days training for 18 CV, 3 days step-down training for 36 vanguards, tree planting, 4 sessions of Green Ribbon Campaign to involve a total of 200 stakeholders, 4 quarterly town hall meetings of 36 environmental vanguards, 4 sessions of meetings of CV, 4 review meetings of PMT, End Project Survey and production of Impact Assessment Newsletter and Documentary.

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