Nigeria, Aug. 16 -- The Federal Government, through the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project, has launched a major stakeholders' engagement to restore one million hectares of degraded land across 10 states in northern Nigeria.

The engagement, held on Friday in Lokoja, Kogi State, brought together policymakers, project coordinators, traditional leaders, and representatives from the beneficiary states Kogi, Kaduna, Niger, Katsina, Plateau, Benue, Bauchi, Kano, Nasarawa, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

National Project Coordinator of ACReSAL, Mr. Abdulhamid Umar, represented by Mr. Shettima Adams, said the project was designed to drive long-term transformation, restore dignity to drylands, rebalance e...