For Igbo people and their state governments, a new guide by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) might be all they need to make the menace of erosion history. There is hardly any community in Eastern Nigeria that is not being terrorised by erosion.
Already, FAO Deputy Director-General, Climate and Natural Resources, Maria Helena Semedo has said, ‘’agroforestry isn’t a ‘no man’s land’ between forestry and agriculture and should receive specific policy support.’’
According to her, ‘’agroforestry can help diversify and sustain (food) production and provide vital social, economic and environmental benefits for land users at all scales’’.
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