The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project has concluded plans to drill solar powered boreholes and establish tree nurseries in five local government areas of Jigawa.
The State Project Coordinator, Yahaya Muhammad, told newsmen on Monday in Dutse that the boreholes would be drilled in Auyo, Babura, Birnin Kudu, Kafin Hausa and Suletankarkar LGAs.
He added that the project was to curb water scarcity and enhance water usability among households and farmers in line with the project’s objective.
ACReSAL is a World Bank intervention project aimed at tackling environmental degradation, desertification and related issues in the 19 northern states.
Muhammad said that the intervention would boost agriculture and improve the standard of living of the people while the tree nurseries would help to combat desertification and soil erosion.
The Jigawa Government had over the years been planting millions of assorted trees and distributing it free tree to residents to plant in their respective communities, farms and along state and federal roads.
