The Official Launch of SPAC- West Africa, Nigeria Project & National Stakeholders Meeting on Agroecology and Climate Justice, organized by AAN held in Broadfield Hotel, Appo, Abuja on the 6th -9th June, 2023. The meeting is aimed at officially launching the project and having conversations amongst key stakeholders on how to scale up agroecology as a sustainable and resilient nature-based solution towards food and nutrition security in the face of climate change in Nigeria and align Stakeholders on how to scale up agroecology as a sustainable and resilient nature-based solution for food and nutrition security in the face of climate change in Nigeria.
The Strategic Partnerships for Agroecology and Climate Justice in West Africa (SPACWest Africa) Project is a 3-year project funded by ActionAid International (AAI) through its Transformative Impact Fund (TIF) will be implemented in Liberia, Nigeria, & Senegal, with regional engagement of stakeholders in collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission. ActionAid Nigeria is implementing in Nigeria and coordinating the ECOWAS region engagements and continental engagements.
In Nigeria, the project will improve food and nutrition security and enhance the agroecological skills of 120,000 Smallholder Women Farmers (SHWF) and Young People by facilitating access to early maturing seeds, seedlings, livestock, and poultry, thus supporting agroecological practices, indigenous seeds, and agrobiodiversity preservation for increased farm yields. Through agroecology budget monitoring, tracking, and advocacy towards the expansion of the fiscal spaces, rightsholders will significantly benefit from budget increases and allocations in agriculture. 26 model agroecological farms will also be set up and scaled by SHWF to increase the adoption of agroecological practices. This project currently implemented in Ondo, Delta, Ebonyi, Jigawa, the FCT, and at the National Level.
