Key insights

• 🌱 Great Green Wall initiative is restoring barren land in Africa
• 🌍 Preventing desertification and soil erosion
• 🌾 Improving livelihoods of the local people
• 🏙️ Challenges of urban migration due to desertification and land degradation
• 🏞️ Sagal River marks the transition between Sahel and Sahara
• 🌳 Great green wall of Africa project aims to plant a barrier of trees across the width of the continent to stop the expansion of the Sahara Desert
• 🤝 Community-based participatory planning as a key part of the process
• 🌙 Half Moons are dug on contour lines to retain rainwater and create embankments
• 🚜 Revitalization of degraded landscapes for food production

Q&A

• What is the World Food Program's aim in the Great Green Wall project?

  The World Food Program's aim in the Great Green Wall project is to revitalize degraded landscapes in Africa to create resilient food-producing locations. The project is designed to retain young people in villages for community development and contribute to solving regional problems.

• How does the Great Green Wall project introduce sustainable farming techniques?

  The project introduces sustainable farming techniques such as planting lines, biomass trenches, and fruit trees. These techniques are aimed at mimicking forest dynamics to promote sustainable agriculture in the region.

• What is the significance of Half Moons in the Sahel region?

  Half Moons are traditional soil rehabilitation structures used in the Sahel region. They are dug on contour lines to retain rainwater and create embankments, effectively feeding local plants. This sustainable technology aims to rescue forgotten knowledge from the past and recharge the groundwater by catching rainwater.

• How does the Great Green Wall project contribute to community empowerment?

  The Great Green Wall project involves reclaiming degraded land, community-based planning, and the promotion of sustainable farming techniques. It also aims to revitalize degraded landscapes in Africa to create resilient food-producing locations, allowing young people to stay in the villages and contribute to local development.

• What is the purpose of the Great Green Wall of Africa project?

  The Great Green Wall of Africa project aims to plant a barrier of trees across the width of the continent to stop the expansion of the Sahara Desert. It is designed to restore degraded landscapes, prevent desertification, and create abundance in the region. The project also focuses on protecting the Sahel from desert encroachment.

• What is the Great Green Wall project in Africa?

  The Great Green Wall project in Africa is an initiative aimed at restoring barren land, preventing desertification, and improving the livelihoods of the local people. It also addresses the challenge of urban migration due to desertification and land degradation.

• 00:00 The Great Green Wall project in Africa is bringing life back to barren lands, preventing desertification, and improving the livelihoods of the people. The project's success depends on restoring the soil and preventing people from leaving for cities.
• 01:46 The Sagal River serves as the border between the Sahel and Sahara and is part of the vision for the great green wall of Africa, a project aimed at halting the southern expansion of the Sahara Desert by planting a barrier of trees.
• 03:43 A story of land reclamation and community empowerment through the Great Green Wall project, involving reclamation of degraded land, community-based planning, and the significance of the project in protecting the Sahel from desert encroachment.
• 05:53 🌾 Half Moons are used to rehabilitate soil in the Sahel region, retaining rainwater and feeding local plants. This traditional technology is effective and sustainable.
• 07:50 Introduction of sustainable farming techniques including planting lines, biomass trenches, and fruit trees to mimic forest dynamics for sustainable agriculture.
• 09:44 The World Food Program's project aims to revitalize degraded landscapes in Africa to create resilient food-producing locations, allowing young people to stay in the villages and contribute to local development.