The Federal Republic of Germany has given a financial support of Euro50
million, about N10.38 billion to West African nations in support of climate
activities, reports GhanaWeb.
Also, NaijaAgroNet
gathered that the fund would be put to use by West Africa Science Centre for
Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), whose creation's constitution was
signed by 10 West African ministers last month including Nigeria.
The ministers from Ghana,
Gambia, Burkina
Faso, Mali,
Benin, Niger,
Senegal, and Togo
also signed the Cooperation of Agreement for WASCAL in Lome,
Togo.
Further, NaijaAgroNet
gathered that the funds were provided by German government in order to help
West Africans to generate the knowledge and develop the analytical capability
in the region on climate change and land resources to design resilient land use
system.
With the funds the science centre, WASCAL would offer research community
in West Africa through the partnership of Germany expertise on climate
change and adapted land management to strengthen the ability in the region to
assess the impact of land management policies affecting the wellbeing of the
targeted region. Read more
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