Peace Through Climate” to mitigate the impact of climate related crises in some affected Benue communities.
This is even as the country director Paul-Bemshima Nyulaku, who lamented the decline in agricultural productivity due to climate change and the associated conflict, said this has discouraged so many farmers thereby causing drastic reduction in farming activities and size of yields. Nyulaku who disclosed this in a welcome address during the project launch in Makurdi the Benue State capital explained that the project is implemented in two countries of Nigeria and Kenya and funded by the Government of Ireland and will be implemented in Benue and Sokoto states.
According to him, the project which will be implemented in two LGAs in each state is targeted at women, young people and traditional rulers of four selected communities in each LGA, adding that the project has great potentials for establishing peace that will deal with the impact of climate change by transforming the local economy of target communities.
International Alert is a peace building organisation based in United Kingdom with a focus on working with government, communities and key stakeholders to promote peace among members of the climate change affected communities