Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria
Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria
Jigawa State is located in Northern Nigeria on the border with Niger. Its population of approximately 5.59 million people is mostly rural and Muslim.
A sustainable land-use/landscape management project aimed at low-income, underserved communities operating in areas supporting globally-significant biodiversity and natural carbon sink values.
Project term: 30 years.
Biome: Dry, savannah woodland.
Project Size: Target: 2,315,400 hectares (entire state) Phase 1: 100,000 hectares of mixed use land - 20,000 hectare smallholder farmland, 30,000 hectare degraded natural habitat and 50,000 hectare human settlements.
Target carbon emissions reductions: Aligned with the Nigeria’s objectives for a post-Covid Green Recovery, its Nationally Declared Contributions under the Paris Agreement and its commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Phase 1: 344,000 tonnes CO2e per annum at full production from 2024. 4,520,000 tonnes CO2e over the project term (30 years). Subsequent phases are expected to multiply carbon emission reductions by up to ten times.
Located in a savannah bushland biome-setting, Phase 1 of this land-use emissions reduction project is strongly focused on soil regeneration through uptake of regenerative farming practices supported by improved conservation management and fuel-switching.
Social Impact: Transformation of the livelihoods of up to 10,000 smallholder farmers, increasing the average income per hectare by $2,000 per year Reduction of the energy costs and improvement in the reliability of access to energy and power services for over 50,000 households and businesses. Subsequent phases will multiply this impact by up to twenty three times.
Environmental impact: Transition to sustainable natural asset management based on restoration and enhanced protection of local habitats and biodiversity Adoption of regenerative farming practices Replacement of high-carbon fuels with cleaner low-carbon alternatives