The effort to mitigate adverse effects of soil and land degradation in targeted watershed for environmental sustainability in the country, envisioned and created the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP)…more
NEWMAP IS currently intervening in 22 states and numerous sites. Feedbacks from stakeholders and beneficiaries are very encouraging, for instance, in Anambra. The impact of the Project is considerably high.
Please click the links below to access the reports. NEWMAP FY2020 PROGRESS REPORT (PDF) NEWMAP PROGRESS AND...
The solar-powered kilishi making factory built under the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) in 2020 has transformed lives and livelihoods in Yaba village in the Funtua senatorial Zone of Katsina. A technological demonstration project to reduce charcoal and firewood use, and thus deforestation, it aimed to counter climate change and promote local livelihoods. The 650 million Naira (~USD 157,000) spent to set up solar-powered meat drier domes, fuel-efficient kilns, heat extractors, security lights, borehole; and office, has led to less time and drudgery for local butchers making kilishi, more (hygienic) production, a surge in demand (even from neighbouring states), secondary employment for ancillary suppliers, reduced migration (and even return of migrants) and the empowerment of local women (who supply the spices (yaji), chilli, groundnut cake powder, pepper, and salt – and many of whom also paid their husband’s membership fees to join the new Kilishi Cooperative!).
INTRODUCTION As he pulled on his new blue rubber gloves, Ibrahim Bature thanked God. Just a few months earlier, he was just another young migrant in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, earning just 50,000 Naira (around USD 110) a month. But that was better than being at...
“NEWMAP is a flagship Project with great impacts on environment and social development,” says; Muhammad Mahmood Honourable Minister Environment The Honorable Minister, federal ministry of Environment, has described Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project...
Welcome to NEWMAP
The effort to mitigate adverse effects of soil and land degradation in targeted watershed for environmental sustainability in the country, envisioned and created the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP). Soil Erosion and degradation is one of the most serious environmental and public health problems facing human society today. Humans obtain more than 99.7% of their food from the land and less than 0.3% from the oceans and other aquatic ecosystems…read more
23 NEWMAP STATES
Over 3 Million Beneficiaries
$508M + Additional Funding $400M
USD Project Portfolio
Erosion and Watershed Management Infrastructure Investments.
Erosion and Watershed Management Institutions and Information Services.
Climate Change Response.