The role of afforestation programme in combating desertification in Nigeria

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which an afforestation programme as spelt out in the Forestry II programme has checked the encroachment of desert in the arid and semi-arid zone of northern Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach – The study is carried out in the affore...

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Main Authors: Medugu, Nasiru Idris, Majid, Mohammad Rafee, Johar, Foziah, Choji, I. D.
Format: Article
Published: Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/39152/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17568691011020247
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