Reforestation project adds hope to food crisis  Print Email
Australian Broadcasting Corporation  Broadcast: 09/07/2012
Reporter: Ginny Stein  A project to reforest areas of drought in
Niger is helping to buck the trend of food shortage.   EMMA
ALBERICI, PRESENTER: Like many countries along Africa's Sahel
belt, Niger is feeling the harsh effects of drought and the
latest serious food crisis. But large swathes of the country are
bucking the trend thanks to an unorthodox process of
reforestation. And the Australian who sowed the seeds of the
successful project is hoping the simple process will continue to
spread throughout Africa.  Africa correspondent Ginny Stein
reports.  GINNY STEIN, REPORTER: While many people in Niger have
little or no food of their own to eat, Adamou Naomaou is able to
provide for his family. That's because his village of Garin
Sarki is different to those around him. It has trees and shrubs
and enough vegetation for his animals to graze on.  ADAMOU
NAOMAOU, FARMER (voiceover translation)