{"id":426569,"date":"2011-05-19T04:52:34","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/19\/land-centre-chief-joins-fight-against-desertification\/"},"modified":"2011-05-19T04:52:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:52:34","slug":"land-centre-chief-joins-fight-against-desertification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/19\/land-centre-chief-joins-fight-against-desertification\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Centre Chief Joins Fight Against Desertification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"31.5529157667\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/newtimes180.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stevenson Mugisha<\/p>\n<p>19 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The Director General of the National Land Centre (NLC) said there is need for more strategies to fight desertification and land degradation in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Emmanuel Nkurunziza said this yesterday at a workshop on scaling up finance for sustainable land management in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar was organized by the National Forestry Authority (NAFA) in conjunction with the United Nations office.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are all aware that environment and human development are two critical elements in our sustainable development endeavors because world productivity is largely dependent on the way our natural resources are managed,&#8221; Nkurunziza said.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that today, the desertification phenomenon and land degradation influence agricultural production, a sector on which the majority of Rwandans depend.<\/p>\n<p>Nkurunziza added that currently, the number of people affected by the effects of desertification and land degradation is estimated at more than 65 percent.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out some of the mechanisms the government has put in place to reduce land degradation and desertification, including construction of terraces, family planning methods and forestation, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Dr John Musemakweri from UNDP said: &#8220;Sustainable land management is not merely a matter of getting the technologies right, but to also get the right incentives and policies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The objective of the workshop is to validate the integrated financing strategy for land management.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105190255.html\" title=\"Land Centre Chief Joins Fight Against Desertification\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Land Centre Chief Joins Fight Against Desertification<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Stevenson Mugisha 19 May 2011 The Director General of the National Land Centre (NLC) said there is need for more strategies to fight desertification and land degradation in the country. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-426569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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