The National Initiative for Sustainable and Climate Smart Oil Palm Smallholders (NI-SCOPS) is a partnership between Solidaridad and IDH – The Sustainable Trade Initiative to support the Nigerian Government and other stakeholders to meet the commitments under the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the SDGs. It does so by making the FAO concept of climate smart agriculture (CSA) operational in six Nigerian states in the oil palm belt: Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo, Enugu, Kogi and Ondo. In parallel, local governments are supported with the development and implementation of conservation & development plans, to protect and where necessary restore critical ecosystem values.
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