On July 4, 2025, in N’Djamena, the Government of Chad and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) formalized their collaboration through the signing of an implementation agreement for the project Strengthening Resilience in the Great Green Wall of Africa (SURAGGWA).
The agreement was signed by Mr. Hassan Bakhit Djamous, Minister of Environment, Fisheries and Sustainable Development of Chad, and Mr. Aristide Ongone Obame, FAO Representative in Chad.
The SURAGGWA project is backed by $15.8 million in funding from the Green Climate Fund. It aligns with Chad’s national development priorities, including the National Development Plan, Chad Vision 2030, and the National Agricultural Transformation Strategy.
Implemented across eight Sahelian countries, SURAGGWA is designed to address a range of interrelated challenges in the region—such as land degradation, food insecurity, rural poverty, and the effects of climate change—through an integrated, multisectoral, and sustainable approach.
The initiative forms part of the broader Great Green Wall program, a pan-African effort to restore degraded ecosystems, improve community resilience, and combat desertification.
On the sidelines of the signing ceremony, both parties reiterated their intention to continue working together to promote sustainable management of natural resources and inclusive development for vulnerable populations in the Sahel.
