Lwena, 20 January, 2025 / 4:08 pm (ACI Africa).
The Catholic Diocese of Luena in Angola a 40-year agroforestry project to tackle the growing challenges of hunger and desertification in the country.
The project dubbed “São Bento Agroforestry Network” aims to boost agricultural production and promote forest conservation across 432 villages in the provinces of Moxico and Moxico Leste, with a long-term vision spanning four decades.
Speaking at the launch of the project on January 17, Bishop Martín Lasarte Topolansky underscored the need for proactive action to tackle the crises that Angola is facing, and urged communities to move beyond lamentation.
“Tree planting will be carried out in each association. The most important thing is to reforest. Plant, plant, plant trees. It’s not enough to cry and complain. We must be proactive, plant, and create. The idea is to prepare this project for 40 years,” Bishop Lasarte said.
He added, “We realized that we still lack the knowledge and support to avoid climate catastrophes and work the land to generate food. That was our motivation.”