by HOMEf | May 25, 2021 | Hunger Politics, Ikike
Nigeria and Africa at large are combating food system related issues such as malnutrition, environmental degradation, the rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs), cultural erosion and injustice. These issues can mostly be linked to defective or inadequate food...
by HOMEf | May 4, 2021 | Hunger Politics, Press Release
May 3, 2021 Dr. Agnes Kalibata Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit Prerequisites for engaging with the UNFSS Dear Dr. Kalibata AFSA acknowledges your invitation of 17th September 2020 to be part...
by HOMEf | Apr 23, 2021 | Hunger Politics
There is increased push for the adoption of risky technologies such as genetic engineering especially in crop and animal breeding. This has heightened biosafety risks in many countries including Nigeria. With these risks the safety of the public and environment in...
by HOMEf | Apr 23, 2021 | Hunger Politics, Ikike, School of Ecology
The environment has been subjected to so much flagrant damage basically because there is no enforcement of laws enacted against such acts. Ruinous exploitation of Nature for the extraction of capital has been permitted as a necessary evil. Subsidiaries of...
by HOMEf | Apr 23, 2021 | Hunger Politics
Nigeria, like many other African countries, faces the challenge of ensuring sufficient food productivity/availability and economic resilience for farmers in the face of severe climatic impacts, farmers-herders crises, COVID-19 and a burgeoning population. The food...
by HOMEf | Mar 31, 2021 | Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics, Ikike
This is our Year of Building Alliances and Resistance. We are strengthening our capacity to break barriers to the recovery of climate resilience, to defend communities, stop destructive extraction and promote food safety and justice. In January 2021, we...
