by HOMEf | Nov 21, 2018 | Hunger Politics, Press Release
The GMO-Free Nigeria Alliance, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and over 35 other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in a statement made available to the media condemned efforts by government and biotech corporations to persuade Nigerians to accept...
by HOMEf | Nov 20, 2018 | Hunger Politics
As representatives of a broad range of African civil society organisations (CSOs), we do not feel represented by the delegations of Nigeria and South Africa, speaking on behalf of African Group, in their attempt to speak on behalf of the people of Africa on the issue...
by HOMEf | Nov 20, 2018 | Hunger Politics
The African Union (AU) is paving the way for the entry of the latest and most controversial form of genetic engineering – gene drive technologies. In July 2018 the AU released a report endorsing the development of the technology as well as “enabling...
by HOMEf | Oct 16, 2018 | Hunger Politics
Health of Mother Earth Foundation hosted a Community Dialogue on Food and Farming Systems in Nigeria on September 21, 2018, at Ugbiyoko Community in Benin City with about a hundred farmers from various communities in Edo State participating. The Dialogue provided a...
by HOMEf | Sep 22, 2018 | Hunger Politics
Farmers Do Matter Small-scale or family farmers feed the world. This is an incontrovertible fact. This fact is unfortunately often overlooked. The willful rejection of the truth that small-scale farmers feed the world has persisted because accepting the truth would...
by HOMEf | Aug 15, 2018 | Hunger Politics
The Federal High Court of Justice, sitting in Abuja on the 15th August, struck out the Plaintiffs suit the GMO case with suit No: FHC/ABJ/C5/846/2017 due to technicalities. The Judge in delivering his judgment said that it was his opinion that although the plaintiffs...
