by HOMEf | Nov 29, 2016 | Hunger Politics
NAS’s Endorsement Of GMO’s: Research, Transparency, Accountability And Why It Matters By Ify Aniebo* A month ago, The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) declared that genetically modified foods (GMOs) are safe for consumption. As a molecular geneticist myself, I was...
by HOMEf | Sep 12, 2016 | Hunger Politics
Conduct tests to assure Nigerians there is no GMO rice in Nigeria, says HOMEF The attention of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has been drawn to the response of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), through its Director General (DG) at a recent...
by HOMEf | Aug 18, 2016 | Hunger Politics
Three Nigerian ministries had top level representation at the Biotechnology and Biosafety Experts Meeting at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja on 15 August 2016. The Minister and Minister of State for Environment were present. So were the Ministers of Agriculture and Rural...
by HOMEf | Jul 12, 2016 | Hunger Politics
What the Nigerian National Confab Agreed to on Biotechnology During the 2014 Nigerian National Conference (Confab), three committees made recommendations with regard to handling of Biosafety in Nigeria and with particular reference to Genetically Modified Organisms...
by HOMEf | Jul 3, 2016 | Hunger Politics
The fact that GMOs are approved to be grown in Nigeria is not in doubt. What is disputed is why the approval was surreptitious, to the extent of being issued on a Sunday. We have issues with the press statement issued on the 20th of June 2016, and credited to the Hon....
by HOMEf | Jun 15, 2016 | Hunger Politics
We have read with interest Monsanto’s defence of NBMA in its response to Premium Time’s report highlighting NBMA’s surreptitious granting of permits to them to bring their GMOs and glyphosate into Nigeria. We restate here that Monsanto’s applications were approved...
