The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to fore the importance of healthy, inclusive and sustain-able food systems. While many businesses are shut down and commercial processes including the distribution of genetically modified seeds to farmers are restricted, smallholder farmers have to keep up with the production and marketing of healthy food for the population in spite […]
The School of Ecology on the Green New/Old Deal will interrogate the concept of the Green New Deal as promoted in North America and Europe. We will examine the Old and Current Deals and unveil the implications of these deals for Africa and the Global South.
Fishers and fish processors will meet in Port Harcourt to examine ecological challenges in marine ecosystems, network and share knowledge on means of protecting their environment, livelihoods and fighting climate change. Similar dialogue sessions will subsequently take place in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In July (27-28) we will be interrogating the Blue Economy concept and its implications for local livelihoods, environmental quality, inclusive decision making and Re-Source Democracy. The session will also review threats to marine ecosystems and examine ways of monitoring and protecting them.
Members of Oilwatch Africa will gather for their annual conference and General Meeting in Swaziland. The meeting will examine fossil fuels extraction on the continent, increasing climate change impacts and related political and socio-economic implications. This gathering will include segments on Young Leaders as well as the 2020 general meeting of FishNet Alliance.
These are spaces for focused discussions on communication/awareness of biosafety issues and on preservation/promotion of the rights of the people to safe food and environment.
From Green Economy to Blue Economy, the concepts keep evolving. What do they mean, who is behind them, who will benefit from them, who or what will be threatened by them? Join us as we interrogate the Blue Economy concept in the next session of our School of Ecology. Please see details in the flyer. […]
The small holder farmers are at the centre of issues of GMOs and food systems. Hence we find it imperative to continuously dialogue with them to learn of their experiences, challenges encountered and what they need to ensure food is available and accessible. At this dialogue, farmers will learn of Agroecological principles and its viability […]
Despite unprecedented wealth existing in the world, one in seven people go to bed hungry, with billions more at risk of hunger as a result of the global recession. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the threat of hunger and poverty for the majority of the global South including small scale food producers as well as […]
In this fourth series of our Conversations we will be discussing issues of biosafety and biosecurity in Nigeria and Africa. Over the years, Africans have been very concerned on biosafety matters and our governments played key roles in the negotiations and preparation of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as well as in […]