213 posts
by HOMEf | Jun 3, 2021 | Fossil Politics, Hunger Politics, Ikike
It has been said that no one can tell a people’s story better than the people themselves. For six decades and counting, oil extraction activities have constantly degraded ecosystems –...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
by HOMEf | Mar 12, 2021 | Hunger Politics, Press Release
According to recent reports, the Director of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Rufus Ebegba in a workshop organised for legal practitioners stated: “Lately, NBMA had experienced litigation and we...
by HOMEf | Mar 4, 2021 | General, Hunger Politics, Ikike
Bayelsa is among states with well-defined coastlines and sandy beaches. It is home of foraging and nesting for several species of fish, mammals and other animals. The marine freshwater ecosystems...
by HOMEf | Mar 4, 2021 | General, Hunger Politics, Ikike
A resilient food and farming system is highly dependent on the protection and preservation of biological diversity. While industrial agriculture and market based technologies destroy biodiversity, real farmers (small holder...
by HOMEf | Feb 4, 2021 | Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics
by Eddy Wifa and Titilayo Adebola – On 29 January 2021, thirteen years after four Nigerian farmers and fisherfolks, Chief Fidelis Oguru, Mr Alali Efanga, Chief Barizaa Dooh and Elder Friday Alfred Akpan,...
by HOMEf | Jan 20, 2021 | Eco-Instigator, Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics, Ikike
Welcome to the last edition of our Eco-Instigator for 2020. It has been a remarkable year in many ways. We have moved from the cover story in the first edition,...