by Nnimmo | Jul 12, 2021 | Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Governance, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Food and nutrition are key to human health. We strive to ensure that we have nutritious foods and that the seeds from which we produce these foods are free from contamination and do not pose a threat to our biodiversity. It is a fact that biodiversity is key to food...
by Nnimmo | May 11, 2021 | Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Food, Governance, Policy
Research has shown that although there are many policies around aspects of agriculture in Nigeria, there is no organizing policy that ties everything together. Officials work on silos and sometimes actively protect their turfs and appear not to care about the systemic...
by Nnimmo | Apr 13, 2021 | Alternatives, Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Governance, Policy
The number of persons in the world that go to bed hungry hovers around 700 million. The hungry equally fall under the same category as the malnourished besides those whose plates may be loaded with unsuitable foods. COVID-19 is also said to have put...
by Nnimmo | Dec 10, 2020 | Analysis, Biosafety, Culture, Environment, Food, Governance, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
The natural world is a resilient world. A major way by which this resilience is built and preserved is through diversity. Diversity raises the chances of survival of species if a part of the group is attacked or altered by some freak incidents. Diversity within...
by Nnimmo | Sep 10, 2020 | Alternatives, Analysis, Biosafety, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Development alternatives, Dirty Energy, Environment, Food, Governance, Militarism, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
The color blue is not the problem with the blue economy. We often hear that sustainable development stands on three legs of social equity, economic viability and environmental protection. The intersection of these three leads to sustainability. The challenge is that...
by Nnimmo | Apr 10, 2020 | Biosafety, Environment, Poetry
Welcome to the age of paradox Baskets over our mouths Masks on forlorn faces we march incognito Hopes bloom, blossom but long awaited fruits wither In storms and ambush at corners behind rusty barometers and wind vanes Shouts for help blocked by impregnable social...
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