by Nnimmo | Sep 28, 2018 | Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy
Systemic betrayal of farmers. Applications for the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into Nigeria started flowing literally before the ink with which the bill was signed into law had dried. Promoters of modern agricultural technology, notably the...
by Nnimmo | Sep 25, 2018 | Biosafety, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy
Is There Biosafety in Nigeria? At a recent HOMEF dialogue with farmers, most of the participants declared that they have never heard of anything called genetically modified organisms (GMOs). When they got to know what GMOs are, they all declared that genetically...
by Nnimmo | Sep 22, 2018 | Alternatives, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy
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 compel policy makers...
by Nnimmo | Aug 15, 2018 | Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
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...
by Nnimmo | Jul 24, 2018 | Alternatives, Analysis, Biosafety, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Development alternatives, Dirty Energy, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Thinking about re-connecting to Mother Earth brings up one of my fondest memories of my late father. Those were moments moments when we stood at the back of our home and gazed at the verdant valley rolling off our garden and on to the sculpted hills that fade off as...
by Nnimmo | Apr 13, 2018 | Analysis, Biosafety, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Food, Poetry, Policy
We bring you the March edition of our Eco-Instigator for 2018. The global environmental pollution is increasing and same heightened by the unholy wedlock between polluting industries and the supposed regulators. Activists from around the globe continue to work...
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