Nigeria'S ARCHIVE

• What the Nigerian National Confab Agreed to on Biosafety and GMOs

  
  

  • On July 5, 2016

  By Nnimmo Bassey – Premium Times, 4 July 2016 Nnimmo Bassey Source: http://opinion.premiumtimesng.com/2016/07/04/nigerian-national-confab-agreed-biosafety-gmos-nnimmo-bassey/ During the 2014 Nigerian National Conference (Confab), […]

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• Nigeria’s Biosafety Agency Defies Government, Nigerians

  
  

  • On June 24, 2016

  By Nnimmo Bassey, Mariann Orovwuje, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour – HOMEF (Health of Mother Earth foundation), June 2016 Source: http://www.homef.org/pressrelease/nigerias-biosafety-agency-defies-government-nigerians Despite the promise of the Minister […]

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• Monsanto Issued Two GMO Permits Despite Objection From 5 Million Nigerians

  
  

  • On June 16, 2016

  By Lorraine Chow – EcoWatch, 16 June 2016 Monsanto has received permits from Nigeria’s biotechnology regulatory body for its Bt […]

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• Nigerians Overwhelmingly Reject Monsanto’s Risky Gm Maize and Cotton

  
  

  • On March 30, 2016

  More than 100 groups representing over 5 million Nigerians are opposing Monsanto’s attempts to introduce GM cotton and maize into Nigeria’s […]

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• Between Subsidising Polluters and Thieves

  
  

  • On December 23, 2015

  The movement against subsidising the fossil fuel industry continues to grow and is an integral part of the keep it in the ground struggle.

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• Seeds, Soil and Small farmers vital to the resurgence of Greece

  
  

  • On July 29, 2015

  By Dr Vandana Shiva – Yet it is the farms that the European banks want to destroy […] increasing taxes on farmers is one element of the new […]

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• Seed Freedom and Soil not Oil in Nigeria

  
  

  • On July 24, 2015

  Oil attracts war-fossilised ideas and cause humans to abuse the Earth. Diversity is the culture of the soil. This relates to biodiversity and culture.

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