This is something to look forward to. Nigerian Food Festival, for the preservation of our cultural heritage. Joyce Brown Nnimmo Food_Affairs AFSA ERA/FoEN

Environment Ministry Nigeria House of Representatives National Assembly PSHEGS Nnimmo Rutendo Matinyarare These herbicides do not only destroy the target weeds but also non-target organisms that are essential for soil health and overall ecosystem function. They can also run off  to contaminate drinking water sources. #BanGMOs #GMOPublicHearing Food_Affairs

Environment Ministry Nigeria House of Representatives National Assembly PSHEGS Nnimmo Rutendo Matinyarare Food_Affairs A quick case to learn from is Mexico's recent ban on genetically engineered corn. The courts said from the evidence before it, genetically engineered corn posed “the risk of imminent harm to the environment.” #GMOPublicHearing #BanGMOsinNigeria

Environment Ministry Nigeria House of Representatives National Assembly PSHEGS Nnimmo Rutendo Matinyarare Food_Affairs Farmers have complained that although GMOs may perform well in the first planting season in terms of productivity, but their productivity drastically declines in the second planting season, meaning farmers cannot replant these seeds but have to continuously purchase the seeds.

Food_Affairs represents ERA at the investigative hearing on GMOs in Nigeria. Let the voices of the people be heard. Let truth win! #BanGMOs #NotoGMOsinNigeria Nigerians Reject GMO GMO-FreeNigeria Alliance GMWatch Health of Mother Earth Nigeria House of Representatives Nnimmo Dr. Vandana Shiva

Environment Ministry Nigeria House of Representatives National Assembly PSHEGS Nnimmo Rutendo Matinyarare Food_Affairs 1. GMOs are been banned in many countries, especially in Europe. Why are they being pushed on Nigerians? 2. How will small holder farmers be protected from the patenting laws on GMOs? 3. Are there independent agencies tasked with assessing the impact of GMOs? #BanGMOsinNigeria

Environment Ministry Nigeria House of Representatives National Assembly PSHEGS Nnimmo Rutendo Matinyarare Food_Affairs One key question: where are the reports of the independent risk assessment conducted by National Biosafety Management Agency on the already approved GMOs??? These are not on their website. #BanGMOinNigeria #GMOPublicHearing Nigeria House of Representatives National Assembly Environment Ministry FCCPC Nigeria

Environment Ministry Nigeria House of Representatives National Assembly PSHEGS Nnimmo Rutendo Matinyarare Food_Affairs National Biosafety Management Agency FCCPC Nigeria GMOs do not improve yields. On the 23rd of September, 2024 the National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN) reported that they “did not record any significant increase in their yields compared to the local seed varieties. #BanGMOsinNigeria #GMOPublicHearing

Why we’re campaigning for total ban on #GMOs in #Nigeria – Stakeholders environewsnigeria.com/why-were-campa… via EnviroNews Health of Mother Earth Nnimmo Food_Affairs Joyce Brown Nigeria House of Representatives Fed Min of Agric & Food Security NBRDA NIGERIA National Biosafety Management Agency OFAB Nigeria Rose We The People National Farmers' Union KEBETKACHE WOMEN

Coalition of 92 CSOs tasks Nigeria House of Representatives on prohibition of #GMOproducts environewsnigeria.com/coalition-of-9… via EnviroNews GMO-FreeNigeria Alliance Health of Mother Earth Joyce Brown Food_Affairs Nnimmo Fed Min of Agric & Food Security NBRDA NIGERIA National Biosafety Management Agency OFAB Nigeria Rose Rufus Ebegba (PhD)

Why we’re campaigning for total ban on GMOs in Nigeria – Stakeholders environewsnigeria.com/why-were-campa… via EnviroNews National Assembly Nigeria House of Representatives The Nigerian Senate President of the Senate Health of Mother Earth Nnimmo Food_Affairs AFSA Agroecology Fund

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West African lawyers, activists rally against GMOs businessday.ng/agriculture/ar… Health of Mother Earth FoodSovereigntyGhana Food_Affairs Ruth Tene Natsa National Assembly The Nigerian Senate

The GMO debate in Nigeria: Concerns over safety, regulations environewsnigeria.com/the-gmo-debate… via EnviroNews GMO-FreeNigeria Alliance GMWatch Health of Mother Earth Nnimmo Joyce Brown Food_Affairs NBRDA NIGERIA National Biosafety Management Agency Fed Min of Agric & Food Security

Indeed, it's time to ban GMOs! Our African leaders need do better. Whatever happened to having the interest of the people at heart? Prioritising the health and wellbeing of people over momentary and monetary gains?#NotoGMOs AFSA PSHEGS GMWatch Michael Simire FoodSovereigntyGhana

One inspiring video on the Internet! Wawu! 😁😅🤣😂🥳📯📯🎺 We DONOT WANT TO EAT ABD DIE! Food NOT poison! ☠️ #BAN GMOs! Yes, to LIFE!,No to Poison! ☠️ #FoodSovereigntyNow!

We DO NOT want to add GMOs to the growing list of things that can kill us! No Sir!Nutrition cannot be manufactured from labs and we cannot trust GMOs proditeers to feed us.Our REAL smallscale farmers have fed us and will continue to feed us. Respect them! Support them! Nnimmo

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With my sister Susan Nakacwa of GRAIN, speaking truth to power: Criminalising seed saving & exchange is an attack on farmers, food sovereignty & our future. Seeds are life. Seeds are freedom. We won’t be silent! ✊🌱