This coalition argues that GMOs undermine Nigeria’s agricultural practices, posing significant threats to both consumer health and the environment. Particular concern is expressed about the lack of transparency and public engagement in the Nigerian government’s decision-making process.
Leading voices in the coalition argue that the release of GMOs, especially GM potatoes, serves the interests of transnational corporations at the expense of Nigerian farmers and consumers. Campaigners point out that GM potatoes, already banned in countries like Peru, could contaminate indigenous varieties and harm smallholder farmers. They also emphasize that Nigeria’s agricultural challenges, such as the blight disease affecting potatoes, can be effectively addressed using organic methods without resorting to genetic modification.
The debate over GMOs in Nigeria is part of a broader rejection by Nigerians of industrialized agricultural practices, with many people calling for a more sustainable farming system. Activists highlight the secrecy surrounding GMO approvals, urging the government to focus on addressing issues like food inflation, farmer income, and climate change. They demand that the Nigerian House of Representatives upholds its earlier decision to suspend GMOs and carries out a thorough assessment of the long-term impacts on the country’s food system.
To read how, worryingly, GM crops are now being grown on over half of cropland in the United States, see this news story on our website.
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A coalition of over 100 civil society actors, farmers, scientists, legal practitioners, and academics representing 100 million Nigerian consumers have placed a demand on the Nigerian Government to discontinue plans to introduce genetically modified potatoes and out-rightly ban GMOs in the country, stating they violate fundamental human rights and target Nigeria’s food system.
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This coalition argues that GMOs undermine Nigeria’s agricultural practices, posing significant threats to both consumer health and the environment. Particular concern is expressed about the lack of transparency and public engagement in the Nigerian government’s decision-making process.
Leading voices in the coalition argue that the release of GMOs, especially GM potatoes, serves the interests of transnational corporations at the expense of Nigerian farmers and consumers. Campaigners point out that GM potatoes, already banned in countries like Peru, could contaminate indigenous varieties and harm smallholder farmers. They also emphasize that Nigeria’s agricultural challenges, such as the blight disease affecting potatoes, can be effectively addressed using organic methods without resorting to genetic modification.
The debate over GMOs in Nigeria is part of a broader rejection by Nigerians of industrialized agricultural practices, with many people calling for a more sustainable farming system. Activists highlight the secrecy surrounding GMO approvals, urging the government to focus on addressing issues like food inflation, farmer income, and climate change. They demand that the Nigerian House of Representatives upholds its earlier decision to suspend GMOs and carries out a thorough assessment of the long-term impacts on the country’s food system.
To read how, worryingly, GM crops are now being grown on over half of cropland in the United States, see this news story on our website.
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