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Arewa-Ériu infused. Feminist political economy / pain in the arse for orthodox dogmatists. Scribbler of verse/writer. Winging-it mama. Nawi Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective.
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African expert Fadhel Kaboub believes that there is a very simple straightforward explanation why African countries like Nigeria still struggle with poverty and malnutrition. He quite correctly asserts that they were placed in a structural trap by western colonialism
dailytrust.com/taxation-pol...
December 4, 2024 at 8:20 AM
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But small-scale farmers and peasant movements have the solution – agroecology – farming that centres farmers and workers’ rights and preserves biodiversity.

Read the article to find out how peasant agroecology could fix our food systems for good: waronwant.org/news-analysi...
Toxic harvest: fossil fuel pesticides on our plates
Deadly toxic pesticides and fertilisers derived from fossil fuels are destroying the health of people and planet.
waronwant.org
December 3, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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...while the seeds are engineered to grow once then die – forcing farmers to keep buying seed and pesticide packages every year, trapping them in a cycle of dependency.
December 3, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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🥦Our industrialised food system is driving the climate crisis by emitting a third of global greenhouse gases – & this is set to increase.

On #InternationalDayAgainstPesticides read our🆕article to find out how investment in fossil-fuel-based pesticides affects us all:
waronwant.org/news-analysi...
Toxic harvest: fossil fuel pesticides on our plates
Deadly toxic pesticides and fertilisers derived from fossil fuels are destroying the health of people and planet.
waronwant.org
December 3, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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This is an excellent piece by Jonathan Sumption, who is pro legalising assisted dying but is far too honest to trumpet it as a great liberal and progressive social reform, as I’ve alarmingly heard some supporters describe it as. Wish all supporters of reform shared his honesty.
December 1, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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If you are at AWID this year.... Join us. Booth 23 ...
December 2, 2024 at 3:43 AM
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I was part of putting this article together ...
Impoverished countries’ debt burdens produce significant and lasting consequences for the entire world, write Martin Abregu, Crystal Simeoni, and Ndongo Samba Sylla. “Creditors, for their part, must seriously consider canceling unsustainable debts.”
Shaking Off the Shackles of Sovereign Debt
Creditors and debtors can end a global crisis.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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November 26, 2024 at 6:11 PM