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 In India maize or corn has been traditionally known as a nutritious and tasty food crop grown predominantly on small family farms. It is relished in the form

Groups from India and nearly 40 countries express concern about a leaked chapter from the proposed FTA that they say appears to represent ‘a wish list’ of the pharmaceutical industry

Third World Network (TWN), an independent non-profit international research and advocacy organisation, has urged signatories of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCTA) to harmonise sectoral policies and implement liberalisation to help build Africa’s economy. The organistion said Africa’s major challenge in trade was the poor negotiation of AfCFTA and…

A three-day consultative seminar on the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) among civil society organisations (CSOs) from across Africa is underway in A

A research report which sheds light on the experiences of mining communities in Ghana regarding compensation and resettlement has been launched in Obuasi. The Center for Social Impact Studies (CeSIS), an Obuasi-based research and advocacy group which conducted the research with support from the Third World Network, sought to investigate…

Above all, we call for a radical, democratic, popular, gender-just, regenerative, and comprehensive ecosocial transition.

Genetically modified crops and foods are the core issues that need transparent discussions

The Center for Social Impact Studies (CeSIS), an Obuasi based research and advocacy group, is advocating a deepened community engagement on resettlement and compensation by mining companies to ensure that communities are not shortchanged. The group, which has done extensive work on compensation and resettlement in the last 10 years,…

The implementation of nature-based solutions, or NbS — a hotly debated concept that has gained traction in recent years — is seen by many policymakers as a potential means for allowing nature to aid humanity in curbing global climate change, biodiversity loss and other rapidly escalating planetwide environmental problems. However, these and other analysts warn […]

A group of Ghanaian civil society organisations (CSOs) has called on international lenders to cancel Ghana’s debt to make it sustainable. The CSOs, in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency, called for support for Ghana by the G20, and UK, in particular, to stay in default on obligations…