The Fork to Farm Dialogue in Nigeria took place from March to September 2021 and was coordinated and facilitated by Elujulo Opeyemi and his team as part of the Youth in Agroecology and Restoration Network. The first stage of the project consisted of building relationships with farmers and government representatives. Initially, Elujulo did not feel farmers …
This story-telling project aims to profile young people that are engaged in food anfarming systems, and explore the motivations, challenges and opportunities foryoung growers in Glasgow, Scotland and across Oyo State in Nigeria.We visited 10 young people involved in market gardening, community gardeningand hydroponics, to ask them why they do what they do and what …
As the dust continues to settle on the expectations and disappoints of COP27, with the hope thatCOP28 in Abu Dhabi will deliver on the missed expectations, I am taking consolations in the sharedred-letter moments of listening and learning from the stories of hope of grassroots actors, particularlyyoung people who are leading innovative solutions in their …
Climate change, if left unchecked, has the potential to undo a lot of the progress made over the past decades of development efforts. However, by addressing climate change, we can build a sustainable world for everyone where humans and nature can co-exist in harmony. To achieve this, the world must transform its energy, industry, transport, …
The essentiality of biodiversity to the well-being and survival of life on earth cannot be overemphasized, as such, preserving the wealth and variety of species, habitats, ecosystems, and genetic diversity that we share the planet with plays an integral role in supporting many sectors of development such as food security, home for wildlife, provision of …
Agriculture remains the major backbone of the Africa economy, however, the way our food is currently grown and consumed has repeatedly implicated agriculture as the major driver of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss among others. This, therefore, suggests that efforts aimed at addressing the trio challenges of the climate crisis, biodiversity conservation, and meeting …
My name is Elujulo Opeyemi, a 28 years old climate and conservation actor in Nigeria, and the National Director of Youth for the Environment. I grew up to understand the relationship between human and nature, how trees as they grow absorb the carbon dioxide emissions in our environment, and at the same time provide many …
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Political leaders in New York this week for a climate summit convened by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres came armed with announcements on how they intend to boost their efforts to tackle climate change. At the last UN climate summit, in 2014, a group of governments, companies, and civil society groups pledged to cut deforestation …
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Agriculture and farming have always been part of my family growing up, and this exposed me to the challenges as well as the opportunities that farmers face on a daily basis. My grandmother was the greatest farmer I know, who cultivated the land until her very old age, even when her income was not reflective …