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Food Health
Food Health

interview with

EDWIN BAFFOUR

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: FOOD SOVEREIGNTY GHANA

Please could you tell us a little bit Ghana was established in 2013. ment and our policy makers away
about what is going on in Afrika We are a civil society organization from the adoption of Genetically
concerning food sovereignty? that is involved in the advocacy for Modified Organisms in our agricul-
You can also give us the Ghana- human rights on issues about land, tural regime. So, it seems like Food
ian context, and if you have a issues about access to water, and Sovereignty Ghana is only about
wider context that you can share general issues on the environment GMO, but we advocate for issues
about different countries so that and social justice. The issue of of land rights, farmers’ rights, and
people are aware of what is going Genetically Modified Organisms all other issues that have to do with
on affecting Afrika directly and (GMO) sort of became the flagship social justice.
Afrikans in the Diaspora. issue that we had become known
I volunteer for a civil society orga- for, because for the past six years we Obviously, food is very important to
nization called Food Sovereignty have been battling in the courts of human beings, no matter your race,
Ghana, and Food Sovereignty Ghana, trying to steer our govern- your creed, what you do, you have to

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