Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation – GIFSEP, on the 7th of July, 2015, was founded as a non-profit organisation in Nigeria. GIFSEP was established in recognition of the tremendous environmental challenges and the ever-increasing threats arising from the impacts of climate change. The organisation is built on the ideals of Environmental Education,
The Solar for Internally Displaced Persons Camp (Solar for IDPs Camp) initiative of GIFSEP; (Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem) is aimed at powering all IDP Camps in Nigeria with Solar. Since its inception in 2018, we have been able to light up 1000 households in Internally Displaced Persons camps in the North Eastern
The growing media needed to grow a crop has varied to date. Planting on land was done by our ancestors and still is to date but in the face of food insecurity and climate change, other ways have been introduced. Hydroponics is promoted as a new way of planting that does not use soil. Planting
Trees for Homes Initiative involves the planting of fruit and indigenous trees in the home depending on the available space. The presence of food and indigenous trees in one’s home has lots of benefit to both the homeowner and the environment at large. Here are a few of the benefits one can expect from having
Alarmed by a potential rise in food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic, which could push millions of people into acute hunger, we must therefore collectively act now not just with our brains but with our hands to mitigate the impact of food shortages and hunger. It is against this backdrop that GIFSEP is introducing Home
Mike David Terungwa, Head of GIFSEP, is pleased to announce that in March 2020 his team will start the first project in Nigeria to empower communities to work with The Manatee as they face an uncertain future stronger, together. We shall work with communities along the Benue River and tributaries in Benue State, adopting The
As part of our Solar for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) initiative, Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP) with support from the Policy Centre for the New South, Morroco, lights up additional 100 IDPs households in Maiduguri-Borno State. The Solar for IDPs camp is an initiative of GIFSEP which commenced in the year
The term climate change is a global phenomenon today because it affects everyone. However climate change impacts are more severe on some continents than others. In retrospect, climate change or global warming as many will understand it; is simply causes by the emission of greenhouse gases. Over the years, the continent of Europe, North America
