58 million people food insecure, SADC must act now!
Dar es salaam and Johannesburg: 16th October 2021 The number of food insecure people in the Southern Africa Development Community... Read More
Small Scale Farmers at the Triennial General Summit 2018
Maize farming in East Africa
The East African Agriculture Budget Summit 2019
News & Events
Stakeholders ask Government to lower tax for COVID-19 PPE
STAKEHOLDERS have requested the government to consider reducing taxes on coronavirus personal protective gear for all citizens to afford them.... Read More
Relief for farmers after virus impact
The Agriculture ministry has allocated Sh272 million for countering Covid-19 effects that were felt in 2020. The ministry’s representative, Ms... Read More
Public Social Accountability
The PSA Alliance is a consortium of organisations led by ActionAid International and including the Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) of Rhodes University, Eastern and Southern Africa Small-Scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF) and SAfAIDS, which is implementing the project ‘Strengthening Social Accountability and Oversight in Health and Agriculture in Southern Africa’, with support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
Through this project, the PSA Alliance works to improve social accountability and gender-responsiveness in public resource management in health and agricultural services across five countries (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe), contributing to the realisation of SADC commitments on HIV, sexual and reproductive rights (SRHR) and food security in the Southern African region
Word from Chairman
Word from the Chairman
ESAFF through its member organizations has recorded a number of success stories: In Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and Lesotho; national small-scale farmers’ fora are involved in campaigns to influence policies, land, trade, water and farmer-friendly credit schemes affecting farmers, also favourable land tenure policy and agriculture financing. This is done in collaboration with other like-minded players. Present and Future Plans ESAFF is prioritizing the... Read More
Upcoming Events
A Regional Dialogue for Non-State Actors on the SADC RISDP 2020-30 and its draft Implementation Plan
The dialogue aims to raise awareness among non-state actors (NSAs) of the adopted SADC Vision 2050, and the SADC RISDP 2020-2030 and its draft Implementation... Read More
The Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum
ESAFF is a network of grassroots small scale farmers’ organizations working in 16 countries of Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region.
The Purpose of ESAFF
Is to enable Small Farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa to speak as a united voice so that issues, concerns and recommendations become an integral part of policies and practices at grassroots levels, National levels as well as at Regional and Global levels.