Tanzania Agriculture sector budget allocation still far low
22/05/2015 The Tanzanian parliamentary committee on agriculture, water and livestock has agreed that the budget allocation and actual disbursements from the treasury... Read More
Another woman farmer elected to head ESAFF
24/06//2015 A South African farmer leader has been elected as the new vice chair of Eastern and Southern Africa Farmers Forum (ESAFF).Ms.... Read More
Tanzania Agriculture sector budget fails Malabo test
22/05/2015 The outgoing Tanzanian parliamentary committee on agriculture, water and livestock has lamented that the budget allocation and actual disbursements from the... Read More
African governments sell out their farmers in secret seeds protection deal
09/08/2015 African governments, ignoring the protests of their farmers and civil society, on July 06, 2015 agreed an oppressive ‘plant variety protection... Read More
AFSA Calls on African Govts at Arusha Meeting to Shun Protocol that undermines Farmers’ rights to seed
02/07/2015 Nineteen African nations, members of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), began deliberating on the highly contentious draft ARIPO Plant... Read More
Draft ARIPO Plant Variety Protocol Undermines Farmers’ Right to Save, Exchange & Sell Seeds
29/06/2015 An analysis by Sangeeta Shashikant (Third World Network) A new draft legal framework for the protection of new plant varieties under... Read More
Draft ARIPO Protocol On Plant Varieties: Whose Interest Does it Serve?
29/06/2015 Sangeeta Shashikant (London): Nineteen sub-Saharan African nations, members of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) will be meeting in Tanzania... Read More
Aid donors’ flagship investment deal causing hardship and displacement for Tanzanian farmers
17/06/2015 Millions of pounds of UK aid money have been invested in a project in Tanzania which is destroying the livelihoods of... Read More
African civil society slams Monsanto junk GM maize deal
19/06/2015 Non-governmental and farmer organisations from South Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya and Uganda strongly condemn the go-ahead given by the South... Read More
Thousands worldwide march against Monsanto and GM crops
23/5/2015 From Paris to Ouagadougou, thousands of people took to the streets Saturday to protest against the American biotechnology giant Monsanto and... Read More