Small Scale Farmers Score More on Seed Savings and Multiplication
13/03/2015 Small Scale Farmers Score More on Seed Savings and Multiplication Agriculture occupies a very important place in the lives of Tanzanians... Read More
Is there really a future for Africa’s smallholder farmers? Yes, but it’s not ros
27/01/2015 BY SAMANTHA SPOONER ALL smallholder farmers do is hold up development, it’s not sustainable”, said the development engineer, referring to Kofi Annan’s talking... Read More
5 December is World Soil Day!!!!
5/12/2014 The UN FAO has declared 2015 the International Year of Soil. Today 5th December 2014 is the World Soil Day. What... Read More
ESAFF Making Headlines
18/11/2014 Small scale farmers from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda with support from fellow farmers from Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Madagascar, Seychelles,... Read More
Small scale farmers launch the “INVEST IN US” Budget Kilimo Campaign in the EAC Region
5/11/2014 Small scale farmers from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda with support from fellow farmers from Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Madagascar, Seychelles,... Read More
Outcry over acquisition of Africa’s SeedCo by Monsanto
5/11/2014 The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) has expressed deep concern on the recent acquisitions of large parts of SeedCo,... Read More
Right to food threatened
5/11/2014 Governments in industrial countries have been accused of regularly putting pressure on developing countries to introduce stringent plant variety protection (PVP)... Read More
Opinion Piece: I am convinced Food Sovereignty will save our governments a lot of public resources
5/11/2014 While I have always had my doubts about the potential of African governments and NGOs to eradicate household poverty and provide... Read More
Scientific Review Finds Lack of Evidence on GM Food Safety
5/11/2014 A research team from the University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the Institute of Health and Environmental Research, all in Australia,... Read More
MVIWATA Commemorates World Food Day
5/11/2014 At least 46 percent of subsidized fertilizers do not reach the farmers as planned, retarding government efforts toward promoting agricultural sector,... Read More