ESAFF joins SADC agri-investment policy working group
07/08/2015 Eastern and Southern Africa Farmers Forum (ESAFF) has joined South African Development Community (SADC) Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP) Investment Plan Working... Read More
Small Scale Farmers set the tone for Advocating for Pro-farmer agricultural budgeting by Launching the Vision 2025 Budget Mulimi Campaign
23/06/2015 ESAFF small scale farmers have set the tone to strengthen their work on advocating for increased agricultural budgeting meant to benefit... Read More
Small Scale Farmers’ New Vision for Pro-farmer Agricultural Budgeting
23/08/2015 Small scale farmers have launched a new advocacy initiative to engage stakeholders in East and Southern Africa (ESA) region for increased... Read More
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