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
AFSA: Towards An Inclusive and Transparent COMESA Biotechnology and Biosafety Policy Development and Implementation Process
23/09/2014 The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), an alliance of African farmer and civil society networks and allies has released... Read More
SADC Resources for SADC Citizens
22/09/2014 The SADC People’s Summit which took place from August 15 – 16 at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Zimbabwe... Read More
Harnessing the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP) Through Smallholder Agriculture
23/09/2014 Over 60 participants (including female farmers, agricultural social movements, CSOs, NGOs, trade unions, academia, agricultural research institutions, agricultural development experts... Read More
Non State Actors** Uniting to Influence CAADP
22/9/2014 After many years of questions of legitimacy and the need to have a unified voice in the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development... Read More