Download PDF 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, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Lesotho under the umbrella of Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF)... Read More
Achievements of ESAFF The Forum through its member organizations has recorded a number of success stories: In Kenya, Tanzania and Lesotho; national small-scale farmers’ fora are involved in campaigns to influence bio safety frameworks, land, trade, water and farmer friendly credit scheme policies affecting farmers. This is done in collaboration... Read More
MVIWATA, Tanzania’s National Network of Farmers Groups this July marked its 20 years of existence in jubilation. The four-day-long event that took place in Morogoro, MVIWATA’s home-town in Eastern Tanzania, from 23rd through 26th July brought together around 2,000 farmers and farmer group leaders from all the over the country.... Read More
Going agroecology, Zimbabwe villagers ditch chemical fertilizers, imported skills In Topora village, Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe, farmers have successfully started practicing agroecology, a fist in the country.The crops they produce are completely organic, produced with local knowledge and traditional skills. This means they are not using chemical fertilizers or even... Read More