If EAC region wants to make hunger history, irrigation farming is the way to go according EALA MP Hon.Frederic Ngenzebuhoro (Burundi). The legislator lamented that EAC was blessed with massive water bodies yet continued to experience hunger by largely depending on rain fed agriculture. Using Burkina Faso as an example... Read More

East Africa member States government should give priority to local investors if agriculture is to thrive in the region. At the same time, ensuring an environment of affordable borrowing for farmers is an important key to make the sector transform more lives for the good. Contributing to the resolution of... Read More

All EAC member states should ensure their annual budget for agriculture is about or over 10% benchmark of the national budget as outlined in the Malabo Declaration. The call has been made by members of the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) Hon. Isabelle Ndahayo (Burundi). She said that Malabo Declaration... Read More

Domesticating African continental framework for agriculture – Malabo Declaration- at regional and national levels, is paramount for agriculture renaissance to kick off. It is in that understanding  that East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) wants domesticating the regional framework to be done in a way that recognises the rights and roles... Read More

Individual nations in the East African Community(EAC) have got every reason to start fast tracking the implementation of the Malabo Declaration for wide spread  economic development geared to improve the livelihood of millions of smallholder farmers. The Malabo Declaration is the blue print for the African continent to improve agriculture... Read More