10/02/2016  Arusha, TANZANIA  Focused and inclusive implementation of EAC CAADP Compact is the way forward to transform agriculture sector to ensure food security and human security in the region. Mr. Timothy Wesonga, a senior official at EAC Secretariat, Directorate of Agriculture made the comments while addressing  EAC Small Scale Farmers’... Read More

17/12/2015 SADC “complete” CAAD COMPACT in May 2016  PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) is expected to sign its Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP COMPACT) in May 2016. The Compact will be signed as the Community Secretariat has gone through all processes to develop the Regional Agriculture... Read More

10/2/2016  # EAC CAADP Compact for final brush ARUSHA, TANZANIA East Africa Community Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme or simply EAC CAADP Compact has been endorsed by the Regional Council of Ministers in their meeting in January 2016, it has been disclosed. This implies that the document is by and... Read More

10/2/2016 ARUSHA, TANZANIA # Without a legal framework full domestication of Malabo Declaration unattainable for most states  East Africa Community Member states recommitment to fulfill the demands of Malabo Declaration is urgently needed, which would go along way to put in place an improved environment for millions of small farmers... Read More

10/02/2016  # Farmers  convinced Malabo Declaration domestication legal and policy framework way forward     ARUSHA   East Africa Community Member States should heed small scale farmers call to domesticate  Malabo Declaration by embedding it in state’s policies and laws.    This would make implementation of its noble goals more feasible,... Read More

23/11/2015 Women Small Scale farmer’s Conference Wins SADC approval.  #Event said to instigate new thinking for improving  regional agriculture policies  JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Women Small Scale Farmers’ Conference, a regional event organised annually by  ESAFF is an important platform for awareness creation about women in agriculture and their needs.    ... Read More

21/11/2015  Johannesburg:  Need a game changer in the fight against poverty and hunger across Southern African Development Community?     Empowering SADC women is the answer.   Public and private stakeholders should lead the way by drawing and executing agri-investment policies and plans that address the need of small scale women... Read More

10/10/2015  Lusaka It is not every day we have a gender balanced leadership in the boardroom.  But for ESAFF Zambia, it is a dream come true.  The composition of the board elected to lead the organisation in the next three years is comprised half by women and the other half... Read More