22/5/2014  ESAFF has embarked on a project to ensure farmers access scientific updates about weather so as to improve their decision making power for farming needs. The holistic project seeks to link small scale farmers in member countries with Meteorological Centers in their countries to enable them benefit from the... Read More

22/5/2014 AU commitment to end hunger leaves smallholder farmers in cold  ESAFF has hailed the historic new commitment by African Union to end hunger by the year 2025 but strongly warned that such a cause cannot succeed without the full involvement of small farmers that by and large feeds the... Read More

22/5/2014  *Civil society demands food sovereignty The Eastern & Southern Africa Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF) has noted that agriculture is the single most economic sector that can ensure more inclusive economic growth in almost all SADC member states than any other including mining, gas and oil. Supporting Southern Africa Development Community... Read More

22/5/2014  After a heavily contested protocol and a meeting of stakeholders, SADC has called for interested parties to initiate a process to put in place  a SADC smallholder farmers’ rights protocol. The call was made by the SADC FANR Directorate during a stakeholder meeting on the SADC Regional Agriculture policy... Read More

22/5/2014  Mr. Ngoni Chikowe is a small holder farmer in Kawere village, Mutoko District in Zimbabwe. He has been practicing agro ecology for several years now. He uses combination of different approaches and practices in farming and lifestyle in general; Ngoni has managed to set pace for himself and other... Read More

22/5/2014  Ecological trainings and capacity building done by ESAFF early last year among farmers in Zambia, has started bearing fruits. A cross section of small scale farmers in Zambia have reported a significant positive shift in their farming practices that has subsequently led to improvement of their lives. In a... Read More

22/5/2014 The government has been asked to come up with strategy geared towards maintaining indigenous rice varieties, which are on the verge of extinction. The MP for Nzega, Dr Hamisi Kigwangala made the call in parliament, during the questions  and answers  session, describing indigenous  rice varieties as tasty, with good... Read More

02/05/2014 African countries have committed to end hunger by the year 2025. To attain the goal, countries will take concrete measures to ensure good governance, policy reforms and legal frameworks to prioritize food and nutrition security agenda.   Countries will develop and apply context specific and realistic indicators tracking nutrition... Read More