22/01/2014 (Brussels, 20 January 2014) At the start of the year devoted to family farming, which is being called on by the UN to feed the world, peasants from all over Europe are demonstrating before the European Parliament on Monday January 20 2014. We have come to reclaim recognition of... Read More

23/10/2013 A big debate has risen over the disappearance of indigenous seeds. According to small scale farmers in many parts of the country, the indigenous seeds are disappearing at an alarming rate, replaced by newly introduced hybrid seeds. While some agricultural stakeholders have been drumming up for these new seeds... Read More

22/10/2013 Farmers are reporting that indigenous seeds are disappearing in many parts of the country, causing concern that if no action is taken, many of the varieties would soon be extinct. The observation was made during a three-day workshop convened in Dar es Salaam over the weekend to discuss the... Read More

21/10/2013 Small scale farmers are worried of disappearance of local seeds which in recent years, are gradually being replaced by conventional hybrid. Our reporter GERALD KITABU caught up with local seed producer from Mbozi district, Mbeya region, Amasha Mwashiuya during the Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF)... Read More

30/09/2013 The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) has strongly condemned the approval of the draft COMESA Seed Trade Harmonization Regulations, in September 2013, by the Council of Ministers of the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA). The COMESA seed regulations which are set to be binding... Read More

16/08/2013     A recent meeting of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) held from 12th to 16th August 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia blamed, among others, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the G8’s “New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition” for strongly... Read More

26/07/2013 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. The event was... Read More

13/09/2013 Tanzanian small-holder farmers have demanded more of their voices to be heard and be accorded a bigger role in the setting and implementing the Agricultural Research agenda in Tanzania. Their concerns surfaced during recent field visits done by ESAFF in several parts of the Country, as part of the... Read More