26/4/2012 Holistic land use policy needed in EAC The fact that countries have failed to adhere to Maputo Declaration of 2003 is a show of lack of political commitment by governments to move agriculture to higher levels. This came up in a recent dialogue interaction between the East and Southern... Read More
26/4/2012 A path-breaking meeting was recently held in Nairobi where various stakeholders met with the special rapporteur of the United Nations Secretariat on the right to food. The meeting, attended by many experts, farmers, scholars and policy makers including ESAFF leaders was convened by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on... Read More
27/4/2012 The ESAFF Regional Board has extended formal membership to a new member from Mozambique, The latest member which bring the ESAFF membership to 13, is a network of CSOs in Mozambique- ROSA ROSA submitted a membership application form that was reviewed during the last Tri-annual General Summit (TGS) that... Read More
01/04/2012 An official of Zambia’s ruling party has reiterated his country’s opposition to the introduction of genetically modified crops in the country. During a media breakfast meeting in Lusaka on March 29, 2012 the Patriotic Front Secretary General Mr Wynter Kabimba said that the PF Government will not allow the... Read More
30/03/2012 Eastern and Southern Africa small-scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF) Zambia ZPA Stand No. 2374, Chongwe Street, Lusaka Show Grounds Box, 30443, Lusaka, Cell; 0977 828 109 Email; esaffzambia@yahoo.co.uk, esaffzambia@gmail.com PRESS RELEASE ‘‘REVISIT THE SEED POLICY’’ GOVERNMENT URGED Seed security is key to any country’s aspirations to be food secure, however... Read More
7/12/2011 Tanzania has been urged to build capacity of the indigenous small-holder farmers so as to adequately feed the nation. The plea was given by the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation Executive Director Mr. Joseph Butiku when opening the one-day dialogue organized by Network of Small-Scale Farmers in Tanzania (MVIWATA). The dialogue... Read More
26/10/2011 As the world population clocks on the seven billion figure, the need to produce even more food is more critical than ever before. Some countries with far better economic means to invest in farming have started grabbing land in Africa in order to grow food for their populations back... Read More
26/10/2011 East African countries have been urged to address the challenges hindering smooth delivery of agricultural produce in the region. Speaking at the annual general meeting of Tanzania Small Scale Farmers Network (Mviwata) in Morogoro on Friday, EAC assistant director responsible for production sector, Dr Abdullah Makame, said the failure... Read More