5/2/2013  The European Commission has granted 1.4 million Euro to support small scale farmers in East Africa. The funds will help involvement in policy dialogue and monitoring for improved food security in the region. The support that runs for 3 and half years is expected to be officially launched in... Read More

2/2/2013  Members of ESAFF in Southern Africa will benefit from the support of 900,000 Rands from the Southern Africa Trust, (SAT).  Under the project Strengthening organisational and technical capacity of smallholder farmers to hold  SADC and member states accountable for sustainable agriculture and food security in Southern  Africa. Through the... Read More

25/102012  Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), that support and represent the interests of smallholder farmers and livestock keepers eight (8) countries in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) recently issued a statement explain their concerns on AGRA movement and its consequence o food sovereignty and the rights of smallholder farmers. The part... Read More

25/4/2012 Smallholder farmers can look for better times as far as their involvement is concerned in implementation of Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) processes. In April, 2012, East and Southern African Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF) met members of Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources (ATNR) committee of the East African Legislative Assembly... Read More

25/4/2012 Nairobi:  ESAFF has called for the formation of an East African Regional Agricultural Advisory Council (NAAC) within the EAC secretariat, saying it would help to speed up harmonization of agriculture development policies in the EAC region. The call was made in Nairobi when EALA members drawn from the committee... Read More

26/4/2012 Nairobi:  ESAFF needs to utilise the Common Market Protocol (Article 45) since it talks about cooperation in the agricultural sector, to bring about more cross border trade in the region. The challenge was thrown to ESAFF in Nairobi when ESAFF leaders held a roundtable meeting with  EALA members drawn... Read More

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