10-04-2011 After more than three years of the interim executive regional board, ESAFF has a new exco leadership. The new farmer leaders of the Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum were elected during the Triennial General Summit (TGS) that was held in Morogoro, Tanzania. All 12 member countries... Read More
19/04/2011 An official of East African Community (EAC) has commended ESAFF saying the body is well positioned to make impact as a serious actor in the civil society sector thanks to its branching out from grassroot to national and regional level. Eastern and Southern Africa small scale Farmers’ Forum... Read More
16/04/2011 After every three years Eastern and Southern Africa small scale Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF) is supposed to holds a general summit (TGS). The most recent one – actually the first one, since the body was established was held on 13th to 15th April 2011 in Morogoro, The event brought 37... Read More
15/04/2011 After more than three years of the interim executive regional board, ESAFF has a new exco leadership. The new farmer leaders of the Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum were elected during the Triennial General Summit (TGS) that was held in Morogoro, Tanzania. All 12 member countries... Read More
01-04-2011 01-04-2011 There is a new development that all ESAFF members should be happy about -a new partnership in the offing with the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). SADC’s Directorate of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources directorate (FANR) met in Gaborone recently with leaders of Eastern and Southern Africa Small... Read More
01-04-2011 The United Nations has acknowledged Eastern & Southern Africa Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF) as one of the grassroots organizations working to make agroecological practices a reality in East and Southern African region. A UN Report published March 2011 says ecological agriculture could double production in ten years while mitigating climate... Read More
09-03-2011 Nearly all poultry and pig farmers are back in operation, and the first batch of broilers to be fattened in several months were due for slaughter this week. Seychelles Farmers’ Association (SeyFA) chairman Serge Benstrong said advertising locally produced chicken on SBC TV has yielded good results. “More consumers... Read More
30/1/2011 Following growing concern of small scale farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region on the looming danger to come as the effects of the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) between the governments of ESA region and the European Union (EU), farmer leaders from 11 countries who... Read More