16-06-2010 1.    Agriculture sector: the Budget 2010/11, context and trend •    The Budget for Fiscal year 2010/11 aims at implementation of Strategies for Economic Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA). The national vision for 2025 and Millennium Development Goals which has the objective of improving people standard of living and... Read More

13 June 2010 Agriculture sector: the Budget 2010/11, context and trend In short these are the areas that have comforted us, small farmers of Tanzania in this budget of 2010/11. Challenges and shortcomings of the budget of 2010/11 to 2011/12 from the Farmers Perspective   Following what we have seen... Read More

11th June 2010 In June every year, East African governments namely Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi (Burundi will read its budget later in the year); present their annual budgets to their parliaments. Ministers for Planning and Ministers for Economy in these countries present their national budgets for the coming... Read More

15/12/2009 Small Scale Farmers to engage governments on agriculture budgeting Small scale farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa will engage their government on budgeting processes. Small scale farmers wants to have greater voices in the agriculture budgeting processes. Also the farmers want their government to increase the budget to 10%... Read More

02/12/2009 ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN AFRICA (ASFA)                                                                                    Challenges African leaders on Climate Change   Bole Declaration; 25th November, 2009; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia We, the ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN AFRICA (AFSA), representing small holder farmers, pastoralists, hunter/gatherers, indigenous peoples, citizens and environmentalists from Africa, salute the strong and unified approach... Read More

7/10/2009 by Christi van der Westhuizen CAPE TOWN, Oct 4 (IPS) – Civil society should call African parliaments to account on international trade negotiations as parliamentarians have in the past not been “robust” enough in ensuring that such talks deliver on developmental priorities. This candid admission came from Sisa Njikelana,... Read More

08/10/2009 11/10/2009  ESAFF Approves financial and personnel manual and policies The Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers’ Forum –ESAFF have approved two manuals and policies fro the movement. The approved personnel and financial policies and Manual will govern and guide the management and accounting operations of ESAFF as well... Read More

12/10/2009 The Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers’ Forum –ESAFF will seek collaborations with other farmers movement in the region and beyond. Passing a resolution during the Board Meeting held in Morogoro, Tanzania recently the Board said that the strength of ESAFF can be realized through co operations and collaborations... Read More