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On November 17-18, over 400 smallholder farmers gathered for the 27th annual meeting of MVIWATA or the National Network of Small-Scale Farmers Groups in Tanzania. Peoples Dispatch spoke to them about their struggle for dignity and justice Hundreds of smallholder farmers gathered in the city of Morogoro on November 17...

EAC argued to embrace Farmer Managed Seed System in her Seed Bill

15 Oct 2022

ESAFF

Smallholder farmers and civil society have called for the East African Community (EAC) to embrace farmer managed seed systems (FMSS) as a solution against hunger, malnutrition and loss of biodiversity. They were speaking at the East Africa Seed Webinar which brought together more than 120 participants including high-level officials from...

EAC smallholder farmers call for better management of seeds

12 Oct 2022

ESAFF

Africa is currently grappling with food crisis caused by a number of reasons, including the soaring fertilizer prices, extreme weather, and disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the African Development Bank (AfDB), fertilizer prices have increased by 300% in Africa since the outbreak of the Russian conflict with...

Communique: SADC RISDP dialogue for non-state actors

28 Sep 2022

ESAFF

From 13-15 September, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held a regional dialogue for non-state actors (NSAs) on the Revised Regional Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) for 2020-2030 under the theme of the SADC RISDP and Social Accountability in Public Resource Management. The event was co-convened by Southern Africa Trust, Economic...

ESAFF Celebrate 20 Years in Style

28 Aug 2022

ESAFF

27/08/2022 – Dar es salaam, The Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum celebrated her 20 years of existence recently. The event reached its climax end of August 2022 in Tanzania. The journey of ESAFF birth started back in 2001 during PELUM’s Biennial General Meeting (BGM) in which members...

ESAFF Farmers Affirm to Embrace Agroecology

28 Aug 2022

ESAFF

28/08/2022 – Morogoro Smallholder farmers accords Africa have been argued to embrace agroecological farming as agriculture is becoming more expensive and unsustainable. Speaking after the visit at Vianzi SAT agroecology and research center, ESAFF farmer leaders from 14 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa said inorganic fertilizers and hybrid seed...

ESAFF to Build her Headquarters in MVOMERO – Tanzania

27 Aug 2022

ESAFF

27/08/2022 – Morogoro In what can be termed as the strategy toward sustainability, ESAFF has launched an ambitious plan to build her own headquarters in the next five years in Morogoro- Tanzania. ESAFF leadership converged in Morogoro in August 2022 for the groundbreaking ceremony near Sokoine Area 30 Kilometers from...

SADC Summit Approves SADC Parliament

17 Aug 2022

ESAFF

17/08/2022, Kinshasa The 42nd Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held in Kinshasa,DRC has approved the agreement to transform the SADC Parliamentary Forum into the SADC Parliament. According to the communique of 17th Augost 2022, the Summit approved and signed...

Tanzanian farmers mobilize for agroecology, food sovereignty and Pan-Africanism

EAC argued to embrace Farmer Managed Seed System in her Seed Bill

EAC smallholder farmers call for better management of seeds

Communique: SADC RISDP dialogue for non-state actors

ESAFF Celebrate 20 Years in Style

ESAFF Farmers Affirm to Embrace Agroecology

ESAFF to Build her Headquarters in MVOMERO – Tanzania

SADC Summit Approves SADC Parliament

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