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The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has urged partner states to unite in defeating hunger in the region. According to Ms Francoise Uwumukiza, an EALA lawmaker who also chairs the independent, legislative arm of the Community’s Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources (ATNR) committee, it will take a unified regional economic...

Allocate more funding for Agric, EAC partner states told

08 May 2023

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PARTNER States within the East African Community (EAC) have been challenged to allocate more funds on agriculture. This is in a bid to cushion the sector from the pangs of persistent drought caused by climate change. Speaking on the sidelines of the sixth EAC Budget Summit hosted by the Eastern...

Call for Consultancy – Analysis of Public Financing for Agroecology in Tanzania

21 Apr 2023

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ESAFF on behalf of the PSA Alliance hereby courtly invites your submission of a proposal to provide professional consultancy services for the Analysis of Public Financing for Agroecology in Tanzania in accordance with the conditions detailed in the attached terms of reference (ToR) and related attachments. ESAFF intends to issue...

PRESS STATEMENT BY EAST AFRICAN CSO’s TO COUNTER THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF GMO

15 Dec 2022

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More than 100 Civil society organisations representing smallholder farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolks, consumer networks, faith groups and indigenous seed savers from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania gathered to reiterate our reservations regarding the apparent push to commercialize Genetic Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the East African region. Read the full statement below #NoGMO...

The Joint IFAD-Farmer Organisations Statement, Regional Farmers Forum: East and Southern Africa Region

06 Dec 2022

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On Tuesday 25th November 2022, during the closing session of the regional ESA FAFO, Ms Elizabeth Nsimadala, Chair of the ESA steering committee, read out the Joint IFAD-FO declaration, which represents the joint commitment that will guide IFAD/FOs partnerships between November 2022 and end of 2024. The full declaration, including...

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

25 Nov 2022

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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

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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

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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...

Unite to tackle hunger, EAC partner states urged

Allocate more funding for Agric, EAC partner states told

Call for Consultancy – Analysis of Public Financing for Agroecology in Tanzania

PRESS STATEMENT BY EAST AFRICAN CSO’s TO COUNTER THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF GMO

The Joint IFAD-Farmer Organisations Statement, Regional Farmers Forum: East and Southern Africa Region

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

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