Achievements of ESAFF The Forum through its member organizations has recorded a number of success stories: In Kenya, Tanzania and Lesotho; national small-scale farmers’ fora are involved in campaigns to influence bio safety frameworks, land, trade, water and farmer friendly credit scheme policies affecting farmers. This is done in collaboration... Read More

All farmers wake up!   A diary of Moses Shaha who travelled from the Coastal town of Mombasa, Kenya to the Mountains of Central Africa, Burundi   Moses Shaha is ESAFF Secretary General, he is a farmer from Kilifi, Kenya he has travelled a thousands of miles for the course... Read More

Mai Elizabeth Mpofu the chair lady of ESAFF recently visited the Southern Africa Development Community – SADC in Gaborone, Botswana. In her tour of duty to familiarize with the regional grouping, the ESAFF chairlady also visited farmer groups in Lesotho and South Africa. In the Botswana capital, Mai Mpofu met... Read More

27/5/2009 Mai Elizabeth Mpofu the chair lady of ESAFF recently visited the Southern Africa Development Community – SADC in Gaborone, Botswana. In her tour of duty to familiarize with the regional grouping, the ESAFF chairlady also visited farmer groups in Lesotho and South Africa. In the Botswana capital, Mai Mpofu... Read More

27/5/2009 In order to ensure smooth takeoff of the young regional small scale farmers’ forum (ESAFF), the international Dutch funding organisation – Oxfam Novib has agreed to fund the strategic plan of ESAFF which runs from September 2008 to August 2011. The financial support of Oxfam Novib to ESAFF’s strategic... Read More

27/5/2009 By Jeffrey M. Smith On May 19th, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) called on “Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community, and the public to avoid GM (genetically modified) foods when possible and provide educational materials concerning GM foods and health risks.”[1] They called for a... Read More

By Jeffrey M. Smith On May 19th, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) called on “Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community, and the public to avoid GM (genetically modified) foods when possible and provide educational materials concerning GM foods and health risks.”[1] They called for a moratorium... Read More

04/10/2013 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and La Via Campesina, a smallholder farmers’ organization, have signed an institutional framework for the partnership between the two organizations and defined proposals of collaboration in areas of common interest. The agreement marks a milestone in the partnership between... Read More