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Strategic Plan of the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation
Jan 1, 2008-Dec 31, 2008
EAFF is a regional farmers federation that operates on behalf of its member organisations from the East African Region. It was formed on the basis of consultation and consensus between farmers´ organizations from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Eastern Congo. The role of EAFF is to voice the legitimate concerns and interests of the farmers in the region, with an aim of enhancing regional cohesiveness and socio-economic development of farmers. The federation also endeavours to promote regional integration through promotion of regional trade, improved information exchange between country producer organizations, as well as the promotion regional input and output market development. Agriterra has bilateral relations with all member organisations of EAFF (KENFAP, MVIWATA, UNFFE, IMBARAGA, INGABO, COOCENKI, SYDIP).
EAFF supports the principles of sustainable agricultural development for food security and sovereignty, improved livelihoods of rural communities, environmental and biodiversity conservation. In voicing the concerns of the farmers, EAFF aims at improvement of their socio-economic status through promotion of regional integration, appropriate information exchange, enhancement of the role of women and youth in agriculture, promotion of sympathetic understanding and good neighborliness, and enactment of the states commitments in protocols and agreements.
The Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) was set up in 2001, [...]
