The Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU) is a not-for-profit farmer organization representing national agricultural unions in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
[2] In addition, there are associate members, including regional commodity organizations and private companies associated with agricultural value chains on a regional basis.
[2] SACAU's headquarters are in Centurion, Republic of South Africa.
Its mandate is to foster understanding between farmers’ organisations and policymakers in southern Africa by providing a forum for the discussion of matters of common interest and by disseminating information about agriculture in the region to relevant agencies, organizations and companies.
[3] It has been very successful in obtaining external support for such activities, giving it an annual budget far in excess of that obtained from its annual membership fee.