SADP II’s contribution to Farmers Pitso connected farmer recognition with investment in climate resilience, commercial production and stronger routes to market. For Lesotho’s smallholder farmer, growing an enterprise requires more than the ambition to produce. It takes access to water, suitable equipment, technical knowledge and buyers, and the ability to keep operating when weather or…

Ten Royal Honourees brought farming, veterinary care, community nutrition, agricultural heritage and rural development into the spotlight at the closing gala of Farmers’ Pitso Agriculture Week. “I know farming is not easy, as it requires patience and dedication, which contribute toward food production.” With those words, His Majesty King Letsie III recognised the daily commitment…

Introduces EcoFarmer AI, a mobile agricultural tool to help farmer understand soil conditions ahead of planning farm operations. A field may look uniform from one end to the other. Beneath the surface, however, moisture and acidity can vary, differences that matter when a farmer decides what to plant, how much fertiliser to apply and when…

Twenty media professionals joined training on agricultural reporting, audience engagement and digital security as part of Farmers Pitso Agriculture Week. The knowledge shared during Farmers Pitso Agriculture Week needed to go beyond the conference room. Farmers who could not attend, communities facing production challenges, and audiences trying to understand Lesotho’s food system also needed access…

…Wins Seahlolo’s M10,000 prize in a competition designed to connect classroom knowledge with practical farming and the next generation of agriculture. Iketsetseng Horizon High School emerged as the agricultural champion at the 2026 Farmers Pitso National Schools Agriculture Challenge, taking home the M10,000 first prize sponsored by Seahlolo Newspaper. Its victory crowned a year of…

Experts urged producers to connect soil health, seed choice, water and nutrient management before investing in the next crop. Buying seed and fertiliser commits a farmer’s money before there is any certainty of a harvest. Experts stressed that whether that investment pays off depends partly on conditions beneath the surface and on how well the…

Experts linked balanced feeding, disease prevention and food safety to stronger poultry businesses—and challenged researchers to bring their findings closer to farmers. A cheaper bag of feed may seem like relief to a poultry farmer facing rising production costs. But if birds grow slowly, take longer to reach market weight or produce fewer eggs, the…

Agriculture experts linked animal nutrition, breeding, healthy rangelands, and financial records to a question that matters across rural Lesotho: Is livestock ownership delivering a sustainable return? A large herd can be a source of pride, but the number of animals a farmer owns does not, on its own, reveal whether the enterprise is productive, profitable…

A new three-year programme aimed at helping Basotho farmers adapt to climate change while improving food production and rural livelihoods has been launched, bringing fresh hope to communities increasingly affected by drought, land degradation and unpredictable rainfall. The Building Climate Resilient Livelihoods and Food Systems (ReLiF) project, launched by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security…