Lesotho Removed from Hunger Hotspot List, but FAO Warns of Worsening Regional Crisis
By Lerato Matheka According to the latest Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP Early Warnings on Acute Food Insecurity report released…
Shifting Tastes: How Consumer Choices Are Fueling Lesotho’s High-Value Crop Revolution
A quiet agricultural revolution is taking shape in Lesotho’s agriculture landscape. The once-unfamiliar hues of purple cabbage, dark…
Tsikoane Market Centre Underused and Overlooked
Despite its promise to boost local trade and farmer incomes, the Tsikoane Market Centre in Leribe stands as…
The Future Grows Here: A Farmer-Turned-Scientist Cultivating Change in Lesotho
By Seabata Mahao In an era where climate change is no longer a distant forecast but a pressing…
The Life and Legacy of a Woman Farmer
Eighty-one-year-old Mamakhaola Peete rises before dawn each day to tend to her livestock and work her land, a…
Branding Breakdown Fuels Stock Theft
…865 stolen in April alone By Ntsoaki Motaung and Relebohile Makhetha The country’s rural economy is bleeding as…
The Critical Role of Modern Irrigation in Lesotho’s Farming Future
For Mamatebele Kotoane of Ha Mohatlane, Berea, farming began as a necessity, but has since evolved into a…
Young Farmers Raise Alarm Over Market Gaps and Production Challenges
At the recent and the inability to meet growing consumer demand due to production constraints. The event, which…
Lesotho’s Poultry Dreams Grounded
…As USDA cancels the USD13.4 STEPS project A sudden and unexpected decision by the United States Department of…
A Young Wool Tycoon Weaves His Future with Ram Breeding
At just 32, Nkopane Nkopane stands as one of Lesotho’s most promising wool producers—a young man who turned…
Accounting by Day, Farming by Dawn: Lesotho’s Dual Vision
By Relebohile Makhetha Born the only son among daughters in the humble village of Khokhotsaneng, nestled in the…
Stakeholders Trained on Food Balance Sheet to Support Evidence-Based Food and Nutrition Policies
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently held a two-weeks training in Maseru aimed at capacitating the Bureau…
