LESOTHO: GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION

“It is the Government’s desire to see transformation in the agricultural sector to ensure food security which is a major contribution to poverty reduction in the rural areas where poverty is prevalent,” said the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Rakoro Phororo at Transformation in Agriculture and Partnership in Agricultural Entrepreneurship meeting. Speaking at the function, Phororo said food security is enter-twined with the economy as villages, districts and urban areas need food adequately produced to satisfy the needs of the population in terms of quantity and quality, writes Tepiso Mncina.