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The Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) 2020–2030 draws impetus from the organisation’s Vision 2050, which envisages “a peaceful, inclusive, competitive, middle- to high-income industrialised region, where all citizens enjoy sustainable economic well-being, justice, and freedom”.

Agricultural Productivity Program for Southern Africa (APPSA) held information sharing meeting with District Agricultural Officers (DAOs) and District Extension Officers (DEOs) as overseers of all agricultural research activities within Lesotho districts.

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Nota Conceptual para o APPSA

Concept note template for APPSA

Plan Stratégique à Long Terme – 2020-2029

The Agronomy section and the Socio-Economics & Extension Division of the Department of Agricultural Research are collaboratively implementing the Lesotho Adaptation of Small-Scale Agricultural Production project (LASAP) activities with farmers in five districts of Lesotho.

Terms of reference

Terms of reference

The Department of Agricultural Research through soils section is undertaking research studies on maize and beans varieties. The studies started in 2018 summer planting season. In order to fully involve farmers on these on-going studies, on-farm approach is used. The overall objective the studies is to evaluate two bean cultivars for biological nitrogen fixation and two maize cultivars for nitrogen use efficiency. This is done to restore the fertility of selected soils and crop productivity in an effort to help the farming community realize increased yields.