By Neo Kolane
The Wool and Mohair Promotion Project (WAMPP) will host the second annual auction of rams and ewes at the Quthing Breeding Centre (Sheep Stud) on March 3 2021.
The sale of high-yield Merino rams and ewes to local farmers, increases access of Basotho wool producers to improve genetics,...
Online livestock auctions are not a new phenomenon. Gert Coetsee, founder of NetAuctions, started experimenting with online auctions in 2005, selling mainly Nguni and dairy cattle via the website Eco Auctions.
In 2015, he changed the name from Eco Auctions to NetAuctions to prevent confusion.
“We wanted to clarify that we...
Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are, on average, using fertilisers at well-below recommended rates in their crop production. This was according to the results of a study conducted by researchers from the University of Illinois (UoI) in the US, largely because these farmers perceived their locally available fertiliser products...
By Teboho Serutla
The ministry of small business, cooperatives and marketing has imposed a one-month restriction on importation of selected fresh produce into Lesotho, to be effective from February 1 2021.
In an internal memo on Monday, the ministry’s principal secretary, Tankiso Phapano, said pending the available horticultural commodities produced by...
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