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Title: | Some Recent Agricultural Developments in Lesotho |
Author: | Moody, Elize |
Year: | 1973 |
Periodical: | South African Journal of African Affairs |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 47-59 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Lesotho |
Subjects: | agricultural development development projects development corporations Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology |
Abstract: | In spite of poor yields and its generally underdeveloped condition (e.g. all land belongs to the Nation, ownership of land is never allocated; about 40% of the able-bodied males is employed in the mines of South Africa) agriculture still accounts for about 42% of the GDP. So under the First Five-year Development Plan an increase in production of both crops and livestock is being given top priority; the Plan suggests that an increase of about 75% in the value of crop production is necessary and envisages a major changeover from subsistence to cash crops. This article provides a survey of both the smaller and the larger projects already commenced and offers an assessment of the likely affectiveness of some aspects of these schemes. Sections: The First Five-year Development Plan (1970/71-1974/75) - Smaller schemes - Larger schemes (The Leribe Pilot Agricultural Scheme; The Khomokhoana Project; Thaba Bosio Rural Development Project; The Senqu River Agricultural Extension Project) - Possible future developments - Conclusion. Ref.; maps. |