M15m set aside to buy maize from farmers
M15m set aside to buy maize from farmers MASERU-THE government has set aside M15 million to buy beans and maize from local farmers which will be distributed to vulnerable communities hard hit by last year’s drought and the Covid-19 pandemic. The programme to buy from local farmers was launched by Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro in Hlotse last week. Majoro’s deputy, Mathibeli Mokhothu, presided over a similar programme in Quthing on Monday. The Prime Minister said the government will buy the grains from local farmers following a devastating drought last year. He said he was launching a nati...