Table II. Lesotho’s Food Security Policy...

Table II.

Lesotho’s Food Security Policy

Policy	Climate change adaptation-related issues included in policy
Food Security Policy 2005	The heart of the policy document is a set of “strategic fields of action for food security” Promotion of Conservation Agriculture (CA) with aid of development partners through: activities include conducting and adopting technologies suitable to the local conditions; offering specialized CA training modules to extension staff and farmer groups and; introducing subsidies for input for innovative approaches to CA Diversification of production for food security: policy advocates substitution of more suitable crops and changing to the production of a greater variety crops Promotion of Machobane farming system and other subsistent agricultural systems: efficient subsistence agriculture and indigenous farming systems Promotion of homestead garden production (include keyhole gardens, trench gardens and bag gardens that use organic fertilizers) Promotion of livestock production and improvements in range management: activities include supporting the combating of livestock theft supporting rangeland productivity; promoting small stock production for poor vulnerable households; and promoting intensive livestock and milk production in peri-urbans Promotion of land conservation and rehabilitation: policy promotes cultivation practices (e.g. conservation farming) and physical protection measures (terraces or stone bunds) to prevent erosion; awareness creation and enforcement of physical measures for cultivation of slopes; promotion of gully rehabilitation (stone barriers, afforestation measures and re-cultivation) and promotes ownership in them during and after rehabilitation Promotion of research to support adoption to new technologies
Livestock and Range Management Policy, 1994	To achieve greater self-reliance and increased incomes for livestock owners while protecting and regenerating the underlying natural environment and resource base Policy promotes improved range-carrying capacity by developing comprehensive natural resource management programme Policy promotes intensive livestock production in the lowlands and extensive production in the foothills and mountain cattle post grazing areas consistent with maintaining sustainable stocking rates and in consideration with other uses Policy promotes improved genetic characteristics of Lesotho livestock Policy promotes enhanced levels of livestock nutrition by maintaining sustainable stocking rates and by expanding the fodder resource base

Policy	Climate change adaptation-related issues included in policy
Food Security Policy 2005	The heart of the policy document is a set of “strategic fields of action for food security”Promotion of Conservation Agriculture (CA) with aid of development partners through: activities include conducting and adopting technologies suitable to the local conditions; offering specialized CA training modules to extension staff and farmer groups and; introducing subsidies for input for innovative approaches to CADiversification of production for food security: policy advocates substitution of more suitable crops and changing to the production of a greater variety cropsPromotion of Machobane farming system and other subsistent agricultural systems: efficient subsistence agriculture and indigenous farming systemsPromotion of homestead garden production (include keyhole gardens, trench gardens and bag gardens that use organic fertilizers)Promotion of livestock production and improvements in range management: activities include supporting the combating of livestock theft supporting rangeland productivity; promoting small stock production for poor vulnerable households; and promoting intensive livestock and milk production in peri-urbansPromotion of land conservation and rehabilitation: policy promotes cultivation practices (e.g. conservation farming) and physical protection measures (terraces or stone bunds) to prevent erosion; awareness creation and enforcement of physical measures for cultivation of slopes; promotion of gully rehabilitation (stone barriers, afforestation measures and re-cultivation) and promotes ownership in them during and after rehabilitationPromotion of research to support adoption to new technologies
Livestock and Range Management Policy, 1994	To achieve greater self-reliance and increased incomes for livestock owners while protecting and regenerating the underlying natural environment and resource basePolicy promotes improved range-carrying capacity by developing comprehensive natural resource management programmePolicy promotes intensive livestock production in the lowlands and extensive production in the foothills and mountain cattle post grazing areas consistent with maintaining sustainable stocking rates and in consideration with other usesPolicy promotes improved genetic characteristics of Lesotho livestockPolicy promotes enhanced levels of livestock nutrition by maintaining sustainable stocking rates and by expanding the fodder resource base

Policy

Climate change adaptation-related issues included in policy

Food Security Policy 2005

The heart of the policy document is a set of “strategic fields of action for food security”Promotion of Conservation Agriculture (CA) with aid of development partners through: activities include conducting and adopting technologies suitable to the local conditions; offering specialized CA training modules to extension staff and farmer groups and; introducing subsidies for input for innovative approaches to CADiversification of production for food security: policy advocates substitution of more suitable crops and changing to the production of a greater variety cropsPromotion of Machobane farming system and other subsistent agricultural systems: efficient subsistence agriculture and indigenous farming systemsPromotion of homestead garden production (include keyhole gardens, trench gardens and bag gardens that use organic fertilizers)Promotion of livestock production and improvements in range management: activities include supporting the combating of livestock theft supporting rangeland productivity; promoting small stock production for poor vulnerable households; and promoting intensive livestock and milk production in peri-urbansPromotion of land conservation and rehabilitation: policy promotes cultivation practices (e.g. conservation farming) and physical protection measures (terraces or stone bunds) to prevent erosion; awareness creation and enforcement of physical measures for cultivation of slopes; promotion of gully rehabilitation (stone barriers, afforestation measures and re-cultivation) and promotes ownership in them during and after rehabilitationPromotion of research to support adoption to new technologies

Livestock and Range Management Policy, 1994

To achieve greater self-reliance and increased incomes for livestock owners while protecting and regenerating the underlying natural environment and resource basePolicy promotes improved range-carrying capacity by developing comprehensive natural resource management programmePolicy promotes intensive livestock production in the lowlands and extensive production in the foothills and mountain cattle post grazing areas consistent with maintaining sustainable stocking rates and in consideration with other usesPolicy promotes improved genetic characteristics of Lesotho livestockPolicy promotes enhanced levels of livestock nutrition by maintaining sustainable stocking rates and by expanding the fodder resource base

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