Lesotho - Land Management and Conservation Project
Dee, Philippa | Diop, Ndiame
The Land Management and Conservation Project will be part of a long term program for land management and erosion control to enhance agricultural productivity, to be carried out through newly elected village, ward and district councils. To this end, the project will strengthen ; (a) MICARD (Ministry of Interior, Chieftainship Affairs and Rural Development) through technical assistance, training and logistical support to enable them to assist the councils, and (b) MOA's (Ministry of Agriculture, Cooperatives and Marketing) Institute of Land Use Planning to enable it to put together working groups in the districts to help local communities to prepare and implement land management plans. Also financed will be land management subprojects (such as pasture improvement, conservation works, tree planting) approved by the district councils. Finally, the project will provide assistance in the further development of a land policy for the Kingdom.
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