Lesotho: Big U.S.-Funded Chicken Project Shuts Down in Lesotho

Five-year plan was to up meat production by 40%

• A R500-million project to boost chicken farming in Lesotho has been canned by the United States Department of Agriculture.
• The Sustainable Transformation of Enterprises in the Poultry Sector (STEPS) project, launched in 2023, aimed to grow 28,000 poultry enterprises in Lesotho and boost meat production by 40% and egg production by 30% by 2028.
• Lesotho’s Rural Self-Help Development Association, a partner in the project, said the grant had been…