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Lesotho: The Long Road to the Market for Lesotho’s Wool Farmers

Lesotho: The Long Road to the Market for Lesotho’s Wool Farmers

From the highlands of Lesotho, quality wool is sold in Gqeberha to the world

On a cold pasture in Mokhotlong in Lesotho’s high mountains, sheep farmer Khotsang Moshoeshoe stands on a carefully managed field of lucerne and grass. The 7.2-acre pasture is part of an effort to improve the quality of the wool he produces for international markets.

Moshoeshoe keeps about 160 sheep, including 112 ewes, and specialises in producing superfine wool, a high-value fibre sought after on the global market.

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