Lesotho: U.S. Cuts Food Aid to 36,000 Children in Lesotho

About one in five people in rural Lesotho face food insecurity

• A programme designed to feed more than 36,000 learners at 200 schools in Lesotho will now end after abrupt cuts by the US Department of Agriculture.
• The Lesotho government says it’s own food programme will now cover these schools. But the government’s food programme does not have a good track record.
• Dozens of small-scale farmers who expanded their production to supply the US-funded programme are facing big losses.

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