Africa-Press – Lesotho. Mr Tebatso Sikeme encourages Basotho to actively engage in agriculture to create livelihoods for their livelihood. Shechem also deals with the pig industry, vegetable farming and timber.
“My main focus is on the cultivation of trees such as peaches, grapes, apples and cape gooseberry,” he said. The fruit trees he sells and the others he grows will use the fruit to make the stalks that are sold to make money.
In terms of the production of the cape gooseberry, which is his main source of income, Shechem points out that he produced it in large quantities as it is easily cultivated. He also encouraged Basotho to cultivate it as it has not been widely cultivated and recognized locally.
“Its importance is, among other things, to supply the various nutrients needed by the body and to control other chronic diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure and osteoporosis,” he said. cho Sikeme. The challenges he faces in agroforestry he explained that climate change is the top.
“The weather makes winter winters longer and the seedlings dry up and the damage caused by hail during the summer affects the crops badly as this is a green-house protection due to the lack of money,” he said. he said to Shechem.
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