Africa-Press – Lesotho. Bo-ma Group of Companies will hold a workshop for Lesotho Association of Darts (LAD) and Plant One Tree (POT) with the aim to impart skills on manufacturing organic
fertilizers, on October 4th at Phomolong High School, Sekamaneng. Bo-ma Group of Companies Director ‘Mammope Matsipa told Informative Newspaper that the workshop is intended to change the stereotypical nature of youth and create
awareness on potential business opportunities. “Youth need to observe what the country needs the most, explore their talents, be creative and avoid getting caught in one lane.
They ought to learn to overlook gender stereotypes when it comes to opportunities. The workshop is also going to inspire the right mind set – to consider working together in order to change the farming
industry, hence the economic range,” she enlightened. She revealed that she was intrigued by her former foreign colleagues, who could not eat any food produced in Lesotho, complaining that the soil here has toxic
chemicals to the body. Matsipa then took the responsibility to learn on how the problem can be solved. “I worked with great scientists and farmers, who told me
that our soil is not worthy for crop farming. This frightened me. I took assignment to learn what could be done to bring back the naturally resourceful
soil,” she narrated. Therefore, Matsipa pursued a course in production of organic fertilizer in Ficksburg South Africa (SA), learned production of organic soil processing and how to remove chemicals
in soil to make it useful. “This is where I learned that people have to stop using chemical fertilizer for food production, they are toxic for the body,” she said, adding that chemical
fertilizers causes diseases like cancer. “Currently, my primary initiative is to convert farming into 100% organic. The food we buy in the market place are produced with chemical fertilizers that are used to
speed up the process for the benefit of the sellers but what the consumers get in those is poisonous,” Matsipa informed. She stated that she worked hard to bring back Basotho’s original organic farming which
reward with long life expectancy. Matsipa showed that this project started in 2018, where she took a tour in the country, reaching most of the districts and teaching the community how to produce organic fertilizer for free.
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