{"id":32861,"date":"2023-08-22T13:35:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T13:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/minister-opens-overseas-training"},"modified":"2023-08-22T14:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:00:41","slug":"minister-opens-overseas-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/minister-opens-overseas-training","title":{"rendered":"MINISTER OPENS OVERSEAS TRAINING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Mr. Thabo Mofosi officially opened a 4 weeks Overseas Training Seminar on Beef Cattle Feeding Technology &amp; Management of Chick and Parent Stock Hatchery which took place in Maseru on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, Mr. Mofosi said the two trainings mark the commencement of an insight to improved agribusiness which will be of great benefit to the nation. He added that the training comes at the right time when Lesotho has prioritised agriculture in the crop, beef and poultry production value chains.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned that this initiative which is aimed at promoting food security in the country is a testimony of the good relations that the two countries have that will yield both countries skills sharing and knowledge gaining.<\/p>\n<p>While conveying his remarks, the Ambassador for the People\u2019s Republic of China to Lesotho, Mr. Lei Kezhong said this initiative is a clear manifestation of the true bilateral relations that the two countries have.<\/p>\n<p>He said with Lesotho now prioritising agriculture and China being a giant in agribusiness, the training will be of benefit to Lesotho. He expressed hope that this training will not only be a benefit to officers but skills will also be shared with the society to promote food security in Lesotho.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that the two countries have worked on several agricultural projects that are aimed at promoting food security in Lesotho. Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mrs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Maphakiso Lelula appreciated the support that the People\u2019s Republic of China has offered to Lesotho, saying the skills and knowledge they will gain from the training, production of beef and poultry will improve the country.<\/p>\n<p>She however pleaded with her colleagues to make use of this opportunity to bring change and sustainability within the beef and poultry production projects.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 100 participants from the Ministry of Agriculture\u2019s livestock department who are expected to participate in these trainings that are going to last for 3 to 4 weeks respectively.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32857 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700119.777313.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700119.777313.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700119.777313-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700119.777313-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700119.777313-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32859 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700146.979415.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700146.979415.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700146.979415-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700146.979415-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700146.979415-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700146.979415-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700146.979415-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\">Lesotho<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. The Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Mr. Thabo Mofosi officially opened a 4 weeks Overseas Training Seminar on Beef Cattle Feeding Technology &amp; Management of Chick and Parent Stock Hatchery which took place in Maseru on Sunday. In his remarks, Mr. Mofosi said the two trainings mark the commencement of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":32860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7,11],"tags":[233,246,245,194],"class_list":["post-32861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","category-photo","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-lesotho","tag-lesotho","tag-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MINISTER OPENS OVERSEAS TRAINING - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Mr. Thabo Mofosi officially opened a 4 weeks Overseas Training ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/minister-opens-overseas-training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MINISTER OPENS OVERSEAS TRAINING\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Mr. Thabo Mofosi officially opened a 4 weeks Overseas Training ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/minister-opens-overseas-training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-22T13:35:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-22T14:00:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700170.340326.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/minister-opens-overseas-training#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/minister-opens-overseas-training\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"MINISTER OPENS OVERSEAS TRAINING\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-22T13:35:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-22T14:00:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/minister-opens-overseas-training\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/minister-opens-overseas-training#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/08\/sm_1692700170.340326.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Lesotho\",\"Lesotho\",\"Technology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"head lines\",\"photo\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/minister-opens-overseas-training#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/minister-opens-overseas-training\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/minister-opens-overseas-training\",\"name\":\"MINISTER OPENS OVERSEAS TRAINING - 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