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RSDA
Wins GEF Grant
 FEBRUARY:
RSDA won a grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to help
conserve the unique gene pool of Lesotho's indigenous chickens.
"Lesotho's
indigenous chickens are threatened," said 'M?'Mampho Thulo, RSDA
Managing Director. "Yet our indigenous breeds are more disease resistant
and better suited to local conditions than introduced breeds."
The GEF Small
Grants Programme awarded RSDA US$33,000 to research and create ways to
help conserve Lesotho's indigenous chickens as part of GEF's mandate to
assist developing nations preserve the world's biodiversity.
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HIV and AIDS Outreach Program
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DECEMBER:
Learn how
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'Makhabane Motakabone and her team of peer educators in Shalane village
in Lesotho's south are going door-to-door, person-to-person to educate the community about HIV and AIDS. Read
more in the Spring edition of
the RSDA
Newsletter.
read:
RSDA
Newsletter No 3, Spring 2008
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Dairy
Cow AI Services Begin in Mafeteng District |
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SEPTEMBER: RSDA is now providing artificial insemination (AI) services to dairy
farmers in Mafeteng district, Lesotho. In early September a Jersey dairy
cow at the RSDA Dairy Cow Breeding and Rearing Centre was artificially
inseminated by a trained RSDA dairy technician.
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Media Release
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TB and Brucellosis Testing of
Dairy Cows Continues |
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JUNE:
Dairy cows in Maseru district continue to be tested for tuberculosis and
brucellosis under a joint initiative to improve the quality and quantity
of Lesotho's milk production.
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Media Release
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Agriculture Minister Opens
Dairy Cow Breeding Centre |
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APRIL:
Lesotho's Minister for Agriculture and Food Security officially opens RSDA's new dairy cow breeding and rearing centre in Mafeteng district.
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Media Release
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