LAPSP

Program to promote agricultural crop and livestock development in Lesotho. The program contains two components: (1) a cash grant of $12.75 million to the Government of Lesotho in support of policy reform (nonproject assistance component); and (2) supporting TA and studies (project component). Policy reform will focus on: (1) improving the agricultural input system by development of an open and competitive market for the supply of agricultural inputs, divestiture of Coop Lesotho (including its retail outlets) and its transfer to the private sector, and implementation of the final phase of the plan to eliminate fertilizer subsidies; and (2) improving livestock management by establishing and implementing a national grazing fee system and a livestock marketing system. Project-level assistance will include: a resident TA team in support of the policy reform package; a USAID management assistance team for evaluations, audits, and program impact studies; and short-term TA for two national agricultural input supply studies, a national livestock inventory, impact studies of and a computerized accounting system for the grazing fee program, and appraisal of Coop Lesotho's assets and legal

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABD-401 (1988). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.