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Journal articles on the topic "Horses - Economic aspects - Lesotho"
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Cobbe, James H. "Economic Aspects of Lesotho's Relations with South Africa." Journal of Modern African Studies 26, no. 1 (1988): 71–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x00010338.
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Lesotho has long had the distinction of being one of the more anomalous states not only in Southern Africa, but in the world. It is entirely surrounded by another country, the Republic of South Africa. It is ethnically and linguistically very homogeneous. It is a monarchy. Physically, the lowest point in Lesotho is higher, in vertical distance above sea level, that that in any other country. Its economy is marked by some extraordinary paradoxes, such as agriculture being the main economic activity of the bulk of the labour force albeit the origin of a small fraction of total income, imports enomously exceeding exports and being larger than domestic output, and fewer citizens working for cash inside the country than outside.
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Cordery, J. C., L. Chapman, and J. F. A. Britton. "Management and economic aspects of farm deer, horses and milking sheep." British Veterinary Journal 145, no. 2 (1989): 121–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0007-1935(89)90094-8.
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Bob, Urmilla, Kamilla Swart, Edwin Perry, and Dinolen Gounden. "Profiling and Examining Travel Patterns Pertaining to Domestic Tourism in Lesotho." African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, no. 9(6) (December 15, 2020): 1076–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-69.
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While some studies have examined aspects of tourism in Lesotho, there is limited research examining domestic tourist profiles and travel patterns, crucial to unlocking Lesotho’s domestic tourism potential. There is a need for such research to enable the development of appropriate tourism products and strategies. This study then critically examines results from a household survey that was undertaken in Lesotho to assess domestic tourists’ profiles, travel patterns, main motivations, and tourism products or services. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in 1 210 households across all administrative districts of Lesotho using a proportionate sampling approach. Within each District, a systematic sampling approach was adopted to minimise bias. Lesotho has several tourism products such as cultural and heritage sites, nature-based destinations and unique leisure experiences. Pre COVID-19 levels of domestic tourism and travel were relatively high. The study found that several socio-economic factors influence the willingness and ability of households to consume domestic tourism products. It is concluded that domestic tourism in Lesotho can be improved with better, more appropriate communication and marketing strategies, as well as an upgraded transport infrastructure and tourism services.
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Bruns, E. "Berücksichtigung von Merkmalen der Gesundheit in der Züchtung von Sportpferden." Archives Animal Breeding 44, no. 2 (2001): 119–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/aab-44-119-2001.
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Abstract. Title of the paper: Considering health traits in breeding ofsport horses In breeding sport horses Performance and health traits are equally important to exhaust the horses' Performance potential. The need to consider health traits and to produce sound horses follows also from animal welfare and economic aspects. Often horses not successful in competitions are used in breeding. The time length of active participation in competitions and the reproductive Performance of horses are negatively affected by several diseases. Main causes are diseases of locomotor and respiratory organs whereby osteochondrosis dissecans and hemiplegia laryngis are the most frequent ones. These diseases have a sufficiently high heritability and can be selected for. In contrast, reproductive traits in horses have a very low heritability as found in other species. In defining selection policies to improve the health Status other factors besides heritability have to be considered such as way of inheritance, frequency of incidence and economic importance. In future the identification of defect genes may help in exactly diagnosing health problems and in breeding for sound Constitution. First actions to be taken by breeding organizations relate to testing early progenies. But also actions to improve nutrition, husbandry and training in rearing are important to reduce incidence and relevance of health problems in sport horses.
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Sobol, O. M., O. I. Lyubenko, and O. S. Khizhnyak. "Socio-economic aspects of the project of the breeding reproduction farm of Novoaleksandrovsky draft breed horses." Taurian Scientific Herald, no. 118 (2021): 267–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.32851/2226-0099.2021.118.34.
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KOENHEMSİ, LORA, FATMA ATEŞ ALKAN, GİULİA MORGANTİ, BORA Ü. BARUTÇU, and ERMAN M. OR. "Evaluation of trace elements in equine piroplasmosis." Medycyna Weterynaryjna 75, no. 02 (2019): 6230–2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.21521/mw.6230.
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Equine piroplasmosis (EP) is a tick-borne disease caused by Babesia caballi and Theileria equi, which causes a significant economic loss. The aim of this study was to determine the disease-related changes of serum trace elements that play an important role in the immune system. Our study was conducted on 20 horses with piroplasmosis and 20 healthy horses. It was performed to evaluate some of the serum trace element levels (chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg) manganese (Mn), selenium (Se), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), boron (B), and nickel (Ni)) in equine piroplasmosis. The elements were analyzed in serum using ICP-OES. Infected horses had significantly higher serum Mg and Mn levels. In conclusion, changes of serum trace elements in infected horses can provide valuable information about pathophysiological aspects and they are also good indicators for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment evaluation. Much more scientific research is required to evaluate the trace elements related to equine piroplasmosis.
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Romanenko, G. V. "Historical aspects of breeding and preservation of Hutsul horse breed on the Ukrainian territory of the interwar Poland." Науково-теоретичний альманах "Грані" 21, no. 9 (2018): 81–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.15421/1718118.
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The article examines the historical aspects of Hutsul horse breeding on Ukrainian territory of the interwar Poland. The unique breed of the Hutsul horse is an important component of the Ukrainian cultural and natural heritage. This horse breed was formed in the Carpathians historically, that is well adapted to the specifics of local environment, climatic and economic conditions. The purpose of this article is to study the complex of measures and practices taken by the Polish authorities and the indifferent people on the Ukrainian territory of the interwar Poland, in order to preserve and promote the Hutsul horse breeding. Despite the extremely unsatisfactory amount of the population of these mountain horses after the end of the First World War, in the next twenty years it has been possible to implement a number of measures that have contributed to the conservation of the breed, and an increase in the number of livestock. With the help of enthusiasts and state support, a horse-breeding factory was founded in Sudova Vishnia, where a number of selective stallion-breeders was formed, and the nursery station in the Carpathians restored its activity. Regular exhibitions and inspections of Hutsul horses motivated the co-owners to take proper care of their horses and facilitate the exchange of experience in their feeding. Until the beginning of the Second World War, a network of stud farms appeared in the Carpathians. Each of these farms had a stallion of Hutsul breed, and peasants could obtain grants for breeding and keeping horses. In 1925, the Union of Horse Hutsul breeds was established. This organization devoted its activities to the revival of the Hutsul horse breed, its cultivation and popularization among the population. The Union of Horse Hutsul breeds acted intensively before the Second World War. The efforts to scale up the number of Hutsul horses were not sufficient, but still it helped to maintain and increase the unique breed of Ukrainian mountain horses before the war. The experience of maintaining the breed and encouraging its breeding is an interesting subject for studying and comparing with modern practices in this area.
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Heird, Jim. "270 Horses and the horse industry, texas and beyond." Journal of Animal Science 97, Supplement_3 (2019): 99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skz258.204.
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Abstract A familiar Texas quote is, “Everything is bigger in Texas.” That’s certainly true about many parts of its equine industry. But, even though its population is large, many of the issues facing the Texas Horse Industry are no different than those of the rest of the U.S horse industry. Texas ranks highest in the total number of horses of all the states. According to the Texas Equine Industry Study of 2015, Texas has 840,000 horses in the state that generate almost $6 billion dollars in statewide economic output. The industry supports 52,000 jobs. Horse racing alone supports 11,400 jobs. Like most states, recreation riding/ownership leads the industry’s uses. In Texas, this segment alone accounts for $1.9 billion in revenues. The primary issues facing Texas’ and the U.S industries are equine welfare in all aspects of the industry, a decline in participation, waning youth interest and participation, a public without livestock experience, the economy, unwanted horses and leadership for the future.
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Swegen, Aleona, and R. John Aitken. "Prospects for immunocontraception in feral horse population control: exploring novel targets for an equine fertility vaccine." Reproduction, Fertility and Development 28, no. 7 (2016): 853. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rd14280.
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Feral horses populate vast land areas and often induce significant ecological and economic damage throughout the landscape. Non-lethal population control methods are considered favourable in light of animal welfare, social and ethical considerations; however, no single effective, safe and species-specific contraceptive agent is currently available for use in free-ranging wild and feral horses. This review explores aspects of equine reproductive physiology that may provide avenues for the development of specific and long-lasting immunocontraceptive vaccines and some of the novel strategies that may be employed to facilitate appropriate antigen discovery in future research. Potential antigen targets pertaining to spermatozoa, the ovary and oocyte, as well as the early conceptus and its associated factors, are reviewed in the context of their suitability for immunocontraceptive vaccine development.
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Perumal, A. N. I., Y. I. N. S. Gunawardene, and R. S. Dassanayake. "Setaria digitata in advancing our knowledge of human lymphatic filariasis." Journal of Helminthology 90, no. 2 (2015): 129–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x15000309.
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AbstractSetaria digitata is a filarial parasite that causes fatal cerebrospinal nematodiasis in goats, sheep and horses, resulting in substantial economic losses in animal husbandry in the tropics. Due to its close resemblance to Wuchereria bancrofti, this nematode is also frequently used as a model organism to study human lymphatic filariasis. This review highlights numerous insights into the morphological, histological, biochemical, immunological and genetic aspects of S. digitata that have broadened our understanding towards the control and eradication of filarial diseases.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Horses - Economic aspects - Lesotho"
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Sejanamane, Nkhahle Daniel. "Challenges in distribution of old age pensions in Lesotho." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/20477.
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The research set out to explore the nature of challenges in distribution of old age pensions in Lesotho. Poor institutional capacity failed the implementing agency, the Department of Pensions; to set up competent administrative structures to run run the pensions effectively and efficiently. A number of challenges have been identified, some of which were: inadequate supervision of the paying officers, fraud by workers and community agents, missing funds, insufficient resources, inadequate administrative capacity, overworked employees, faulty targeting, soft and discriminatory approach to non-compliance with rules and multiple use of identity documents by recipients. On the other hand, a number of opportunities have been identified to counteract the challenges. The main recommendation of the study was the engagement of mobile phone-based money transfer facilities to transfer the old age pensions from the government to the recipients. The Department of Pensions should make use of baseline database like information from civil registration agency like the Ministry of Home Affairs to confirm the validity of the pension recipients. Other recommendations included moving the division of old age pensions from the Pensions Department to the Ministry of Social Development which is the controlling body for other forms of social grants in Lesotho. The Ministry of Social Development is regarded as well equipped with qualified staff and facilities to deal with vulnerable people like the elderly.
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Tšiame, Cyprian Mafata. "The investigation of the impact of technical and vocational education on the socio-economic development of Lesotho with special reference to Maseru district." Thesis, Bloemfontein : Central University of Technology, Free State, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/95.
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Thesis (M. Tech.) - Central University of Technology, Free State, 2006<br>The demand for continuing reform to technical and vocational education system and its products and services had been inevitable. The challenge for both the Lesotho Ministry of Education and Training Department of Technical and Vocational Education and Training and the Lerotholi Polytechnic had been to develop strategies, which would enable both economic and social goals to be realized. However, it had been a major concern that the present training system had been having some limitations and the Government’s investments in technical and vocational education produced un-healthy results and returns. The private sector had a poor few of the quality and relevance of the training offered by the public technical institutions; more specifically the Lerotholi Polytechnic, and majority of the labour market had been reluctant to employ the graduates from the institution. If quality assurance and relevance prevailed the private sector would send their employees, supervisors and managers for skills upgrading to the Lerotholi Polytechnic.
The Government of Lesotho could promote its economic growth and poverty alleviation objectives if the existing tailored training substantiated to impact on the socio-economic development.
The study was intended to investigate the impact of the Lerotholi Polytechnic programmes on the socio-economic development on Lesotho with special reference to Maseru district. The premises lied upon access to the Lerotholi Polytechnic technical and vocational education programmes, relevance of these programmes towards socioeconomic development, their quality assurance for the contribution towards the socioeconomic development and the training and learning strategies employed in the Lerotholi Polytechnic.
Management issues such as planning, control and coordination also had to be envisaged with respect to the legal framework of technical and vocational education.
Both the Lesotho Ministry of Education and Training Department of Technical and Vocational Education and Training and the Lerotholi Polytechnic formed the sample population whose responses had been triangulated in the quest for the imperative epistemic of the impact of technical and vocational education on the socio-economic development of Lesotho with special reference to Maseru district. Results had been presented and findings acknowledged. Recommendations had been advocated for the better functioning of the Lerotholi Polytechnic programmes in the contribution towards socio-economic development of Lesotho with special reference to Maseru district.
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Kotele, Mothepane. "An investigation into the journalistic identities of news workers at the state owned Lentsoe La Basotho/Lesotho Today Newspaper." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002903.
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Informed by the political economy framework and the public service role of media in democracy, the main objective of the study was to use in-depth semi-structured interviews to understand news-workers’ professional journalistic identities in relation to their status as government employees and the understanding of their public service role as outlined in the paper’s mission statement. The main interest was to understand the complexity of negotiating these role identities. Through reference to the theories of journalism professionalism, the study highlighted the extent to which news-workers in the small newsroom of Lentsoe la Basotho/Lesotho Today see themselves as public service journalists in a democratic country. The interest was borne partly out of the views of the paper’s critics who see it as not serving the public but rather promoting the activities and policies of the government of the day, thus falling short of its democratic role. The contention of the study was that as a public service newspaper, the paper should have news-workers who do impartial journalism and reflect the public’s right to know in their reporting. The findings of the study suggests that news-workers at Lentsoe la Basotho/Lesotho Today continuously have to strive to negotiate the potential conflict between being a professional and working for a government-controlled newspaper. While they sometimes lay claim to being journalists, the reality is that in their political coverage they end up adopting the role of government mouthpieces.
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Mphahama, Litsoanelo Evodiah. "Institutional constraints to horticulture production and marketing." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/428.
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Lesotho has a land area of about 30.340 square kilometers and is completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. Much of the country is mountainous. Its agricultural sector is characterized by low productivity due to erratic climatic conditions, limited arable land and fragile soils with a low water holding capacity. These conditions have proved very detrimental to crop production, rendering agriculture a risky economic activity. Numerous efforts have been made over the years to address the technical constraints confronting the sector, but nothing seems to be changing. The implication is that the technical/climatic factors mentioned above may be only part of the problem. The current situation whereby Lesotho imports nearly 95% of its domestic food requirements is unsustainable, but this desperate picture looks set to worsen with the continuing threats of contracting farm sizes and further declines in farmer participation rates. But this sector has continued to be an important source of household survival and existence. A study was designed and conducted during 2008 and 2009 to identify the institutional constraints to horticulture production in Lesotho, looking specifically at the obstacles to effective production and marketing of horticultural products. A total of 100 farming households were enumerated in four districts of the country, namely Butha Buthe, Berea, Mafeteng, and Thaba-Tseka. A range of institutional and non-price factors in the farming and marketing environment were incorporated in a binary choice model to investigate the degree of satisfaction of the farming households with their previous year’s farming results. To avoid selection bias in the sample, a probit model was chosen, and the Stata-10 software was used to estimate probit coefficients. The results provide indications that property rights, the agricultural extension service, the condition of the physical infrastructure, and distance to markets may be crucial elements threatening the existence of this sector in Lesotho. The difficulties in accessing markets and land remain important institutional constraints to horticulture production and marketing in Lesotho. Recommendations made on these issues include providing more policy support to homestead gardening and for these issues to be incorporated into the Vision 2020 process. Also to be included is the issue of addressing the growing national food insecurity and enhancing Basotho livelihoods in general.
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McDermott, Lindsay. "Contrasting livelihoods in the upper and lower Gariep River basin: a study of livelihood change and household development." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007147.
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This study investigated rural livelihoods in two contrasting environments in the upper and lower reaches of the Gariep River: Sehlabathebe in the Lesotho highlands, and the Richtersveld in the Northern Cape, and how these have changed over time. Livelihoods were examined using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework in conjunction with the household development cycle. This study therefore adopted a multi-scale approach, where a micro-level household analysis was framed within the macro level social, political, environmental, economic and institutional context, while taking into account the role of temporal scale of livelihood change. A multi-scale approach facilitated the identification of the major drivers of change, both exogenous and endogenous. The combination of livelihood strategies pursued differed between the two sites. Households in Sehlabathebe are reliant mainly on arable and garden cultivation, livestock in some households, occasional remittances, use of wild resources, petty trading and reliance on donations. Households in the Richtersveld relied primarily on livestock, wage labour, use of wild resources and State grants or pensions. The livelihood strategies pursued in each site have not changed markedly over time, but rather the relative importance of those strategies was found to have changed. The assets available to households, the livelihood strategies adopted and the changes in these livelihood strategies are influenced by a households stage in the development cycle and differing macro-level factors. Drivers of change operate at multiple spatial and temporal scales, and are often complex and interrelated. The major drivers of livelihood change were identified as macro-economic, demographic, institutional and social and climatic. This study highlights the importance of using historical analysis in the study of livelihoods, as well as the complexity and diversity of rural livelihoods. Ecosystem goods and services were found to play a fundamental role in rural livelihoods and are influenced by institutional factors. Rural households are heavily reliant on the formal economy, and macro-economic changes have had a significant impact on livelihoods. This is highlighted by how the drastic decline in migrant labour opportunities for households in Sehlabathebe has negatively affected them. Vulnerability was shown to be a result of external shocks and trends, such as institutional transformation, a decline in employment opportunities, theft and climatic variation; and differed between the two sites. The role of institutional breakdown was shown to be a major factor influencing rural livelihoods, and this is related to broader economic and political changes. This study contributes to the growing literature on rural livelihoods by allowing for an appreciation of how differing environments and contextual factors influence livelihood strategies adopted, and which different factors are driving change.
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Morojele, Relebohile Nthati. "Determining the attitudes/perceptions of retrenched Lesotho migrant labourers from the RSA mining industries regarding education using their career life histories." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49907.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2004.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The level of unemployment in Lesotho has reached an alarming rate and this situation
is compounded by massive mine retrenchments (Central Bank of Lesotho, 2001: 22).
Given this background, it is imperative to gain a deeper understanding of the career
life histories of retrenched Basotho migrant labourers in order to explain their
perceptions/attitudes regarding education. In-depth individual interviews with 26
retrenched mineworkers were conducted for collecting data and a grounded theory
approach was followed in analysing the data.
The life histories of the men were critically investigated, from the time before they
were employed in the mines, to the stage when they were working in the mining
industries. The enquiry continued to a stage when they were retrenched from the
mines. Their lives after retrenchment were looked at to establish whether they had
acquired skills whilst they were employed in the mines. The objective was to determine
whether the skills acquired were useful to them after retrenchment and if they could
secure them employment in other sectors of the economy besides the mines. The
study revealed that most of the migrant labourers had not acquired other skills besides
those that were offered in the mines. As a result, all of the men were unemployed
becausethey lacked skills that were relevant to the economy of Lesotho.
Retrenched migrant labourers reported that education was important, especially for
their children. For them, they indicated that they could pursue education if they would
be employed in the mines again of it is offered where they would be employed, on the
job training. The question is whether these men will secure employment in other
sectors in Lesotho given that they lack relevant skills. It is advisable, therefore, for the
government of Lesotho to facilitate career guidance in the country to encourage these
men to acquire marketable skills and to promote employment creation.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die werkloosheidsyfer in Lesotho het 'n ontstellende vlak bereik en hierdie situasie
word vererger deur massiewe afdankings by die myne (Central Bank of Lesotho, 2001:
22). Dit is dus noodsaaklik, gegee hierdie agtergrond dat 'n beter begrip van die
beroepsgeskiedenisse van afgedankte Basotho trekarbeiders omskryf word om hulle
persepsies/houdings jeens opvoeding vas te stel. Daar is individuele in-diepte
onderhoude gevoer met 26 afgedankte mynwerkers om data in te samel en 'n
gegronde teorie aanslag is gevolg in die analise van die data.
Die lewensgeskiedenisse van die mans is krities ondersoek, vanaf die tydperk wat hulle
in diens geneem is in die myne tot hulle indiensneming in die mynindustrieë. Die
ondersoek sluit ook die afdankings periode in. Hulle lewens na afdanking is ook
ondersoek om vas te stelof hulle vaardighede tydens hulle diens in die myne
aangeleer het. Die doelstelling hiermee was om vas te stelof die aangeleerde
vaardighede indiensname in ander sektore kon verseker na hulle afgedank is. Die
studie toon dat die meeste trekarbeiders nie enige ander vaardighede aangeleer het as
wat hulle in die myne gebruik het nie. Dit het daartoe gelei dat hulle nie geskik is vir
werk in ander sektore aangesien hulle nie oor relevante vaardighede beskik nie.
Afgedankte trekarbeiders het aangedui dat opvoeding belangrik is, veral vir hulle
kinders. Hulle het wel aangedui dat hulle verdere opleiding sou wou ontvang indien
hulle weer in diens geneem word of as deel van in-diens opleiding. Die kwessie is egter
of hierdie mans in ander sektore in diens geneem sal word aangesien hulle nie oor die
nodige vaardighede beskik nie. Dit word dus aanbeveel dat die Lesotho regering
beroepsleiding te fasiliteer om hierdie mans aan te moedig om bemarkbare
vaardighede te kry as ook om werkverskaffing aan te moedig.
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Ficq, Constant Joseph. "Die betekenis van perde in die bewoning van die Lesotho-Hoogland." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14691.
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M.A. (Anthropology)<br>Though the association of the "BaSotho" with the horse is a commonplace one, thus far very few anthropological studies of the subject have been undertaken. The "BaSotho" to horse relation has been clouded by the idealised Western perception of the horse as symbol of power, vitality and freedom. What further clouds the issue is the simplistic image people have of the "BaSotho" as "traditional horsemen". For an objective understanding of the contemporary "BaSotho"/horse relationship it is necessary to focus on both the general Western perception of the horse and on the reasons for this outlook, as well as on the historical background to the use of the horse in Lesotho ...
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Letsebe, Phoebe Harward. "A study of the impact of Lesotho Highlands Water Project on residents of Khohlo-Ntso : is it too late for equitable benefit sharing?" Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12271.
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Large-scale water project development is one of the most contentious areas of infrastructure development, physically displacing an estimated 40 to 80 million people throughout the past century. Overwhelming evidence of the adverse socio-economic impacts on local communities resulting from large dam construction has called into question whether such development truly benefits the majority or, rather, serves to promote elite accumulation of wealth at the expense of marginalized peoples. One of the most glaring issues concerning large dam development is the age-old question of distribution as those living in dam areas or downstream of dammed rivers suffer a disproportionate share of costs while enjoying few benefits. Recognized by the WCD (2000) as one of seven strategic priorities in decision-making concerning large dams, benefit sharing is one way to increase equity among stakeholders. A handful of countries around the world have incorporated benefit sharing mechanisms into large-scale water and hydroelectric projects, including Lesotho. With construction of Katse Dam beginning in the late 1980s, residents of Khohlo-Ntso have a quarter of a century’s experience with Africa’s second largest water transfer and hydroelectric project, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). While the adverse impacts of the LHWP on rural highlands Basotho communities has been widely documented, only one other study has researched benefit sharing within the LHWP.
The central aim of this study was to discover what were local residents’ perceptions of LHWP benefit sharing as a community living only 10 kilometers downstream of Katse Dam. This research utilized a qualitative case study design to gain an in-depth account of local residents’ experiences, including their level of awareness of the LHWP benefit sharing mechanism, their experiences as a downstream community and their suggestions for transforming the LHWP into a more equitable project. Triangulation of qualitative methodological research techniques was employed to collect data including in-depth semi-structured interviews, focus groups and primary document analysis. The main findings of this study were that after living with Katse Dam for 25 years, local residents of Khohlo-Ntso are still unaware of their rights under the LHWP Treaty, do not know about the LHRF and have little hope of sharing benefits of the project.
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"Economic risk as an impediment to the commercialisation of maize production in Lesotho." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11262.
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M.Com. (Economics)<br>Although, approximately 80 percent of Lesotho’s population is dependent on agriculture, its grain output has continued to decline in absolute and relative terms. Average yields per hectare of maize are estimated to have dropped by 42 percent in 2006/07. It seems maize production is randomly and systematically impeded to change from subsistence to commercialised production - aimed at producing market surpluses according to principles and motives vested in specific abilities and formalised in law. Agriculture’s contribution to GDP is approximately 16 percent. In order to address poverty, the trend should be reversed. In a complete study, all the possible contributions, including costs and benefits for agriculture, the significance of impediments in Lesotho will be investigated. This study, examines risk impact on agriculture production, income and returns. It is standard to assume economic related factors underlie an inability to produce satisfactory and sustainable agricultural production. This study tests the significance of such an assumption. This paper proposes that the ground for such an assumption, one of underlying economic factors being instrumental in an inability to commercialise maize production, will be evident in the source of economic risk and pricing. Product price premiums, as measures in off-setting systematic economic and portfolio risk, are reviewed. Self-insurance and diversification are key instruments in managing the systematic and specific risk facing the agricultural sector in general, and maize production specifically. If collaboration prevails along with partial compensation and/or diversification for risk, then economic risk may not be the only factor preventing surplus maize production, or the only supporting factor or commercial motive in maximising returns through maize production. The finding of the study is that economics in general and economic risk are not significant impediments to the commercialisation of maize production. This study is different from other research in this field in that it moves away from the standard assumption that economic factors are central in impeding commercial agricultural production research has also to be focused on factors autonomous of the economy but which effect economic outcomes like cultural impediments in developing economies like Lesotho. The study indicates, by analysing the higher moments (economic risk) of the stochastic nature in economics as a specific attempt to prevent any ambiguousness, that economic decisions are to a great extend motivated by factors other than economic factors in many instances in great and in increasing conflict with economic principles. This founds a motivation for a shift in focus and is the study’s contribution to research in this field. It also contributes to the on-going debate in South Africa as to the problems and underlying factors in the commercialisation of subsistence agricultural production in South Africa.
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Shale, Mashale. "Fertility transition in Lesotho : the recent trends, socioeconomic factors and proximate determinants." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8636.
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There is a general perception that fertility has been declining over a decade in Lesotho, and this has
sparked the debate that fertility transition is drawing closer in Lesotho. The growing concern was
stimulated by limited studies showing the effect of socio-economic factors on fertility in Lesotho and
variations in proximate determinants. The paper examines recent fertility trends in Lesotho using various
demographic techniques of fertility estimation and determines whether the onset of fertility transition has
begun in Lesotho. The secondary aim is to assess and control errors in the Lesotho Demographic and
Health Survey of 2004, thus providing robust and reliable estimates.
The analysis utilizes the secondary data from 2004 Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey (LDHS). The
data set comprised of a sample of 7095 women who participated in the survey. The use of 1996 Lesotho
Population Census and 2002 Lesotho Reproductive and Health Survey were made to facilitate comparison
with 2004 LDHS, and to provide differentials and measure changes over time in fertility. The P/F ratio
method developed by Brass and the modified version, Relational Gompertz Model are employed and used
to assess the quality of data as well as determining fertility levels and trends. The findings reveal that the overall fertility among women in Lesotho during 2004 LDHS is 4.02.
Application of different methods depicts that fertility remains high in Lesotho, although considered
moderate according to sub-Saharan standards. Despite the fact that TFR is high, overall fertility decline is
evident. The estimates of fertility range between 3.5 and 5.6 depending on the technique in use. The reason
for the high observed fertility is that women in the rural areas still cherish quite a substantial family size.
Nevertheless, changing acceptance and perception of using contraception, delayed marriage, high levels of
education and economic development among women in Lesotho contributes considerably to fertility
declines in Lesotho. As a result, disparities that continue to propel fertility levels within population groups
incite reassessment of existing research and policy so as to enhance development strategies as well as
action programmes.<br>Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College, 2011.
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Bojö, Jan. The economics of land degradation: Theory and applications to Lesotho. Stockholm School of Economics, 1991.
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Matobo, T. The adequacy of the tuberculosis health care system and compensation payments in Lesotho: The people's perspective. Institute of Southern African Studies, National University of Lesotho, 1999.
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Vial, Céline, and Eric Barget. "Comparing Landsmót 2016 with other equestrian events: the case of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy." In Humans, horses and events management. CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789242751.0184.
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Abstract This chapter aims to present the methodology and main results of research focusing on the short-term economic, social and environmental impacts, as well as the long-term legacy, of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy (2014 WEG). This event is then compared with Landsmót 2016 (the National Championships of the Icelandic horse), as they have a lot in common despite their apparent differences. It can be concluded that equestrian events have various impacts for local areas that host them and can contribute to regional development. In order to optimize such impacts, actions have to be implemented with sustainability in mind, taking into account economic, social and environmental aspects.