Agriculture in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is dominated by subsistence farming. Households grow food mainly for their own consumption and sell only when they have a surplus.
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Transformation of the agri-food system (AFS) is a leading pathway to achieve the USG Global Food Security Strategy Objective 1 of “Inclusive agriculture-led growth”.
Ce document présente une analyse des chaînes de valeur agroalimentaires de manioc, de riz, de lait et de poisson le long du corridor économique entre les capitales provinciales de Bukavu (Sud-Kivu) et Kalemie (Tanganyika) situées dans la partie or
Despite the increasing availability of precision agriculture technology, most farmers in developing countries are still practicing farming with limited reliable information on soil characteristics.
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2018 Social Accounting Matrix for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): A Nexus Project SAM
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Le présent document applique une combinaison de deux typologies spatiales de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle à la région Est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) dans le but de guider la conception des futures interventions dans
Spatial food and nutrition security typologies for agriculture and food value chain interventions in Eastern DRC
To guide the design of future agriculture and food value chain interventions, this paper combines two existing spatial food and nutrition security typologies and applies them to the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
In this paper we develop a policy-relevant typology using different intervention types and nutrition constraints.
In 2011, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Democratic Republic of Congo’s government launched the Food Production, Processing, and Marketing project—which aimed to raise incomes and improve f