The African debate
Food self-sufficiency: what agricultural project in the DRC?
A Batwa Pygmy woman carries a heavy load of beans from the fields to the village of Buyungule, Kahuzi-Biega region, DRC.
(Illustrative image) Getty Images - guenterguni
By: Alain Foka Follow
1 min
How can a country with 80 million hectares of arable land import more than a billion dollars worth of food every year?
Why is the Democratic Republic of Congo still not self-sufficient in food and continues to import fish, rice and wheat, among other things?
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With the participation of :
Pacific Kahasha
, entrepreneur in pig farming and agriculture, representative of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Kalaa Mpinga
, Chairman of the Agriculture and Forestry Commission of the Federation of Congo Enterprises (FEC), director and shareholder of Plantations et Huileries du Congo
Jean-Claude Hoolans,
national vice-president in charge of agriculture and SMEs of the FEC, managing director of the Miluna plantation
Guy-Robert Lukama
, administrator of the FEC and Gécamines
Mwanza Singoma
, president of FEC-Nord Kivu, business leader and national deputy
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