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Support for the National Agricultural Investment Programme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - GCP/DRC/051/CPR

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Despite favourable climate and soil conditions, the agricultural sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is not sufficiently developed to fight malnutrition and food insecurity or to significantly reduce the level of poverty among the rural population. In recent years, with a view to consolidating the country’s economic growth with support for the agricultural and rural sector, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has implemented a number of development programmes, including the National Agricultural Investment Programme (NAIP). Over the period between 2013 and 2020, the NAIP aimed to unify all projects and stimulate sustained annual growth of the agricultural sector of more than 6 percent, targeting five priority areas. Within the framework of South-South Cooperation, the project aimed to support the implementation of the NAIP in Haut-Katanga Province, offering targeted expertise suited to the needs of national partners across a range of agricultural sectors, and strengthening the technical capacities of the different actors involved.

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