Integrated Agricultural Rehabilitation Project in the Maniema Province

Congo, DR

Maniema Province is beset with chronic food shortages and high poverty levels. The project will help address these issues by targeting four production zones in the province; namely Kasongo, Kibombo-hinterland Kindu, Pangi and Kabambaré, home to some 960,000 subsistence farmers. Works will include:

• upgrading of around 1,000 km of rural feeder roads;
• rehabilitation and construction of market infrastructure;
• introduction of self-sustaining systems for the production and distribution of seeds, as well as improved breeding techniques to farmers engaged in livestock and fish-raising;
• capacity building and institution-strengtheningamong local organizations, NGOs and implementing partners;
• creation of a local development fund to help finance micro and small businesses;
• rehabilitation/construction of healthcare centers, water supply and sanitation facilities and schools; and
• implementation of an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign.