This blogpost by Arsène Birindwa originally appeared on the FARA blog. Malgré “le vaste potentiel agricole dont dispose l’Afrique”, expression me paraissant de plus en plus “lapalissade” la faim et la malnutrition persistent sur le continent. En 2003, les chefs d’État africains avaient pris l’engagement de consacrer 10 pourcent de leur budget national à l’agriculture « conscients» de son l’importance dans... More

By Hervé Bondonga and Arsène Birindwa As members of YPARD, we were invited to take part in national consultations on integrating CGIAR sites on 19 February in Kinshasa organized by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), an active CGIAR center in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Participants were from the government: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, the Ministry of... More