Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Farmers Reap Benefits of Soil Fertility

6 August 2012

Bukavu, Rd Congo — Just two years ago, rice farmers on the Ruzizi plain in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo were content to harvest 2.5 tonnes of rice per hectare. The adoption of new techniques has seen their output rise to between six and eight tonnes, with smallholder farmers also increasing their local market share.

Behind the startling transformation here, 100 kilometres south of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, is the CATALIST programme of IFDC (the International Fertiliser Development Centre), a Dutch NGO which began training producers on protecting soil quality in 2007.

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