Tag: DRC
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Two illustrated guides to promote forest rehabilitation by and for farmers in Central Africa
Tree nursery in Yaosenge – Benjamin Bisimwa, CIFOR-ICRAF The PROFEAAC project (Promouvoir et Formaliser l’Exploitation Artisanale du bois d’œuvre en Afrique Centrale – Promoting and Formalizing Artisanal Timber Exploitation in Central Africa) has just published two guides in comic strip form to explain how to set up a nursery and plant trees, based on its ... -
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Lives shattered by violence, displacement and hunger in ‘forgotten crisis’: World Food Programme (WFP)
According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), since March 2022 alone, 5.7 million people have been displaced in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. Record displacement Overall, 6.2 million people have fled their homes across the country – the highest number in Africa. “The country is continental in size with ... -
OCP Africa and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University lay the foundation stone
The pioneering school, with its innovative teaching approach, will be the first project of its kind on the continent, offering new opportunities to young Ivorians with a passion for AgriTech. Working closely with the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INPHB), the Digital Farming School will be the first branch of the Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique ... -
Banking on nutrition: Akinwumi Adesina’s reappointment to SUN Movement Lead Group boosts efforts towards a malnutrition-free world by 2030
UN Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina at the 2017 G7 Summit, Taormina, Italy. African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina has welcomed his reappointment by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group(link is external), a distinguished team of 22 global ...




