Lieu
DRC
Province of eastern Kasaï
Bénéficiaires
1,000
households
Période
2024 - 2027
36 months
Objectifs spécifiques :
- Increasing resilience and autonomy of farming households in the face of economic, environmental or climatic shocks in order to strengthen their physical and financial assets. Increasing beneficiaries' incomes and improving their food and nutritional security, thanks to an integrated approach that combines collective and individual action on beneficiaries' fields, recognizing that family farming and group farming are mutually reinforcing;
- Building the capacity of farm managers by promoting the adoption of innovative and sustainable farming practices, in order to reduce their economic and food vulnerability. Improving the sustainability of agricultural practices used by the most vulnerable households to manage their farms through individualized advisory support and appropriate technical training of vulnerable farmers who will be able to implement at least one innovative and sustainable farming practice (crop rotations/combinations, use of biopesticides, improved fallow, composting, green manures, use of improved varieties, agroforestry practices).
- Developing their economic and financial management skills, while promoting a greater role for women in farm decision-making processes. Strengthening the economic and financial management skills of the most vulnerable farm managers, as well as the leadership and role of women in strategic and operational decision-making at farm level. Organising training and supporting direct beneficiaries to keep simplified accounts for their individual and cooperative activities. Offer transformative training on gender and the involvong men in positive masculinity and the fight against Gender-Based Violence so that the women concerned by direct support to the most vulnerable households can be involved in decision-making concerning management at farm and household level.
Contexte :
Since its independence from Belgium in 1960, after more than 75 years of occupation, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has had to cope with numerous internal conflicts, inheriting a fragile colonial structure that left a highly diverse population, fragmented both ethnically and regionally. Added to this are external influences, such as the funding of militias and armed groups by neighboring countries, power struggles between different political elites that have led to periods of severe instability, and the country's wealth in natural resources, which arouses intense covetousness and fuels the race for control of these resources. Despite this wealth, the DRC remains one of the poorest countries in the world, with a very low GDP per capita and a largely informal economy.
From an economic perspective, the province of Kasaï Oriental possesses significant potential in the agro-pastoral sector. It has vast expanses of arable land suitable for food and market gardening crops, as well as plains and plateaus conducive to livestock farming, both large and small.
The province’s economic life is also strongly influenced by the mining sector, particularly diamond extraction. The artisanal exploitation of diamonds has led to a massive movement of populations towards mining areas, resulting in the abandonment of agricultural activities. Consequently, the province has become dependent on other provinces and foreign sources to meet its food needs (Source: UNICEF).
Thématiques :
Sécurité alimentaire
Développement durable
Égalité des genres