Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - Agricultural and Rural Sector Rehabilitation Project in Katanga, Kasaï-Oriental and Kasaï-Occidental Provinces (PRESAR)

The present project aims to reduce poverty and improve the living conditions of the population of the three provinces of Kasaï -Oriental, Kasaï- Occidental and Katanga, through revitalization of the agricultural sector. It comes at a time when the food situation of two-thirds of the population was very alarming. The economic crisis and socio-political conflicts of the 1990s destroyed the agricultural sector’s production capacities and rural infrastructure, despite the huge natural resource potential. The project has the following four components: (i) capacity building for support services (ii) agricultural production development, (iii) rural infrastructure rehabilitation, and (iv) project management. Its main outputs are: (i) capacity building for Ministries in charge of development and operators of production support services; (ii) production improvement through the promotion of animal traction and use of more productive inputs; (iii) rehabilitation of agricultural feeder roads, and marketing and drinking water access infrastructure; and (iv) training and organization of the rural population.