{"id":13164,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/dg-sanginga-meets-with-dr-congo-president-kabila\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:31","slug":"dg-sanginga-meets-with-dr-congo-president-kabila","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/dg-sanginga-meets-with-dr-congo-president-kabila\/","title":{"rendered":"DG Sanginga meets with DR Congo President Kabila"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_10158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10158\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Dr-Sanginga-with-President-DR-Congos-President.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10158\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Dr-Sanginga-with-President-DR-Congos-President.jpg\" alt=\"DG Sanginga in a h and shake with DR Congo\u2019s President, His excellency Joseph Kabila Kabange at the launch of the Agribusiness Park in Bukanga Lonzo\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DG Sanginga in a h and shake with DR Congo\u2019s President, His excellency Joseph Kabila Kabange at the launch of the Agribusiness Park in Bukanga Lonzo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), His Excellency Joseph Kabila Kabange  and Dr Nteranya Sanginga, IITA\u2019s Director General met last Tuesday at the opening of the Bukanga Lonzo agribusiness park to exchange ideas on the role of agriculture  and agribusiness for economic growth in the DR Congo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since most of the country\u2019s present growth heavily depends on the mining sector, the DR Congo could develop its agricultural potentials through applied research leading to the employment of more than 70% of its population. Also, the climatic  and ecological diversity  and abundant water enables two annual harvests of a wide variety of crops incountry, demonstrating why the DR Congo is also called \u201cL and of Plenty\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Kabila recognized the good prospects that IITA\u2019s research  and postharvest innovations are bringing to his country by inviting IITA as a potential partner in the establishment of agribusiness parks throughout the DR Congo. The parks will service small, medium  and big size farmers with publicprivate partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pace for facilitating the highlevel meeting at Bukanga Lonzo was set throughout the establishment of the IITA Science Building in Bukavu, South Kivu province in Eastern DR Congo accompanied by IITA\u2019s high level advocacy efforts in Kinshasa. It led to the presence of various government officials at the official launch of the IITA Science building on June 6th, which included the Governors of North-  and South Kivu  and the Minister of Agriculture  and Rural Development, Hon. Jean-Chrysostome V. Mukesyayira, who officially represented President Kabila. The launch was followed by a visit from DR Congo\u2019s First Lady, Madame Olive Lembe Kabila, to witness first-h and IITA\u2019s post-harvest innovations  and cassava  and soy bean value chain product development that IITA is pioneering in the DR Congo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting of DG Sanginga  and President Kabila sets another milestone in validating the excellent relations between the Government of DR Congo  and IITA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more details, please contact: Andrea Gros, <a>a.gros@cgiar.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00c0 propos de l'IITA<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">www.iita.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is one of the world\u2019s leading research partners in finding solutions for hunger, malnutrition,  and poverty. Its award-winning research for development (R4D) approach addresses the development needs of tropical countries. IITA works with partners to enhance crop quality  and productivity, reduce producer  and consumer risks,  and generate wealth from agriculture. IITA is a non-profit organization founded in 1967 in Nigeria  and governed by a Board of Trustees. IITA works on the following crops: cowpea, soybean, banana\/plantain, yam, cassava,  and maize. 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