{"id":14411,"date":"2026-06-20T12:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/picagl-supported-nabana-cassava-variety-at-the-heart-of-the-luhwindja-agricultural-fair\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:27:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:27:55","slug":"picagl-supported-nabana-cassava-variety-at-the-heart-of-the-luhwindja-agricultural-fair","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/picagl-supported-nabana-cassava-variety-at-the-heart-of-the-luhwindja-agricultural-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"PICAGL-supported NABANA cassava variety at the heart of the Luhwindja agricultural fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iita.org\/\">IITA<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\">CGIAR<\/a> Projet Int\u00e9gr\u00e9 des Grand Lacs (PICAGL) participated in the agricultural fair organized from 29 to 31 August in Luhwindja, Mwenga territory in South Kivu, by the Agro Pastoral Cooperative for the Self-Promotion of Women at the Base <em>[<\/em><em>la Coop\u00e9rative Agro Pastorale \u00e0 l\u2019Autopromotion de la Femme \u00e0 la base (CAPAFB)]<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_25191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25191\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25191\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fair-participants-examining-NABANA-cassava-roots.jpg\" alt=\"Fair participants examining NABANA cassava roots and stem-cuttings.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fair participants examining NABANA cassava roots and stem-cuttings.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fair, themed \u201cPromotion and sale of improved products and seeds\u201d, aimed to popularize agricultural activities, technologies, and practices on a large scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The improved cassava variety NABANA, provided to farmers within the PICAGL framework, thanks to World Bank\u2019s financing through the DRC government, was the focal showcase of the fair by producer associations of Luhwindja. The exhibition also included value-added products derived from NABANA by the IITA Youth team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The farmers from Luhwindja, through CAPAFB, have benefited from 30 thousand meters of cassava cuttings that can cover 12 to 15 hectares of field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_25195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25195\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25195\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITA-partnership-officer-South-Kivu.jpg\" alt=\"IITA partnership officer (South-Kivu), Francine Nsindabagoma, represented IITA at the fair.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IITA partnership officer (South-Kivu), Francine Nsindabagoma, represented IITA at the fair.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NABANA, developed with the National Institute for Agronomic Studies and Research (INERA), has been certified and included in the national catalog of seeds. It is a variety tolerant to diseases such as cassava brown streak and mosaic as well as pests. NABANA also has a high yield potential, with sensory characteristics highly appreciated for its leaves and roots. This variety contributes to the increase of agricultural production for a very fertile soil (25 tons\/hectare), better than the old varieties cultivated by agricultural households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Contributed by Mich\u00e8le Kimpwene <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IITA-CGIAR Projet Int\u00e9gr\u00e9 des Grand Lacs (PICAGL) participated in the agricultural fair organized from 29 to 31 August in Luhwindja, Mwenga territory in South Kivu, by the Agro Pastoral Cooperative for the Self-Promotion of Women<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":14412,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[150],"news-type":[],"hub":[63],"crop":[66],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[200],"class_list":["post-14411","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-congo","hub-central-africa","crop-cassava","item-year-200"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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