{"id":15079,"date":"2026-06-20T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/circular-economy-the-driving-force-for-sustainable-coffee-production-in-drc\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:15:41","slug":"circular-economy-the-driving-force-for-sustainable-coffee-production-in-drc","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/circular-economy-the-driving-force-for-sustainable-coffee-production-in-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"Circular economy: The driving force for sustainable coffee production in DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"As part of the Rural-urban nexus: Establishing a nutrient loop to improve city region food system resilience (RUNRES) Project,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u00a0and its partners embarked on a field mission to Bukavu residential areas. They visited households to create awareness about separating biodegradable from non-biodegradable waste and waste from coffee.\n\nThis activity in the Democratic Republic of Congo was a step in the gradual assimilation of households and coffee growers into the circular economy model. The team highlighted the importance of separating biodegradable from non-biodegradable waste to guarantee cleanliness in Bukavu city and the sustainable production of coffee using organic fertilizers from biodegradable waste.\n<div id=\"attachment_7919\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Circular-economy1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7919\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Circular-economy1.jpg\" alt=\"Circular economy: The driving force for sustainable coffee production in DRC\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7919\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Insufficient access to organic fertilizer has hampered coffee yield in Kabare. Photo: IITA Bukavu<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nIITA has been promoting the circular economy philosophy of \u201cNothing can be lost, everything can be transformed<strong>\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0through the RUNRES project, working with local partners<strong>.<\/strong>\n\nThe circular economy, in this case, is to process the biodegradable waste from households, coffee and wastes from public toilets of the\u00a0<em>Katana<\/em>\u00a0market (currently under construction) to organic fertilizer for coffee production.\n\n\u201cThe coffee dealers here in Kabare have a market that requires them to produce coffee with organic fertilizers. The yield of coffee does not exceed 600 kg per hectare due to insufficient organic fertilizer. The potential for coffee production can increase to 2 tons per hectare in South Kivu, especially in Kabare territory,\u201d said Paul Mulemangabo, Head of the coffee department in INERA Mulungu in South-Kivu.\n\nThe local partners constitute a consortium including household waste collectors in Bukavu, biodegradable waste transformers, and cooperatives of coffee farmers to produce \u201corganic fertilizer\u201d to increase coffee production in South Kivu.\n\nThe waste dumps located near family homes and the Kivu Lake are dangerous to public health and cause water pollution. The RUNRES Project continues to improve the quality of life by fighting environmental contamination and encouraging wealth creation, in this case, the management of household waste and the sustainable production of organic fertilizer.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Rural-urban nexus: Establishing a nutrient loop to improve city region food system resilience (RUNRES) Project, IITA and its partners embarked on a field mission to Bukavu residential areas.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15080,"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":[1159],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[150],"news-type":[],"hub":[63],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[199],"class_list":["post-15079","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-circular-economycoffeedr-congoiita-news-no-2589sustainable-coffee-production-in-drc","location-congo","hub-central-africa","item-year-199"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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