{"id":16139,"date":"2026-06-20T12:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-drc-holds-third-planning-workshop-for-cbsd-project\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T17:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:09:11","slug":"iita-drc-holds-third-planning-workshop-for-cbsd-project","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-drc-holds-third-planning-workshop-for-cbsd-project\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA-DRC holds third planning workshop for CBSD Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IITA<\/a>\u2019s project \u201cAction to control the Cassava Brown Streak Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),\u201d organized its annual review and planning meeting for 2018\u20132019 in Mbujimayi, the capital city of Kasai Oriental Province.\n<div class=\"articleimg\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3861\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 246px\">\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IITA-Country-Representative-Nzola-Meso-Mahungu-standing-presenting-at-the-workshop.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3861\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITA-Country-Representative-Nzola-Meso-Mahungu-standing-presenting-at-the-workshop-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of IITA Country Representative, Nzola-Meso Mahungu (standing), presenting at the workshop\" width=\"246\" height=\"222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3861\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-3861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IITA Country Representative, Nzola-Meso Mahungu (standing), presenting at the workshop.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe opening ceremony was chaired by the provincial Minister of Agriculture, H.E. Charledoux Mbuyi who welcomed the participants. He assured the then IITA Country Representative,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/mahungu-nzola-meso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nzola- Meso Mahungu<\/a>, of his personal involvement and that of the Provincial Government in implementing project activities. He also said the specialized services of his ministry will take into account all the recommendations and conclusions from the meeting for their own development programs.\n\nIntroducing the meeting, Mahungu reviewed the objectives of last year\u2019s meeting held in Kisangani and invited colleagues and partners involved in the projects to align the presentations to last year\u2019s plans.\n\nEach INERA station where the project activities are implemented was invited to show its achievements. Results from different research areas, comprising breeding, crop protection, agronomy and multiplication of planting materials, and monitoring and evaluation were highlighted and discussed. Lessons learned and challenges were drawn, and an orientation was given for the activity planning session. On the following day, scientists from the different research areas constituted four working groups to discuss activities for the 2018\u20132019 workplan.\n\nDuring the workshop, three thematic presentations were made on \u2018Breeding activities and the use of Marker Assisted Selection (MAS)\u2019, \u2018Varietal maintenance in cassava seed system,\u2019 and \u2018SAH technology\u2019 by Mouritala Sikirou, Sylvain Bidiaka, and Mamy Binzunga, respectively. On the last day, a session on capacity enhancement of participants on mapping GIS data using Google MyMAPS was facilitated by Adrien Ndonda.\n\nAlso, a presentation on IITA finance procedures and requirements for financial reimbursements was done by Samuel Munkiba, the IITA Station Administrator in Kinshasa. He then reminded partners on technical and financial reporting dates given in the partnership agreements.\n\nWorkshop participants include the representative from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agence des \u00c9tats-Unis pour le d\u00e9veloppement international<\/a>\u00a0(USAID), Augustin Kadima, delegates of the Ministry of Agriculture, in particular those of the National Seed Service (SENASEM), as well as researchers from IITA-DRC (Kinshasa and Bukavu) and from the National Institute for Agricultural Studies and Research (INERA), University of Kinshasa, and University of Kisangani. Other partners included the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/home\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations<\/a>\u00a0(FAO),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvestplus.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HarvestPlus<\/a>\u00a0Program, WAVE Project, Kasai Agricultural Support Project (PRODAKOR) funded by the Belgian Agency ENABEL, and members of the private sector, including seed agri-multipliers. The CBSD project in DRC is funded by USAID and is now on its third year. It operates throughout the country from pilot provinces including the Central Kongo, Tshopo, South and North Kivu, and Kasai\/Lomami.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IITA\u2019s project \u201cAction to control the Cassava Brown Streak Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),\u201d organized its annual review and planning meeting for 2018\u20132019 in Mbujimayi, the capital city of Kasai Oriental Province.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":16140,"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":[34],"news-type":[],"hub":[63],"crop":[66],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[196],"class_list":["post-16139","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-democratic-republic-of-congo","hub-central-africa","crop-cassava","item-year-196"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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