{"id":16600,"date":"2026-06-20T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iya-kinshasa-participates-in-second-edition-of-international-agricultural-fair-of-kinshasa\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T17:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:08:24","slug":"iya-kinshasa-participates-in-second-edition-of-international-agricultural-fair-of-kinshasa","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iya-kinshasa-participates-in-second-edition-of-international-agricultural-fair-of-kinshasa\/","title":{"rendered":"IYA Kinshasa participates in second edition of International Agricultural Fair of Kinshasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2797\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2_opt.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2797\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2_opt-300x224-1.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Exhibition stand of IITA, HarvestPlus, and Youth Agripreneurs.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2797\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exhibition stand of IITA, HarvestPlus, and Youth Agripreneurs.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe IITA Kinshasa Youth Agripreneurs (IYAKIN) participated in the second edition of the International Agricultural Fair of Kinshasa (FAIKIN), 18-27 August. The 10-day forum brought together small- and medium-scale farmers and processors, scientists, agro-industrial companies, and financial and technical agencies. The main theme of this edition was \u201cInnovate, Do and Invest in Agribusiness\u201d.\n\nFAIKIN is an annual event organized by the Provincial Ministry of Agriculture, Kinshasa and aims to achieve \u201cfood security, revitalize the agriculture sector, reduce poverty and malnutrition, and create jobs\u201d.\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2798\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 281px\">\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1_opt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2798\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1_opt-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Guests and visitors looking at the various products produced by IYAKIN on display during the exhibition\" width=\"281\" height=\"211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2798\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guests and visitors looking at the various products produced by IYAKIN on display during the exhibition<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIYAKIN participated in this fair to expose visitors and participants to the potential of cassava processing and cassava-based products, and to learn more on agribusiness from the youth in DR Congo. A conference on youth self-employment was organized as a side event daily. IYAKIN was invited to present its experience on agribusiness as an efficient means of youth self-employment and the creation of decent jobs. The conference provided an opportunity for various agriculture professionals to meet and discuss their different experiences and points of common interest.\n\nAgriculture can boost DRC\u2019s economic growth because the country has about 80 million hectares of arable land that can be used to produce food. Unfortunately, only 8 million hectares are actually used for agriculture and the country imports most of its food. FAIKIN also aims to expose business persons to the various opportunities that are offered in the agricultural sector of DRC.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IITA Kinshasa Youth Agripreneurs (IYAKIN) participated in the second edition of the International Agricultural Fair of Kinshasa (FAIKIN), 18-27 August.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":16601,"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":[1868],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[34],"news-type":[],"hub":[63],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[195],"class_list":["post-16600","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-congoiita-news-no-2400youthyouth-agripreneurs","location-democratic-republic-of-congo","hub-central-africa","item-year-195"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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