{"id":17144,"date":"2026-06-20T12:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/kinshasa-agripreneurs-participate-in-international-agricultural-show\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T17:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:04:49","slug":"kinshasa-agripreneurs-participate-in-international-agricultural-show","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/kinshasa-agripreneurs-participate-in-international-agricultural-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinshasa Agripreneurs participate in international agricultural show"},"content":{"rendered":"Le\u00a0<a title=\"Visit the IITA Youth Agripreneurs website\" href=\"http:\/\/youthagripreneurs.org\/\">Jeunes agripreneurs de l'IITA<\/a>\u00a0in Kinshasa (IYAKIN) were participants at the first ever International Agricultural Fair of Kinshasa which was held on 16 to 25 September. The fair was organized to show the country\u2019s potentials in agriculture, attract new investors, strengthen public-private partnership, and increase business and job creation opportunities through meetings and exchange of experiences.\n<div id=\"attachment_1500\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/689_Kinshasa.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1500\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/689_Kinshasa.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Agripreneurs Sandrine (in green) and Lisette (in red) briefing the visitors to the IYAKIN exhibition stand.\" width=\"649\" height=\"330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1500\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agripreneurs Sandrine (in green) and Lisette (in red) briefing the visitors to the IYAKIN exhibition stand.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nGuided by the theme \u201cTogether for a Successful and Sustainable Agriculture\u201d, the fair also provided an opportunity for the promotion of businesses in the agricultural sector that could benefit the youth. It identified new agricultural markets as well as showcased agricultural innovations and promoted locally made products with an emphasis on establishing a network in the animal and fishery sectors.\n\nIYAKIN showcased a variety of products from cassava and soybean and also explained how they can be used by young people to develop new enterprises in DRC. Visitors including policy makers, politicians, entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, representatives of companies, and NGOs visited the exhibition booth of IYAKIN.\n\nIn another development, two IITA scientists,\u00a0<a title=\"Visit Bernard Vanlauwe&apos;s profile page on the IITA wesbite\" href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/vanlauwe-bernard\/\">Bernard Vanlauwe<\/a>\u00a0et\u00a0<a title=\"Visit Paul Woomer&apos;s profile page on the IITA website\" href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/woomer-paul-lester\/\">Paul Woomer<\/a>\u00a0went on a 5-day visit to IYAKIN that took place on 12\u201316 September and served three main purposes. Firstly, to see the progress of the activities of the Agripreneurs in cassava processing, mushroom production, and the cassava project at the Bukanga-Lonzo Agro-Industrial Park. Secondly, to determine the value chain in which each of the Agripreneurs within the\u00a0<a title=\"View story on &apos;Innovative programme to improve employment and income outcomes for young people&apos; on the African Development Bank website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/news-and-events\/article\/innovative-programme-to-improve-employment-and-income-outcomes-for-young-people-14217\/\">ENABLE Youth<\/a>\u00a0project framework is involved, and thirdly, to initiate vegetable production as part if the Agripreneurs\u2019 efforts.\n\nDuring this working visit, Vanlauwe and Woomer visited the Agripreneurs production units within IITA-Kinshasa station and the Bukanga Lonzo Agro-industrial Park located 260 km from Kinshasa. They also organized working sessions that focused on the search for key information for loan applications and the development of business plans.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IITA Youth Agripreneurs in Kinshasa (IYAKIN) were participants at the first ever International Agricultural Fair of Kinshasa which was held on 16 to 25 September.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17145,"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":[2131],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[34],"news-type":[],"hub":[63],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[194],"class_list":["post-17144","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bulletin-no-2350dr-congoenable-youthyouthyouth-agripreneurs","location-democratic-republic-of-congo","hub-central-africa","item-year-194"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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