IITA and CIP provide Eastern DRC relief efforts with RTB planting materials

Access to quality planting materials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the main key elements to the successful production of banana, cassava and sweetpotato crops. This is in a situation already compounded by the socio-economic challenges brought about by armed conflicts.

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and International Potato Center (CIP), in collaboration with research organization INERA and regulatory body SENASEM, partner with relief organizations to support root, tuber, and banana (RTB) seed multipliers in Eastern DRC as a long-term solution for improved food security and income generation in the volatile region.