Relaunching agriculture (Shabunda)
Description
The project began in December 2007 with the establishment of a management team comprising an agricultural engineer and a group of farm workers. The project includes, among others the installation of a manioc grinder in Shabunda and Kalima).
The project pursues the following objectives
- Increasing agricultural production by introducing improved seeds (purchased from INERA, the Bukavu agronomic institute).
- Rehabilitate the socio-economic activities of the population of Shabunda, who live mainly from agriculture.
- Ensuring sufficient, good-quality food.
- Set up seed fields for mosaic-resistant manioc, sweet potatoes, maize, amaranths and aubergines.
- Distribute agricultural inputs, improved seeds and farming tools to targeted farmers.
Today
As planned, the long-term viability of the project is ensured by the system of retrocession: 25-30% of the harvests are retroceded by the beneficiaries so that they can be used as starting seeds for another group of the population. In addition, improved seeds are redistributed informally and out of solidarity to families who are not part of the project.
Sponsors
- la Loterie nationale : 10.000 euros
- la Commune de Nivelles : 4.800 euros
Budget
14.800 euros
Status
Realised
Alliance Kivu projects
- Setting up a child sponsorship system in schools in Shabunda, Kalima, Kasongo, Bukavu and Kinshasa
- Renovation of Yuyu primary school (Shabunda)
- Creation of a local community radio station: Radio Mutanga (Shabunda)
- Creation of vocational training centres: bricklaying, carpentry, brick-making and tile-making (Shabunda)
- Creation of a centre for the exploitation and demonstration of agro-pastoral activities (Shabunda-Kabakita)
- Creation of a social hairdressing salon (Shabunda)
- Relaunching agriculture (Shabunda)
- Installation of a manioc grinder (Shabunda and Kalima)
- Craft soap-making workshop (Shabunda and Kalima)
- Rehabilitation of 18 fish ponds (Kalima)
- Installation of a palm oil production unit (Kalima)
- Exploitation of a rice field and installation of a paddy husking machine (Kalima)
- Opening of a mixed boarding school (Kasongo)
- Exploitation of a rice field (Kalima)