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Deal #3214 Version #91693

Congo, Dem. Rep.

Created at

2013-03-01

Last update

2023-12-21

Last full update

2024-12-20

Detailed crop, animal and mineral information

Crops area/yield/export

Teak [current]

Comment on crops

The plant agricultural program aims to increase productivity through “no burn” techniques, cross cropping, and crop rotation. Crops will include Zea mays (Corn), Oryza glaberrima (African Rice), Glycine max, (Soy Beans) Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata (Niebe), Ipomoea batatas (Sweet Potatos), Arachis hypogaea (Peanuts/Ground Nuts), Ananas comosus (Pineapple), and Manihot esculenta (Casava). All of these species are globally widespread and are not invasive

Comment on livestock

All species in the program are common agricultural species already in use in the project area: Capra aegagrus hircus (Goat), Ovis aries (sheep), Gallus gallus domesticus (chickens), Family Anatidae (Ducks), Sus scrofa domesticus (Pig), and Tilapia nilotica (Tilapia).