WHAT DOES CENADEP DO?

CENADEP brings together experienced development workers committed to organising and supporting grassroots communities to improve their living conditions and take charge of their own affairs in a sustainable manner. Its mission is to help the agricultural sector face various difficulties such as land insecurity, incoherent agricultural policies, poor financing of the rural world, the very limited number of microfinance institutions and the very limited access to financial services for farmers.

AND MORE CONCRETELY?

CENADEP provides technical and institutional support to farmers’ organisations and supports them by supplying equipment and agricultural inputs. It is also involved in opening three savings and credit cooperatives for family farmes in Boma, Tshela and Nsioni. The NGO is setting up a network of civil society organisations in Boma (Dynamique des Organisations de la Société Civile). Finally, CENADEP supports the structuring of the farmers’ federation FOPAKO (Force Paysanne du Kongo-Central) in the province.

WHERE DOES APIL ACT?

Democratic Republic of Congo

WHAT IS THE SITUATION IN CONGO?

Nearly 70% of the Congolese population lives below the poverty line and 95% of farms are peasant farms. The agricultural sector faces various difficulties, including land tenure insecurity, incoherent agricultural policies, poor financing of the rural world, very limited number of microfinance institutions and very limited access to financial services for farming communities. In addition, the security situation in the east of the country is a major challenge for the populations living there and leads to numerous displacements of population.ts.