DRC natural resources press review of Monday, July 15, 2013

For agricultural production, the Potentiel newspaper announces that the government research funding of $ 5.730 billion. According to the daily, annual USD 1.5 billion is spent on massive food imports. In agricultural production, the government has been conspicuously absent for 25 years. A tendency to reverse! rA this purpose, the paper said, on 17 and 18 September 2013, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is planning a business meeting to bring together 400 investors from various backgrounds. The government claims to have mobilized 15% of USD 5.730 billion. It remains to meet the remaining 85%. To do this, it will be organized this business meeting which covers over 400 national and international investors. The task is not easy. "This meeting will mark a turning point in funding the Congolese agriculture.
The tabloid says Minister John Chrysostom Vahamwiti Mukesyayira regret: "Despite its enormous agricultural potential, our country that drains scarce resources for agriculture. Apart from the efforts of the government and our traditional donors, other types of investments, including from private, are sorely lacking. "Quite a challenge!

The same information, the Phare newspaper, citing Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the business meeting is held in order to write a new page in the development of Congolese agriculture to move from farming substance to actually create wealth agriculture, guaranteeing the well-being of the population.