"Consider strong policy options to revive the rural environment is important. The management of agricultural and food issues deserves to be placed at the centre of the government's concerns."
Roger Ntoto, University of Kinshasa
> According to a study published in November 2021 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP), in the Democratic Republic of Congo:
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about a quarter of the population has been acutely food insecure since September 2021
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860,000 children and 470,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women will face acute malnutrition in 2022.
> On July 14, 2021, during the launch of the Parliamentary Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security before the DRC National Assembly and its President, Christophe Mboso N'Kodia Pwanga, he said:
“Parliament therefore has a role to play and its action is decisive in terms of the finance law and the passing of laws. The next step is to ensure that food security, the right to food are included or introduced in the Constitution”
This is therefore a national issue clearly identified and singled out.
