Welcome to the platform of Congolese farmers' organizations

RESSAC

Agroecology and Cultural and Community Resilience

Earth-Culture Harmony: Cultivating Agroecology to Enhance Cultural and Community Resilience

Agricultural Entrepreneurship and Improvement of Farmers’ Livelihoods

Promoting Rural Prosperity: Merging Entrepreneurial Spirit with Farmers' Flourishing

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OUR VISION

A Congo (DRC) nourished and developed by its farmers

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OUR MISSION

Strengthening the capacities of farmers' organizations to facilitate the qualitative and quantitative increase of harvests, improve livelihoods, promote and protect the rights of indigenous and local farmers in the context of climate change in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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OUR AREAS OF INTERVENTION

The Democratic Republic of the Congo as a whole constitutes RESSAC’s area of intervention.

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Who Are We?

ABOUT RESSAC

The Network for Food Security and Sovereignty in DR Congo - RESSAC is an innovative Platform set up by peasant organizations and indigenous and local agricultural producers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At its creation, it brought together 14 founding member organizations and currently has 372 peasant organizations and farmers grouped and supported in 17 provincial coordinations (South Kivu, North Kivu, Maniema, Sankuru, Kasai, Tanganyika, Haut Katanga, Lualaba, Ituri, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Maindombe, Kwilu, Kwango, Central Congo and Kinshasa). Since its creation, RESSAC has professionalized itself and distinguished itself as a tool for the defense and promotion of family and agro-ecological farms which constitute the main production system in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in the neighboring countries in Africa.

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OUR INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

The programmatic axes of RESSAC are:

Support for the development and promotion of technological and indigenous innovations in the agricultural sector;

Land restoration through nature-based solutions and reforestation

Capacity building of farmers' organizations and agricultural producers

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Indigenous knowledge and resilience of agricultural producers to climate change

Gender promotion and support for women and young agricultural producers

Agricultural Entrepreneurship and Improving the Livelihoods of Agricultural Producers

Sustainable Agricultural Investments and Access of Agricultural Producers to Finance and Markets

Agricultural insurance and reduction of climatic and environmental risks of agricultural production systems;

Advocacy for the establishment, improvement and application of national, provincial and local progressive policies in the agricultural sector.

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17

Provinces covered in the DRC

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372

Member farmer organizations

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117,801

Farmers supported

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67,813

Women farmers supported

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47,360

Young farmers supported

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4,435

Indigenous farmers supported

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117,801

Agricultural jobs created

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824,607

Members of farmers' families

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RESENT NEWS

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COP30: RESSAC Places Agroecology at the Heart of Climate and Environmental Issues and Advocates for the Transformation of Agri-Food and Forestry Systems Towards Greater Sustainability and Social Justice

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Strengthening the managerial capacities of managers of cooperatives for the production and marketing of market garden products by RESSAC in South Kivu

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Closing of the exchange workshop organized by RESSAC on research and innovation in agro ecology carried out by farmer organizations for sustainable food systems in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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RESSAC, in partnership with DLDH, is continuing to implement the project to strengthen farmers' capacities in agroecology in Maniema in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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RESSAC disseminates the results of its evaluative research on the agricultural seed system in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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calendar_month Posted on 2025-09-16

RESSAC in partnership with the Mwanamke Fund, is strengthening the capacities of indigenous women smallholder farmers supported by the women's organization DFF Congo (Dynamique des Femmes et Filles en Action) in the Ruzizi Plain in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Network for Food Security and Sovereignty in the DR Congo

RESSAC

Welcome to the platform of Congolese farmers' organizations

Agroecology and Cultural and Community Resilience

Agricultural Entrepreneurship and Improvement of Farmers’ Livelihoods

OUR VISION

OUR MISSION

OUR AREAS OF INTERVENTION

Who Are We?

ABOUT RESSAC

OUR INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

Support for the development and promotion of technological and indigenous innovations in the agricultural sector;

Support for the development and promotion of technological and indigenous innovations in the agricultural sector;

Land restoration through nature-based solutions and reforestation

Land restoration through nature-based solutions and reforestation

Capacity building of farmers' organizations and agricultural producers

Capacity building of farmers' organizations and agricultural producers

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Indigenous knowledge and resilience of agricultural producers to climate change

Indigenous knowledge and resilience of agricultural producers to climate change

Gender promotion and support for women and young agricultural producers

Gender promotion and support for women and young agricultural producers

Agricultural Entrepreneurship and Improving the Livelihoods of Agricultural Producers

Agricultural Entrepreneurship and Improving the Livelihoods of Agricultural Producers

Sustainable Agricultural Investments and Access of Agricultural Producers to Finance and Markets

Sustainable Agricultural Investments and Access of Agricultural Producers to Finance and Markets

Agricultural insurance and reduction of climatic and environmental risks of agricultural production systems;

Agricultural insurance and reduction of climatic and environmental risks of agricultural production systems;

Advocacy for the establishment, improvement and application of national, provincial and local progressive policies in the agricultural sector.

Advocacy for the establishment, improvement and application of national, provincial and local progressive policies in the agricultural sector.

RESSAC IN FIGURES

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372

117,801

67,813

47,360

4,435

117,801

824,607

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We strive for a sustainable and resilient agriculture that ensures food security and sovereignty.

hear from us

RESENT NEWS

COP30: RESSAC Places Agroecology at the Heart of Climate and Environmental Issues and Advocates for the Transformation of Agri-Food and Forestry Systems Towards Greater Sustainability and Social Justice

Strengthening the managerial capacities of managers of cooperatives for the production and marketing of market garden products by RESSAC in South Kivu

Closing of the exchange workshop organized by RESSAC on research and innovation in agro ecology carried out by farmer organizations for sustainable food systems in the Democratic Republic of Congo

RESSAC, in partnership with DLDH, is continuing to implement the project to strengthen farmers' capacities in agroecology in Maniema in the Democratic Republic of Congo

RESSAC disseminates the results of its evaluative research on the agricultural seed system in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

RESSAC in partnership with the Mwanamke Fund, is strengthening the capacities of indigenous women smallholder farmers supported by the women's organization DFF Congo (Dynamique des Femmes et Filles en Action) in the Ruzizi Plain in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Sovereignty in the DR Congo

We strive for a sustainable and resilient agriculture
that ensures food security and sovereignty.