DRC: National Service targets 40,000 tonnes of maize and expands industrial capacity

The DRC’s National Service is targeting 40,000 tonnes of maize from 10,000 hectares in the new agricultural season. At Kanyamaka-Sesse, its commander, Lieutenant General Jean-Pierre Kassongo Kabouik, is overseeing preparations and aims to complete sowing before November 5; farm machinery covers about 150 hectares a day. The site has five silos and is testing three dryers, while the complex also includes a mill with a stated capacity of 307 tonnes and an animal-feed plant. The National Service plans to double its drying, processing and storage capacity next year as it moves toward mechanized farming and industrial processing.