Kinshasa, October 7th, 2026 (CPA).- A Country Programming Framework (CPF) for the 2025-2029 period has been signed between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), its new representative said Wednesday in Kinshasa during a press briefing.
“The signing of the 2025-2029 CPF, at the same time as the official beginning of my mandate, marks a new beginning between the DRC and FAO, as well as the government’s commitment to FAO’s mission as an intergovernmental agency of the United Nations system in its agricultural and food agenda,” said Ibrahim Abdoul Nasser, FAO Representative in the DRC.
Mr Nasser said that this cooperation document now constitutes the national framework for operationalizing the “Hand-in-Hand” initiative, the “One Country, One Priority Product” approach and “One Health”, as well as digital and innovative solutions aimed at transforming agrifood systems.
“This is a renewed CPF, more strategic, more territorially focused and more operational, with four innovations: alignment with the National Strategic Development Plan 2024-2028 and alignment of the CPF with government corridor programs, namely the Lobito Corridor and the Kivu-Kinshasa Green Corridor,” he added.
The document is also structured around four areas: governance of agriculture, fisheries, livestock, rural development and the environment; development of plant, animal and fisheries value chains to support economic diversification; sustainable management of natural resources and resilience of agrifood systems to climate change; and strengthening the livelihoods of vulnerable populations facing food insecurity.
FAO also pays particular attention to young people in all its programs, in view of their dynamism.
The Country Programming Framework is an official medium-term strategic planning document agreed between a country’s government and an international organization.
Its purpose is to clearly define how the organization will invest its financial and technical resources to support the country’s development priorities over a given period. ACP/