Dans le Sud-Kivu, \u00e0 l\u2019est de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, la culture de la patate douce s\u2019impose progressivement comme une r\u00e9ponse agricole \u00e0 l\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire persistante qui frappe les communaut\u00e9s rurales.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c0 Mulungu, les champs exp\u00e9rimentaux de l\u2019Institut national pour l\u2019\u00e9tude et la recherche agronomique (INERA) sont au c\u0153ur de cette dynamique. Chercheurs et techniciens y intensifient les travaux culturaux afin d\u2019am\u00e9liorer la disponibilit\u00e9 de cette denr\u00e9e de base largement consomm\u00e9e dans la r\u00e9gion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u2019objectif est double : accro\u00eetre la production locale et garantir l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des semences de qualit\u00e9, adapt\u00e9es aux conditions agroclimatiques locales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jeudi 5 f\u00e9vrier 2026, une forte mobilisation des agents a \u00e9t\u00e9 observ\u00e9e sur les parcelles de production, o\u00f9 se d\u00e9roulaient des op\u00e9rations d\u2019entretien \u00e0 une \u00e9tape cl\u00e9 du cycle v\u00e9g\u00e9tatif. Ces travaux visent \u00e0 optimiser le d\u00e9veloppement des cultures et \u00e0 s\u00e9curiser les rendements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ab Les patates douces sont actuellement en phase post-maturit\u00e9. Le sarclage permet de pr\u00e9parer l\u2019entr\u00e9e en maturit\u00e9 et d\u2019assurer un bon d\u00e9veloppement des racines tub\u00e9reuses \u00bb, explique Pascal Byenda Bushige, technicien sur le site de Mulungu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ab C\u2019est une \u00e9tape d\u00e9terminante pour obtenir un bon rendement. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plusieurs vari\u00e9t\u00e9s sont test\u00e9es, notamment Ir\u00e8ne, Mayayi, Kabode, Elengi et Terimbere. Leur s\u00e9lection repose sur leur productivit\u00e9 et leur capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 r\u00e9sister \u00e0 des conditions climatiques de plus en plus instables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pour les agriculteurs b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires, l\u2019impact est d\u00e9j\u00e0 tangible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ab Avant, nous devions acheter des tubercules \u00e0 des prix \u00e9lev\u00e9s, et parfois il n\u2019y en avait pas assez \u00bb, t\u00e9moigne Jean Mukuna, agriculteur du village de Mulungu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ab Gr\u00e2ce aux semences de l\u2019INERA, nous pouvons planter chez nous et nourrir nos familles. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Au-del\u00e0 de la recherche, cette initiative vise \u00e0 approvisionner les communaut\u00e9s locales en tubercules destin\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019alimentation et \u00e0 faciliter l\u2019acc\u00e8s des agriculteurs \u00e0 des semences de base fiables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dans une province r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement affect\u00e9e par les conflits arm\u00e9s et les d\u00e9placements de populations, la patate douce appara\u00eet comme un outil concret de r\u00e9silience et de stabilisation alimentaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pour les acteurs du secteur agricole, le d\u00e9veloppement de ce type de culture contribue \u00e0 renforcer l\u2019autonomie des communaut\u00e9s rurales, \u00e0 r\u00e9duire la d\u00e9pendance aux importations alimentaires et \u00e0 valoriser les ressources locales du Sud-Kivu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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