One CGIAR—the newly restructured consortium—held its first Informational and Consultative Meeting on 9 September in Bukavu, the capital of the South-Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo).
Hosted and led by One CGIAR’s centers operating in DR Congo—IITA and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and Bioversity International Alliance (CIAT-Bioversity Alliance)—the one-day session brought together the diverse partners and stakeholders in the agropastoral sector at its various value chain levels. Besides representatives of civil society bodies, academic institutions, and developmental, entrepreneurial, and associative structures attending the meeting, guests also included officials from the provincial government of the South-Kivu led by the Chief of Staff of the Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Fishing and Livestock.