Agricultural Policy As An Appropriate Strategy For The Socio-Economic Development Of The Democratic Republic Of Congo: Case Of The Idiofa Territory

Abstract

This article is a concern with an existential and lasting paradox putting on one side the DR Congo, a country potentially rich in its soil and subsoil and on the other, a large country with a predominantly young population which is languishing in the most crushing poverty on the planet, still ranking it at the bottom of the scale on all sustainable development indicators, in comparison with other nations sometimes less rich in soil and subsoil. Thus, faced with this impasse, we propose, through this article, to look at agricultural policy as an appropriate strategy for the socio-economic development of the territory of Idiofa, province of Kwilu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC. We assumed that the absence of appropriate strategies at the local and national level was among the main causes of continued underdevelopment in the territory of Idiofa and by extension throughout the DRC. Several strategies can be adopted to raise the standard of living of the rural population of Idiofa Territory. Regarding the strategies adopted to raise the standard of living of the Idiofa farmer, the results show that two strategies are essential. Those which consist of improving the marketing channels for agricultural products at the local level, because through these the other strategies mentioned will ipso facto be successful. At the national level, the emergence of the national bourgeoisie will lead to positive socio-economic repercussions in the life of the farmer stuck in the lineage and in the inner loop who languishes in total poverty.