Agriculture
Total Area: 2, 344, 858 km 2
Land Area: 2, 267, 049 km 2
Water Area: 77, 810 km 2
Climate description: tropical; hot and human near basin, cold and drier in Southern highlands, wetter in Eastern highlands
Terrain description: Central basin is a low-lying plateau while the mountains are in the East
Arable Land Use: 3.1%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.3%
Irrigated Land: 105 km 2
Total Renewable Water Resources: 1,283 km 2
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 0.68 cu km per year
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: Domestic-68%, Industrial-21%, Agricultural-11%
Natural Hazards description: Droughts in the South, seasonal floods, volcanoes in Great Rift Valley
Environmental Current Issues: Poaching, water pollution, deforestation due refugees, soil erosion, damaging mining
Total Labor Force: 27.61 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 60%
Agricultural Products description: coffee, sugar, oil, rubber, tea, cotton, cocoa, quinine, cassava, bananas, plantains, peanuts, root crops, corn, fruits, wood products
Land Area: 2, 267, 049 km 2
Water Area: 77, 810 km 2
Climate description: tropical; hot and human near basin, cold and drier in Southern highlands, wetter in Eastern highlands
Terrain description: Central basin is a low-lying plateau while the mountains are in the East
Arable Land Use: 3.1%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.3%
Irrigated Land: 105 km 2
Total Renewable Water Resources: 1,283 km 2
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 0.68 cu km per year
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: Domestic-68%, Industrial-21%, Agricultural-11%
Natural Hazards description: Droughts in the South, seasonal floods, volcanoes in Great Rift Valley
Environmental Current Issues: Poaching, water pollution, deforestation due refugees, soil erosion, damaging mining
Total Labor Force: 27.61 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 60%
Agricultural Products description: coffee, sugar, oil, rubber, tea, cotton, cocoa, quinine, cassava, bananas, plantains, peanuts, root crops, corn, fruits, wood products
DRC Banana Cultivation
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/news/detail/the-democratic-republic-of-congo-home-to-one-of-the-highest-diversity-of-plantains-in-africa/
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/news/detail/the-democratic-republic-of-congo-home-to-one-of-the-highest-diversity-of-plantains-in-africa/
DRC Maize Harvest
http://www.umuhinzi.com/english/9629/common-price-for-maize-to-improve-farmers-incomes/
http://www.umuhinzi.com/english/9629/common-price-for-maize-to-improve-farmers-incomes/
DRC Farmers Harvesting Beans
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/jan/29/congo-drc-farmers-school-techniques
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/jan/29/congo-drc-farmers-school-techniques