The school feeding scheme is holding up but short on suppliers, the council reports – and that gap is an open contract for local farms and logistics firms.
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Farming
Beans, Samp and Schedules: Kanye Keeps School Meals Moving Despite Delays
Kanye council moved to fix supply shortages in its school feeding programme, keeping beans, samp and the rest of the menu reaching learners despite delays.
Schools Keep Meals Flowing Amid Supply Chain Snags
Kanye District councillors said the school feeding programme runs fairly despite delays in beans and samp supplies, with P6.5 million budgeted.
Congo’s food bill is a freight bill: Kinshasa transport costs outran food by 4 points
Kinshasa food prices were 8.4 per cent higher in late August 2025 than a year earlier, while transport costs rose 12.8 per cent. A steady franc points to logistics, not currency, as the pressure.
From Egg to Market: The Business Timelines of Southern Africa’s Poultry Sector
For the poultry farmer, the clock starts not when the bird leaves the shell, but when the egg first feels the warmth of incubation. The length of that journey - 16 days for a quail, 46 days for an ostrich - can determine how quickly capital returns, how often the...
Congo’s food economy in July 2025: a maize glut in the south, hunger in the east
In July 2025 Congo held a maize glut in the south-east and acute hunger in the east. The BCC digest, WFP and Bankable data show the gap is logistics, storage and money, not soil.
Cocoa is booming, coffee has slumped, and nearly 28 million Congolese lack enough food
First-quarter cocoa exports are running 39 per cent above 2024’s pace while coffee is far behind. Humanitarian agencies say nearly 28 million people face acute food insecurity, because roads decide who eats.
Congo’s food economy in May 2025: cocoa exports up 23.5 per cent, 28 million people hungry
Cocoa exports rose 23.5 per cent in 2024 and arabica gained 15 per cent this year, yet 28 million Congolese face acute food insecurity. The constraint is access to markets, not the capacity of the soil.
Congo’s food economy: 27.7 million hungry, and a payment chain that stopped in the east
The IPC projects 27.7 million Congolese in acute food insecurity for early 2025, including 10.3 million in four eastern provinces. Food prices in Kinshasa were stable in April; where banks closed, the chain broke.