Agroecology adoption in Africa’s Congo Basin is held back, with several outlets reporting that agricultural, land, forestry, environmental and trade policies are handled in separate, country-level compartments. As a result, agroecological approaches that have shown promise remain largely limited to pilot projects.
Multiple sources link the stalled scale-up to practical and systemic gaps beyond policy coordination. They cite shortages of advisory services for farmers, limited availability of organic inputs, and weak connections to markets that could absorb increased production. Sources also point to the lack of sustainable financing to move successful pilots into wider programs across the basin.
The outlets describe a regional policy push associated with a declaration issued after the Second Congo Basin Convening on Agroecology in Yaounde, Cameroon. While the framing differs slightly, the shared emphasis is that better cross-sector and cross-border coordination is needed to support adoption, improve access to key resources, and create market pathways for agroecological products.
