ANASA DRC’s Call to Provincial and National Governments and Development Partners

As the major international negotiations of 2026 approach, including the SB64 in Bonn, COP31 in Turkey, COP17 on Biodiversity in Armenia, and COP17 on Desertification in Mongolia, ANASA RDC calls on the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, technical and financial partners, and international institutions to strengthen their commitment to agroecology, food sovereignty, and the protection of rural communities.
The organization stresses the urgent need to establish national policies on local and peasant seeds, which are considered the foundation of agroecology, climate resilience, and food sovereignty. Peasant seeds must not be privatized, but recognized as a living heritage essential to the country’s food future.
ANASA DRC also calls for an ambitious agricultural reform based on fair land redistribution, the protection of the rights of women, youth, pastoralists, and indigenous peoples, as well as action against land speculation and carbon or biodiversity credit systems that dispossess local communities of their ancestral lands.
In addition, the organization urges that agricultural and climate financing be redirected toward agroecology, pasture restoration, community food systems, veterinary care, and rural infrastructure adapted to peasant seed systems.
ANASA DRC further emphasizes the need to guarantee the meaningful participation of local communities and the free, prior, and informed consent of indigenous peoples in all decisions related to land, agriculture, and seed distribution. It also calls for the protection of land, environmental, and peasant seed defenders, while establishing binding accountability mechanisms for extractive companies in cases of human rights violations and ecological damage.
Finally, the organization encourages the Congolese government to strengthen national agroecology and seed policies, support smallholder farmers, control imported products in food aid and school feeding programs in order to prevent the introduction of GMOs, and prioritize the purchase of local products.
ANASA DRC renews its support for Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo and the vision of “DRC as a solution country,” placing agroecological transition, biodiversity conservation in the Congo Basin, and food sovereignty at the center of sustainable national development.

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