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Potatoes regain importance in North Kivu, DRC (Level A1) — a pile of potatoes

Potatoes regain importance in North Kivu, DRCCEFR A1

10 Oct 2025

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Adapted from Laura, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0

Photo by Daniel Dan, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
2 min
81 words
  • Potato farming is growing in the DRC.
  • Government, NGOs and farmers work together.
  • Potatoes are daily food in North Kivu.
  • Varieties like Lubero and Rutshuru are common.
  • The DRC produced 101,000 tons in 2018.
  • Roads are bad and journeys are long.
  • Diseases like mildew and wilt harm crops.
  • New seeds give higher harvests for farmers.
  • One farmer harvests about 500 kg.
  • In rainy season trucks can take a month.
  • Better seeds help more people eat.
  • Improved seeds need more farmer training.

Difficult words

  • potato — A round vegetable with brown skin.
    potatoes
  • farm — Land used to grow crops.
    farmers, farming
  • grow — To cause plants to develop.
  • important — Having great value or significance.
  • food — Any substance that people eat.
  • method — A way to do something.
    methods
  • produce — To make or create something.

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Discussion questions

  • What types of food do you think are important in your country?
  • How do farmers learn better methods?
  • Why is it important to have different types of potatoes?

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