Farmers to Markets is a major new economic development program made possible by a grant to the Paul Carlson Partnership by the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID. The grant, for over $658,000, will cover approximately two-thirds of the total project budget, which tops out at just over a million dollars. The PCP is responsible for raising the remaining amount.

Farmers to Markets creates a "value chain" between the subsistence farmers in the Ubangi region of northwest DR Congo and the markets in the city of Kinshasa, 600 miles to the south. While some agricultural development programs focus primarily on assisting farmers, this project follows all the links in a chain that ultimately delivers the farmers' produce to the most lucrative markets, in Kinshasa.... (article continues here ...)