This food security desk review for North Kivu and South Kivu provinces and the Tanganyika territory in the northern part of Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was requested by the U.S. Agency for International Development Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) in order to help guide both FFP and FFP project applicants design projects to address food security needs in the three provinces. The review draws from secondary resources to understand the history, politics, economy, and food security situation, as well as Congolese government programs relevant to the region. The review team also interviewed and collected documentation from current FFP development project implementers in eastern DRC, specifically Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA), Food for the Hungry, and Mercy Corps to compile lessons learned. The review analyzes the food security situation in eastern DRC through the lens of availability, accessibility, and utilization and presents current ground realities that could promote or constrain food security programming in the next few years, especially given challenges inherent in a region that has been affected by conflict on a nearly ongoing basis since the mid-1990s.
