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This category contains the native flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, which calls it Zaire. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic.
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) production is important to the economy of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is one of the country's principal crops, with per capita consumption of 353 kg per year, which is the highest in the world. [1] Zaire, now the DRC, was the world's largest consumer of cassava with Republic of the Congo ranked second ...
It is home for more than 10,000 types of plants, 600 timber species, as well as 1,000 bird species, 280 reptile species, and 400 mammal species, including the forest elephant, gorilla, forest buffalo, bongo, and okapi. Many of these wildlife species are threatened animals such as large lowland gorillas and chimpanzees. [2]
Coffee is the DRC's third most important export (after copper and crude oil) and is the leading agricultural export. An estimated 33,000 tons were produced in 2004 (down from an average of 97,000 tons during 1989–91); 80 percent of production comes from the provinces of Haut Congo, Equateur, and Kivu.
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“We saw damage to plants this summer that had never showed heat stress before,” Schilling said. Sunburned leaves of a mock orange shrub on Aug. 23. Brown patches show where the tissue was damaged.
Tobacco plant. Agriculture in the Republic of the Congo is mostly at the subsistence level. Self-sufficiency in food production is yet to be achieved. Cassava (manioc) is the basic food crop everywhere in the country except in the southern region, where bananas and plantains are prevalent.
“People in the prison would bring plants to me,” she says, “because they knew that I liked them and that I could bring them back to life.” She was released from prison in June 2020.