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Imperata cylindrica (commonly known as cogongrass / k oʊ ˈ ɡ oʊ n / or kunai grass / ˈ k uː n aɪ / [1] [3]) is a species of perennial rhizomatous grass native to tropical and subtropical Asia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia, Africa, and Southern Europe. It has also been introduced to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Southeastern ...
Urochloa eminii, commonly known as Congo grass, is a species of forage crop in the family Poaceae that is grown throughout the humid tropics. With fast growth at the beginning of the wet season due to strong seedling vigour, ease of establishment, good seed production and yield and the ability to suppress weeds it has the ability to become developed into the most important forage crop planted ...
The military post at Popokabaka was used to control the flow of rubber into Portuguese Congo. [1] The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Popokabaka. [2] It is served by Popokabaka Airport, a 1,140 metres (3,740 ft) grass airstrip.
The wildlife of the Democratic Republic of the Congo includes its flora and fauna, comprising a large biodiversity in rainforests, seasonally flooded forests and grasslands. The country is considered one of the 17 megadiverse nations, and is one of the most flora rich countries on the African continent. [ 1 ]
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -The United States told Rwanda it was "deeply troubled" by the fall of Goma in eastern Congo to Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, who appeared on Wednesday to ...
A Sapele tree in the Republic of the Congo. The Congolian rainforest is the world's second-largest tropical forest, after the Amazon rainforest.It covers over 500,000,000 acres (2,000,000 km 2) across six countries and contains a quarter of the world's remaining tropical forest.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the sixth highest proportion of women working in agriculture, forestry and fishing in the world. The Democratic Republic of Congo produced, in 2018: 29.9 million tons of cassava (3rd largest producer in the world, second only to Nigeria and Thailand); 4.7 million tons of plantain (largest producer in the ...
The direct causes of deforestation within the DRC are well understood and have been identified consistently by many sources. [2] [3] [9] The direct causes are as follows: 1) road infrastructure development, 2) slashing and burning the forests to transform forest land into agricultural land, 3) the collection of fuelwood and charcoal, and lastly 4) unregulated artisanal and small-scale logging.