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Great Lakes Cassava Initiative (GLCI) beneficiaries walk away carrying the cassava seed they received following a dissemination in the village of Kibututu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A dissemination is the culmination of the GLCi efforts where cassava stems, which are also the plant's seed, are distributed to those reliant on cassava as a staple food. 2400 people received cuttings over three days at the Kibututu dissemination. GLCI is a Catholic Relief Services-led NGO, working to produce disease-tolerant cassava seed for nearly seven million people in six east and central African countries. GLCI was founded in (2007) as a result of a pandemic disease called Cassava Mosaic Disease, (CMD) wiping out the majority, even entire crops, of western Kenya farmers. The disease continued to spread through Uganda and Tanzania, soon followed by Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), cassava ranks fourth amongst food crops in developing countries after rice, maize and wheat. (KEYSTONE/CAVAN IMAGES/Carl Walsh)