Côte d’Ivoire is the world’s second-largest cocoa grinding hub after the Netherlands, and it produced 520,000 tonnes of processed cocoa in the 2013/14 growing year, or 12% of world cocoa processing. With a current grinding capacity of 550,000-600,000 tonnes, the government and the newly created sector regulator, the Coffee-Cocoa Council (Conseil...
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Articles & Analysis | Bearing fruit: Policy changes create new difficulties for small-scale cocoa grinders from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Articles & Analysis | Changing policies: Cocoa reforms have empowered farmers but presented new challenges from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Implemented in November 2011 under the auspices of the sector’s new regulatory body, the Coffee Cocoa Council (Conseil du Café-Cacao, CCC), the cocoa reforms sought to address arguably the largest obstacle to local production: price insecurity for farmers. The enforcement of a minimum 60% cost, insurance and freight (CIF) price for farmers has...
Articles & Analysis | Expansion ahead: Efforts under way to rejuvenate domestic cashew and cotton production from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Under the guidance of the newly established regulator, the Cotton and Cashew Council (Conseil du Coton et de l’Anacarde, CCA), the two dominant crops of northern Côte d’Ivoire are projected to expand rapidly over the next several years to meet government objectives for production and processing. Growth in the cashew and cotton sectors will be...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Youval Rasin, CEO, DekelOil: Interview from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Chapter | Agriculture from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Agriculture is one of the most important drivers of growth in the Ivorian economy in terms of revenues, employment and value-added activities. Contributing 22% to GDP, the sector accounts for at least 50% of exports and provides jobs to 60-70% of the population, according to the World Bank. Fertile land and favourable weather conditions enabled the country to become one of the most successful...
A heavyweight within the West African Economic and Monetary Union, accounting for 35% of the eight-member region’s GDP, Côte d’Ivoire’s growth is a bellwether for Francophone West Africa. An ambitious government spending programme and a range of pro-business reforms are set to boost economic activity going forward.