For more than two decades Côte d’Ivoire has been the world’s largest cocoa producer, recording a 20% production surge in 2014 to reach 1.7m tonnes, or 40% of the global supply. Cocoa and processed bean exports comprised 26% of total exports in 2013, or 34% if oil and gas are excluded, and account for 15% of annual GDP, according to a BBC...
Among its many high-value cash crops, Côte d’Ivoire’s cashew sector stands out as particularly high-potential, with the country reaching record production in 2015, beating India to become the world’s top exporter. Bolstered by rising global demand and strong market prices, the sector is set for another strong year in 2017 as the government...
Agriculture has been the largest single economic growth driver in Côte d’Ivoire in the years following independence, supported by a diverse selection of cash crop offerings that have benefitted from strong government support and promotion, fertile land, a favourable climate and growing conditions, and abundant water resources. The country is...
In April 2016 Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi, then-minister of agriculture, rural development and fisheries, announced the upcoming launch of a Policy and Investment Promotion Roadmap, which aims to promote foreign direct investment and modernise Algeria’s agriculture sector. The pending roadmap comes amidst a number of other reforms that look to...
Clusters enable economic actors to develop collective knowledge, as well as work together to overcome challenges and seize potential new economic opportunities. The development of agricultural clusters is a recent phenomenon in Algeria. The subject of evaluation studies since the 1980s, the National Territory Planning Scheme 2025 (Schéma...
The development of the agricultural sector is an integral part of the Algerian government’s push for economic diversification. To that effect, the Public Investment Programme 2015-19, launched in 2014, aims to build on the existing Agricultural and Rural Renewal Policy (Politique de Renouveau Agricole et Rural, PRAR) by spending close to...
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