Ivory Coast is a true model in terms of agricultural development on an African scale. It is therefore an honor and a privilege to be able to count on the presence of such an economic actor for FIAN. This visit is part of a movement of cooperation between Senegal and Ivory Coast in the field of agriculture.
Why the Ivory Coast?
Because 50% of its economy is based on agriculture. These few figures give an idea of the diversity and volumes of Ivorian production:
- Maize with 608,032 tonnes on 278,679 hectares
- Rice with a production of 673,006 tonnes on a cultivated area of 340,856 hectares
- Vam with 4,970,949 tonnes over 563,432 hectares
- Assava with 2,047,064 tonnes over 269,429 hectares
- Plantain with 1,519,716 tonnes over 433,513 hectares
- Cocoa 335,000 tonnes
- Coffee 250,000 tons
- Cotton 150,000 tons
- Palm oil 120,000 tonnes
- Coconut 240,000 tons
- Copra 43,000 tonnes
- Cashew
- Cola nut
- Sugar cane 1,430,000 tonnes
- Rubber tree 136,000 tonnes
More information here: https://www.agrici.net/
