Impacts of Bank Financing on the Development of Family Farming in Cote d'Ivoire

Since gaining independence, Côte d'Ivoire has based its economic development on the primary sector. Thus, currencies derived from the marketing of cocoa, coffee (both traditional crops) then palm oil and coconut; cotton fibers, ... and more recently raw or pre-treated rubber latex, cashew nuts, to name just a few, alongside logs from logging, and finally fish products such as tuna and many other fishery products, Côte d'Ivoire has been able to build schools, universities, hospitals, build industries, build roads, ports, ... in short develop other economic sectors and ensure the good social being of Ivorians. At the same time, agriculture produced the "economic miracle" of our country. But since the fall in prices of agricultural raw materials, the contribution of the agricultural sector to the national GDP has decreased (it is now 25% (APA NEWS, 2018)), and this, along with the various economic, social and economic crises. policies that the country has been experiencing since 1990.

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Agricultural Raw Materials and the Emergence of Agri-Food Industry in Côte d’Ivoire

Research in Economics and Management ◽

10.22158/rem.v4n1p53 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 53

Author(s):

Noufou Coulibaly ◽

Yapi Yapo Magloire ◽

Kone Siaka ◽

Kouassi Yao Daniel Mardochée

Keyword(s):

Cote D'ivoire ◽

Côte D’Ivoire ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Agricultural Products ◽

Business Climate ◽

Cote D’Ivoire ◽

Food Industries ◽

Côte D'ivoire ◽

The Government

The agricultural sector in Côte d’Ivoire still faces difficulties like, low modernization, low yield, low rate of processing, poor marketing, despite the government efforts in the Agri-Food Industries (AFIs). The purpose of this study was to assess if local agricultural products were sufficiently used as raw materials by the AFIs. The Leontief model was used to estimate vertical and horizontal coefficients, based on data from the 2013 employment resources table of the ivorian economy, in order to appreciate the dependence on raw materials supply, between agricultural sector, the AFIs and the international market. This study showed that, the ivorian AFIs were weakly dependent on the external market (20%). Despite the large supply capacity of the agricultural products (about 95%), very few were used as raw materials (5 to 15%) by agro-food industries because of the weak industrial fabric, due to several constraints as the hostile administrative and political environment and the lack of industrial culture. The processing rate was estimated at 5% for cashew, 15% for cocoa and coffee and less than 1% for food crops. We identified the determinants for the emergence of an efficient industrial fabric namely healthy business climate, a prerequisite for attracting domestic and international investors.

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Les Contraintes Des Coopératives Dans Le Commerce De La Noix De La Cola À Bouaké (Côte d’Ivoire)

European Scientific Journal ESJ ◽

10.19044/esj.2018.v14n2p68 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 68

Author(s):

Djibli Vincent Dibi

Keyword(s):

Cote D'ivoire ◽

Côte D’Ivoire ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Foreign Currency ◽

Direct Access ◽

Agricultural Cooperatives ◽

Sharp Decline ◽

Cote D’Ivoire ◽

Côte D'ivoire ◽

Production Areas

This article is an attempt to understand and analyze the difficulties encountered by agricultural cooperatives in the marketing of cola nuts. Despite the considerable capital generated by this sector, many difficulties are hampering the agricultural sector, which results in a sharp decline in the profits of cooperatives and producers. For the members, this is due to the lack or little commitment of the Ivorian State to revitalize this promising sector as is the case with the coffee-cocoa pair. In fact, the fact that foreign traders have direct access to growers in their production areas without going through a central structure, in particular the wholesale marketBouake, weakens domestic traders. Similarly, this situation prevents the Ivorian export circuit of Cola from having a substantial tonnage and allowing the entry of foreign currency into the country. All this contributes to devalue the label of the cola nut produced in Cote d'Ivoire.

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Ripple effect, driving branch, and economic development: case of the agro-food industry in Côte d’Ivoire

Ciência Rural ◽

10.1590/0103-8478cr20200368 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 51 (7) ◽

Author(s):

Noufou Coulibaly ◽

Siaka Kone ◽

Gboko Kouamé Casimir ◽

Kama Berte ◽

Yapo Magloire Yapi

Keyword(s):

Development Strategy ◽

Cote D'ivoire ◽

Food Industry ◽

Côte D’Ivoire ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Ripple Effect ◽

National Accounts ◽

Cote D’Ivoire ◽

Côte D'ivoire ◽

The Government

ABSTRACT: In Côte d’Ivoire, agricultural development has been made possible by the Government strategy to support it through an industrialization-based policy. However, the agricultural sector is still facing many difficulties, despite significant investment efforts undertaken to turn the country into a significant agricultural and agro-food industry (AFI) products exporter on the international market. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the driving role of AFI branches in the Ivorian economy. We used Leontief’s model, coupled with Diamond’s model and Rasmussen’s indices, to assess the ripple effects, and identify the driving branch in the Ivorian economy. Data used are derived from the Input-Output Table (IOT) of the 2018 National Accounts produced by the Government and aggregated into 21 branches or subsectors. Our study showed that there is no outstanding driving branch in the economy. However, some branches are close to compliance with driving branch status. For a driving sector to emerge, the Government should invest in priority order in the following branches: Grain Processing and Starchy Product Manufacturing (GPSPM), Cocoa & Coffee Processing (CCP), Oilseed Industry (OI), Dairy Industry and Fruit & Vegetable Industry (DIFVI), Beverage Industry (BI), Tobacco Industry (TI). And currently, the country’s development strategy should be based primarily on these branches, because they are able to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of production system in the Agro-Food Industry (AFI) and, by extension, the economy.

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