On June 23, 2026, Abidjan hosted the opening of the 12th Regional Workshop dedicated to the implementation of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) projects in West and Central Africa (WCA), coupled with the 3rd Regional Farmers Forum (R-FAFO). The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Pr...
The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Bruno Nabagné Koné, received a delegation from the Israeli group Ekobell to take stock of the Daloa Irrigated Rice Project (PRIDA), on June 22, 2026. Driven by a clear ambition (to develop 3,500 hectares of irrigated areas), this project could profound...
A delegation from Harvard University paid an official visit to the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB) in Yamoussoukro on Thursday, June 18, 2026. This meeting opens the way to a large-scale academic and scientific collaboration around a research project on the effects of climate change on c...
The École Supérieure d'Agronomie (ESA) of the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB) and the Société de Commerce et de Representation Industrielle (SACRI), a specialist in agricultural equipment, recently formalized a specific agreement intended to train students and agripreneurs in mechanizati...
Wednesday June 17, 2026 marked a decisive step in the modernization of the Ivorian agricultural council. In the presence of the Minister Delegate for Food Production, Bernard Kini Comoé, the National Agency for Rural Development Support (ANADER) received 150 digital tablets offered by the Food Value Chain Development P...
Meeting on June 16, 2026 in Abidjan, Presidents H.E Alassane OUATTARA and H.E John Dramani Mahama reached a decisive milestone in the rebuilding of the global cocoa economy. At the end of the 7th meeting of the Steering Committee of the Ivory Coast-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (ICCIG), the two heads of state endorsed 5 struc...
How to strengthen food sovereignty and increase the added value created by Ivorian agriculture? It is to this equation that Minister Bruno Nabagné Koné provided some answers by presenting the five projects considered essential to support the modernization of the sector and consolidate its contribution to the national e...
The Minister of Planning and Development, Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba, recently handed over agricultural inputs and equipment to rice producers in Subiakro (Yamoussoukro), in his capacity as sponsor of the ceremony chaired by the Minister Delegate in charge of Food Production, Kini Comoe Bernard. This allocation of 300...
Ivory Coast and Ghana, which together control nearly two-thirds of global cocoa production, held the 7th meeting of their joint steering committee on June 15, 2026 in Abidjan. At the heart of the debates, improving producers' income and building a united front to exert greater influence on a global market that is still...
Gathered in Yamoussoukro for the agricultural sector review workshop, stakeholders in the sector, led by Minister Bruno Nabagné Koné, painted an encouraging picture, marked by production records for both export and food crops, a few days ago.
The Agency for the Development of the Rice Sector (ADERIZ) organized a workshop to harmonize monitoring-evaluation practices a few days ago. Gathered in Abidjan, the experts worked to consolidate the management tools for rice projects, as part of the government's vision of food self-sufficiency.
As part of the National Rice Development Strategy (SNDR), the Agency for the Development of the Rice Sector (ADERIZ) recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the BARAN Group. This strategic partnership aims to deploy an integrated national system for drying paddy rice using solar energy, for a more competitiv...
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