The Minister Delegate in charge of Food Production, Bernard Comoé, recently signed, on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture Bruno Nabagné Koné, the financing agreement for the Project for the Promotion of Local Rice through Sustainable Supply Chains (PRORIL-CAD) with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA...
The Ivorian Government is going on the offensive on two long-neglected sectors. The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Bruno Nabagné Koné, launched the interim program for the development of the oil palm and coconut sectors on July 31 in Grand-Béréby.
Africa's leading producer of natural rubber, Côte d'Ivoire is entering a new stage in the development of its rubber industry. With the creation of an Academy of Rubber Trades, professionals want to train a qualified workforce in order to support industrial transformation and meet the new demands of the global market.
A delegation from the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB) led by its Secretary General, Dr Palé Sié, and the Director General of the Digital Farming School, Dr Louis Koko, was recently received at the Office of Professor Adama Diawara, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. On...
The National Rural Development Support Agency (ANADER) and the National Federation of Professional Rural Youth Organizations of Côte d'Ivoire (FENOPJERCI) recently signed at ANADER headquarters in Plateau, a 5-year framework partnership agreement intended to strengthen the training and socio-economic integration of you...
Minister Bruno Nabagné Koné recently received a delegation from the Confederation of Indian Industry. After Western partners, it is India's turn to position itself on Ivorian agriculture, with a strong promise, to build tractors directly in Abidjan.
The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Bruno Nabagné Koné recently granted an audience to Stanislas Zézé, CEO of Bloomfield Investment Corporation, to examine an economic intelligence project on investment opportunities and risks in the Ivorian agricultural sector. This hearing, held at the...
The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Bruno Nabagné Koné, granted an audience, on Tuesday July 7, 2026, to a delegation from the U.O.C Group (ex-SIPEF-CI), led by its Deputy General Director, Bouali Moussa. The discussions focused on improving the productivity of plantations, the difficult...
Less than a year before the opening of GREEN EXPO 2027, scheduled from March 19 to September 26, 2027 in Japan, Ivory Coast is participating in the preparatory work with the other exhibiting countries. An approach which aims as much at organizing its participation as at seeking new opportunities for cooperation in the...
Fifty million dollars. This is the amount that the Green Climate Fund has just granted to Ivory Coast to protect its fields against climate change. Meeting on July 1, 2026 in Dushanbe for its 45th meeting, the institution's Board of Directors approved the project “Strengthening sustainable land management and agri-food...
The agricultural partnership between Ivory Coast and the Netherlands reaches a new stage. The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Bruno Nabagné Kone, recently received Dutch Ambassador Jeroen Kelderhuis to assess the implementation of the 2023 memorandum of understanding, with a focus on coc...
The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Bruno Nabagné Kone recently granted an audience to a delegation from PALMCI, a subsidiary of the SIFCA Group, led by its General Director, Lacina Coulibaly.