AreaCôte d'Ivoire

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date01/01/2013

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentForeign agricultural investment

DescriptionSigned a framework agreement with Louis Dreyfus, a multinational commodity trading company, that will seek to boost rice production by 300 000 tonnes. The plan envisages cultivating up to 200 000 has in the northern areas of Poro, Tchologo and Bagoué.