“…In Ivory Coast, as elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture plays an important role in development policies (UNCTAD, 2016). On the one hand, through food crops, it helps to achieve food self-sufficiency, and on the other, through export products, it raises the level of the economy (Kouakou, 2023). Ivory Coast's agricultural sector accounts for 22% of gross domestic product (GDP), more than 3/4 of non-oil exports and provides jobs for 2/3 of households, with cash crops such as coffee, cocoa, rubber and oil palm in forest areas, as well as cotton and recently cashew nuts and mangoes in savannah areas (Minader, 2017).…”