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The Lion King
• July - September 2016
Photo by Denis Carrascosa / Flickr.com
The Agricultural Sector
Cote d'Ivoire is a strong agricultural
country. Cocoa and coffee make up
75% of the land devoted to cash crops
with a predominance of cocoa (56%).
Thus Cote d’Ivoire is the world’s largest
producer of cocoa and third largest
producer of coffee.
Cotton, oil palm, cashew and rubber
occupy 23 % cultivated land areas.
Other cash crops (Coconut, banana
etc.) occupy only 2 % of cultivated
land.
The Mining and Oil Sector
The mining sector is experiencing a
resurgence Cote d’Ivoire. In addition
to manganese, other solid minerals
found in commercial quantity in Cote
d’Ivoire includes; gold, nickel, dia-
monds, iron, cobalt and tantalite. The
government has an ambitious plan to
achieve annual output of 21 tons of
gold, one million carats of diamonds,
24 million tons of iron.
COUNTRY FOCUS |
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
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Assinie,
one of the first contact points
between France and Ivory coast, third port of
the country as at 1907, now a seaside resort
east of Abidjan. The resort is a favourite
destination for wealthy inhabitants of
Abidjan for the weekend.
Cocoa Farm.
Ivory Coast is the
world’s largest
producer of cocoa
