Côte d'Ivoire presents a compelling investment opportunity in its agrifood sector, one backed by a decade of sustained growth, a reformed investment framework, and a national commitment to food sovereignty and agro-industrial transformation. Under the FAO Hand-in-Hand (HIH) Initiative, the country has developed a portfolio of nine agrifood investment cases, structured around three revised Integrated Agro-Industrial Pole programmes — 2PAI Nord, 2PAI Nord-Est and 2PAI Centre — designed to unlock the potential of its priority agrifood value chains, reduce poverty and import dependency, create jobs and drive sustainable growth. The total investment opportunity stands at USD 121.9 million, of which approximately USD 72.2 million is required in public and concessional investment and USD 49.7 million is expected from private, cooperative and diaspora capital. The investments have the potential to reach more than 309,000 beneficiaries, including 31,400 direct beneficiaries.

The portfolio delivers a weighted average internal rate of return of 24.9%, a combined net present value of USD 40.2 million, an average producer income gain of USD 347 per year, and some 79,000 tonnes of CO₂-equivalent avoided annually. These prioritized agrifood investments are anchored in the National Development Plan (PND) 2026–2030, the second National Agricultural Investment Programme (PNIA 2) and the National Rice Development Strategy (SNDR 2.0), and are implemented through a partnership between the Government of Côte d'Ivoire and FAO. Why Invest in Côte d'Ivoire? Côte d'Ivoire offers a stable, investor-friendly environment underpinned by political stability, monetary predictability within the WAEMU zone and forward-looking economic reforms.

Key attractions include:

• Macroeconomic performance, with real GDP growth projected at 6.5–7%, inflation contained at around 2%, public debt at 58% of GDP and nominal GDP of approximately USD 110.5 billion in 2025 — the largest economy in WAEMU.
• Strategic market access, as the gateway to West Africa, with the deep-water ports of Abidjan and San Pedro on the Dakar–Lagos corridor, offering entry to 1.4 billion consumers under the AfCFTA and 350 million through ECOWAS.
• Tax and regulatory incentives, under the revised Investment Code (Ordinance No. 2024-857), including VAT exemptions and fiscal advantages of 5 to 15 years, free transfer of capital and the CEPICI one-stop investment window; the country scored 52.94/100 in B-READY 2024, having climbed 67 places since 2013.
• World-leading agricultural production, ranking first globally in cocoa (2.2 million MT) and cashew (1.2 million MT) and first in Africa for rubber (1.3 million MT), alongside structurally deficit staple markets — paddy rice (2.1 million MT) and maize (1.0 million MT) — that offer immediate import-substitution opportunities.
• Abundant land and water resources, with 17 million hectares of arable land (53% of the national territory) and an irrigation potential of 430,685 hectares, of which only 32,484 hectares are

North-East Agro-Industrial Pole Project (2PAI Nord-Est)

INVESTMENT

USD 33,3M 

INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (%)

23,3%

NET PRESENT VALUE

USD 11,25M

DIRECT BENEFICIARIES

8,400

INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES

48,800

INCOME INCREASE PER CAPITA

273 USD/person

EMISSION REDUTION (EXACT)

25,000 tCO2e