Workshop for CFC/ICO project in Côte d'Ivoire

13 April 2012

On behalf of the ICO Executive Director, the Chief Economist, Denis Seudieu, made the opening remarks at the final project workshop for the CFC/ICO project 'Access to finance for the development of diversification crops in coffee producing areas in Burundi and Côte d'Ivoire'. The workshop took place in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire on 13 April, and was attended by the Managing Director of the CFC, the Ministers of Agriculture, Trade, Economy and Finance, and Livestock and Fisheries of Côte d'Ivoire, high-level officials from the coffee and banking sectors and project beneficiaries. This US$3 million project was launched in Burundi and Côte d'Ivoire in 2008, with the aim of developing and implementing a sustainable credit programme for diversification in coffee producing areas. Mr Seudieu accompanied the Managing Director of the CFC on a visit to Daloa to meet project beneficiaries who reported on investments undertaken during the project.

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