Côte d’Ivoire wants to mobilise more funding to develop livestock, fisheries and aquaculture, with the aim of reducing its dependence on imports of animal protein. The Ministries of Planning and Animal Resources set the priorities for supporting these sectors at a working session held in Abidjan on 8 October 2026.
A funding agreement and production challenges
Discussions focused in particular on the ratification of an agreement signed with the Banque d’investissement et de développement de la CEDEAO (BIDC), the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development. Ministers also discussed cross-border transhumance and the resilience of livestock systems.
The Ministry of Planning will support the mobilisation of technical and financial partners under the National Development Plan (PND) 2026-2030. The communiqué published on 9 October describes this coordination and the files reviewed, without detailing a new disbursement amount resulting from the session.
The Ministry of Planning will support the mobilisation of technical and financial partners under the National Development Plan (PND) 2026-2030. The communiqué published on 9 October presents this coordination between the two ministries to support projects in the sector.
The effort thus covers several stages: production, processing and marketing. Financing a production activity does not, on its own, address all the constraints facing a value chain. The ability to sell products and add value also determines the economic appeal of investments.
A meeting with investors in November
A high-level forum on investment in the animal economy is scheduled for 20 and 21 November 2026, with the African Development Bank, on the sidelines of the Abidjan Livestock Fair. Preparations for it were presented at the inter-ministerial meeting.
This event is expected to extend the work of financial mobilisation around projects in the sector. For operators, the next information to watch concerns the projects selected, their financing arrangements and the conditions for implementation. It will show how far public priorities are being translated into investment in the value chains.