Weaknesses in training for agro-food professions in Côte d'Ivoire
The Félix Houphouët-Boigny National Polytechnic Institute.
© INP-HB de Yamoussoukro
By: Sayouba Traoré
2 min
The agricultural sector represents 28% of Côte d'Ivoire's GDP and 40% of the country's exports.
The agricultural sector employs 46% of the workforce and supports two-thirds of the population.
If agriculture remains the lifeblood of the Ivorian economy, training in agricultural professions remains problematic.
The current vocational training system is weak.
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This is why the Higher School of Agronomy of the INP-HB of Yamoussoukro, joined the international chair "Food systems and entrepreneurship in Africa".
This chair between France, Ivory Coast and Cameroon, has for primary objective the promotion of agricultural entrepreneurship of young Africans.
In this country, the poverty rate in rural areas is 62.45%.
The main reason for this situation is that there is no processing of products on site, so no added value for producers.
For things to change, we need young graduates who are able to start and run their own businesses.
Guest:
Siaka Koné, director of the Higher School of Agronomy of the INP-HB of Yamoussoukro.
Production: Sayouba Traoré
Director: Ewa Piedel
From left to right: Siaka Koné, director of ESA and Christophe Alemany, associate professor at Bordeaux Sciences Agro.
© Bordeaux Agro
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