Ivory Coast To Nearly Double Banana Production In Two Years: Industry Official
March 21, 2017 | 1 min to read
ABIDJAN – Ivory Coast's banana output is expected to nearly double within two years thanks to the recent arrival of two large producers and initiatives to promote local farmers and regional trade, an industry official said on Thursday.
Though Ivory Coast is better known as the world's top cocoa producer, it is also one of Africa's biggest banana growers, with the sector supporting thousands of jobs and exporting mainly to Europe.
"With the arrival two years ago of two big companies … and the installation of new small-scale planters, we expect to produce about 500,000 tonnes of bananas within two years," Emmanuel Dolly, executive secretary of the country's main fruit exporters' organisation OBAMCI, told Reuters.
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