Agro-Industrial Pole Project in the North-East Cote d’Ivoire
Adaptation Need
Zanzan district faces severe climate risks, including water shortages, extreme heat, bushfires, and flooding due to erratic rainfall patterns. These changes threaten crop adaptability, heightening food insecurity and limiting agricultural growth. Notably, growing seasons have shortened by an average of 21 days in El Niño years, reducing agricultural productivity and exacerbating economic vulnerabilities.
GCA’s Added Value
In the design stage, GCA contributed with a targeted climate adaptation assessment which informed adaptation pathways for the project. Following board approval of the project by IFAD, GCA is currently supporting identification of barriers and approaches to the uptake of climate-resilient seeds by farmers in the project area, and appraisal and capacity building of climate-resilient practices able to reduce post-harvest losses.
Project goals
Mainstreaming Adaptation and Resilience
The six major climate hazards facing Zanzan district are prolonged drought, rainfall variability, bushfires, extreme temperatures, flooding, and strong or violent winds. GCA recommended several adaptation solutions to address climate risks, ranging from automatic agrometeorological stations, hydro-agro-pastoral dams, a “Green Wall” to mitigate strong and violent winds, early-maturing crop varieties and improved agro-climatic information services, which have been integrated into the project’s design. GCA is also currently developing market models for facilitating uptake of climate-resilient seed varieties and building the capacity of farmers to tackle climate-induced post-harvest losses, thus mitigating climate impacts on and off-farm. More than 10 climate-resilient seed varieties for rice, maize, yam, vegetables and soybeans have been preliminarily identified from CGIAR centers, as well as Aflasafe® biocontrol product against aflatoxin contamination and digital climate advisory tools. These solutions will be evaluated further for optimal implementation through the project.
Expected Outcomes
- Increasing access to and use of improved climate-resilient and gender-sensitive agricultural production technologies and services in Zanzan district
- Enhancing value addition in post-harvest, processing, and marketing activities in the targeted agricultural value chains
- Improved climate-resilient seed supply systems, with increased access and use by over 200,000 farmers.
- Strengthening of the institutional framework and transformative and innovative private investment in the agricultural sector.
Timeline
GCA Support Status
Technical Assistance Preparation
GCA Support Implementation
September, 2024
GCA Support Completion
Monitoring
Finance
Project Investment Value
Total Investment Value
IFI Investment Value
$176.51M
Other Investment Value
$67.95M
Contacts
General media inquiries
info@gca.orgRequest for information
FoodsecurityTeam@gca.org