Year: 2015 | Month: June | Volume 2 | Issue 1
Analysis of Rice Farming Competitiveness in Cote d’Ivoire: An application of Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM)
Kouakou
DOI:10.5958/2394-8159.2015.00003.1
Abstract:
The aim of this study is to determine the improvement factors ofrice farming sector’s competitiveness in Côte d’Ivoire. The Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) methodology was used to determine the Competiveness basedon one hand on a sample of rice farmer’s areas and on the other hand on the consolidation of data relative to rice farming issues. As a whole, 190 actors have been chosen at random in four municipalities in the regions of Agneby-Tiassa and Lôh-Djiboua which are:Tassalé, N’douci, Divo, Sikensi. These actors were distributed as follows: 100 farmers, 40 processors, and 50 traders. The basic data have been collected through a structuredquestionnary phase, per category of actor. The second part of data has been especially collected from Technicalservices of the agriculturalministry, research offices and supervision. From the results, it emergesthat the domestic rice sector is competitive. This sector is financially and economically profitable. However, itis slightly protected. Even so, any policy which aims at improving rice production in Côte d’Ivoire requires an implementation of a powerful agricultural system through a best stratification of rice farming sector in order to improve thecompetitiveness of domestic rice farming which is facing the imported rice.
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