Côte d'Ivoire
In Côte d'Ivoire, land issues are crucial for agricultural development, social peace and the legitimacy of political authorities. From 1960 to 1980, the country experienced strong economic growth due to the strength of the agricultural sector, particularly cash crops for export. Encouraged by the policies of President Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1960-1993), many migrants, both Ivorians and foreigners, settled in the south of the country to practice agriculture. The "Ivorian miracle" ran out of steam in the 1980s. From 1999 to 2011, Côte d'Ivoire experienced a series of political crises and ethnic violence related to access to land.
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Total population
25,069,229
Urban population
50.8 %
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Women owning land
2.6 %
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04 February 2025
Du 9 au 16 décembre 2024, s’est déroulée au Cameroun une mission transnationale d'échange de connaissances sur les questions foncières et agropastorales. Cette mission qui a réuni des experts, praticiens, acteurs de la société civile et autorités politico administratives, est une initiative menée…
22 July 2022
Erosion and tidal surges are threatening fishing communities in West Africa. As a result, many people are fleeing inland — losing their livelihoods. The sea has already encroached two meters into the country's interior.
Rising sea levels threaten many fishing communities…
20 October 2021
With a total of 65 participants (37% women) from 14 countries (Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Pakistan, Sudan and Uganda) the 10th and last Capitalization Meeting of the EU Land Governance Transversal Project, was virtually…
Côte d'Ivoire
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Nearly 64% of the land is devoted to agriculture and extensive livestock, in a context where 68% of the active population works in the agricultural sector. The dense forests in the south and west, which used to cover a third of the territory, have decreased significantly since the colonial period.
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24 March 2025
Building innovative methodologies to overcome conflict and tension requires to go and work there where it is hardest. ProPFR Côte d’Ivoire (Promotion d’une Politique Foncière Rurale – Global Programme for Responsible Land Policy) tested approaches in Cavally region to help overcome significant…
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Around the world, insecure property rights prevent families from feeling confident about the future, businesses from investing, and communities from becoming more productive. Hundreds of millions of us lack property security. This makes the world poorer, less free, and less just.
There is a growing…
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