The consequences of the coronavirus outbreak on the economy in general and agriculture in particular are profound, diverse and varied. Actors in this sector fear for the survival of their activities, as expressed by Pénatirgué Soro, president of the National Association of Agricultural Cooperatives of Côte d'Ivoire (Anacaci). "Perennial crops are export crops such as coffee, cocoa, cashew, cotton, palm tree, rubber. Mostly, contracts that are tied up outside. This means that we no longer have these foreign partners.

In addition, when you take the coffee-cocoa sector, or even rubber, there are local units that are next to these producers, which allow farmers to resell their production directly in these units. But these units are closed. Already these producers are at an impasse. They don't know how to sell," he said before worried. "With the barrier measures, as you see, the limitation of the workforce, the workers, we can no longer have them to go to work in the fields. This means that future campaigns will play a lot on returns. And of course Côte d'Ivoire risks having lead on the different ranks that we occupy at the national and international levels, "warned Pénatirgué Soro.