WEF_GrowAfrica_AnnualReport2014

2013 in Review 2013 in Review
LETTERS OF INTENT
The Year in Numbers
2013 action for transformation
With Côte d’Ivoire newly joining Grow Africa, we have not yet established relationships with all companies with Letters of Intent – especially
domestic ones. Hence, at the time of publication of this report, progress reports had only been gathered from a selection of international
companies. For 2013, the following statistics aggregate any data shared by these few companies in the spirit of mutual accountability.
21 Companies have
Letters of Intent (LoIs)
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS REPORTED
0% Complete
20% Performing well
60% On plan
5 of 21 companies provided data.
0% Minor problems
0% Major problems
20% Cancelled
$103 million of investments made in 2013
$55 million of capital expenditure.
$48 million of operating expenditure.
4 of 21 companies provided data.
Planned investment
estimated at $680 million
16 of 21 companies provided data.
Leadership and alignment
•¡
The PNIA agricultural investment plan has
been devised by the four sector-related
Ministries – Agriculture; Animal and Fishery
Resources; Water and Forestry; and the
Environment, Urban Safety and Sustainable
Development – together with the Ministry
of Health and the Ministry for African
Integration.
•¡
A PNIA-implementing Steering Committee
has been launched, comprising a Technical
Secretariat (headed by the Ministry of
Agriculture) and 3 Consultation Groups for: 1)
development partners, 2) the private sector,
and 3) civil society and farmers. However,
the Committee has not yet held a meeting.
Strategy setting
•¡
In August 2012, a Detailed Investment
Plan (PID) was adopted by the Cabinet to
support the implementation of the PNIA.
•¡
Under the National Development
Programme 2012-2015 (PND), agriculture
has been identified as a priority sector and
a key driver of growth and employment.
•¡
Specific value-chain strategies are currently
being developed and in some cases amended.
$50 million towards PNIA implementation,
particularly to develop the rubber, coffee/
cocoa and oil palm value chains. Under
the 11th European Development Fund,
agriculture and food security remain
priorities for Côte d’Ivoire.
Risk mitigation and financing
•¡
Some consultations between the
public and private sectors have taken
place to ascertain priority projects and
implementation structures and approaches.
•¡
Scope for improvement remains, however,
as regards concrete and specific measures
by government to delineate PPP and
private-sector investment frameworks.
Infrastructure and policy
•¡
Main reforms have been implemented for
the coffee/cocoa (2011-2012) and cotton
and cashew (2013-2014) value chains.
•¡
Major road and air infrastructure work has
been undertaken to facilitate access to
production zones and markets. The AFD’s
funds will target infrastructure, in particular to
build and rehabilitate hydro-agricultural dams.
OUTCOMES REPORTED FOR 2013
1287 jobs created:
236,000 smallholders reached:
Investment pipeline
•¡
Investment opportunities have been
promoted through public-private events
organised by and in Côte d’Ivoire. As
a result, 10 development poles for rice
were each attributed to a private-sector
investor entrusted with responsibility for
development along the entire value chain.
For other value chains, several investors
have expressed interest in investing.
•¡
With support from France and the EU, a
National Programme for Land Security
has been launched to urgently address
unresolved land use and rights issues
associated with the fraught implementation
of the 1998 Rural Land Law.
•¡
Development of an Agricultural Orientation
Law is in progress to provide a framework
for implementation of agricultural
development policies and strategies.
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70% 30%
3 of 21 companies provided data, of which
67% was gender disaggregated.
Cote d’Ivoire
25% 75%
47,732 with services
79,807 with sourcing
5,334 with production contracts
80,464 with training
75,750 unspecified
5 of 21 companies provided data, of which
40% was gender disaggregated.
•¡
In June 2013, through the New Alliance
for Food Security and Nutrition, Cote
d’Ivoire attracted 21 Letters of Intent from
companies that referenced over half billion
dollars of planned investment.
•¡
Major donor investments in agriculture have
begun to flow. The French development
agency (AFD) will provide $150 million in
a first tranche of budgetary support for
the sector. The World Bank is contributing
Delivery and implementation
Cote d’Ivoire
•¡
The PNIA Steering Committee, Technical
Secretariat and Consultation Groups are in
place and responsible for coordination and
implementation follow-up on the PNIA and
New Alliance Country Cooperation Agreement.
•¡
Implementation of the PNIA would benefit
greatly from regular meetings of the
Steering Committee and enhanced crosssector
coordination.
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