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Coffee production in Ivory Coast

Coffee plants were introduced into the country in the 19th century by French colonizers.^[4] Following World War II, coffee production increased from 36,000 tons in 1945 to 112,500 tons in 1958.^[5] After Ivory Coast became independent (in 1960), coffee production peaked in the 1970s making it the third-largest coffee-producing country in the world, after Brazil and Colombia, before the civil war unsettled cultivation.^[1] Coffee production and policy are derived from the era when Ivory Coast was a colony of French West Africa. This has attracted French companies to invest in the sector.^[6]

Production[edit]

Ivory Coast produces mostly robusta coffee.^[7]

According to the FAOSTAT database of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, production of "green" (i.e., unroasted) coffee beans in the Ivory Coast was the following (in tons):^[8]

Production of green robusta coffee output in the nation peaked at 380,000 tons in 2000.^[9] Production subsequently declined over more than a decade of upheaval in the country, particularly during the First Ivorian Civil War (2002–2007) and Second Ivorian Civil War (2010–2011).^[9] In 2014, the Ivorian agriculture minister announced a new annual production target of 400,000 tons of coffee by 2020, about four times its present rate.^[9]

See also[edit]

• List of countries by coffee production

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

• Habeeb, William Mark (2 September 2014). Ivory Coast. Mason Crest. ISBN 978-1-4222-9437-6.
• Hamilton, Janice (1 January 2004). Ivory Coast in Pictures. Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 978-0-8225-1992-8.^[1]
• Skinner, Snider William (1964). The agricultural economy of the Ivory Coast. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Regional Analysis Division.
• Thurston, Robert W.; Morris, Jonathan; Steiman, Shawn (10 October 2013). Coffee: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bean, the Beverage, and the Industry. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4422-1442-2.