date:Apr 15, 2014
evious marketing year (MY 2012/13), milled rice production was estimated at 4.5 million tons representing a 21 per cent increase compared to the previous year with increases in Cote dIvoire (82 per cent) and Burkina Faso (34 per cent) in one year.
This confirms that Cote dIvoire milled rice production has been nicely progressing over the past three years due to the implementation of the Revised National Rice Strategy for the period 2012-2020 which aims to reach 2.0 million tons of milled rice.