Cocoa Production and Forest Dynamics in Ivory Coast from 1985 to 2019

Barima Yao Sadaiou Sabas, Konan Gislain Danmo, Kouakou Akoua Tamia Madeleine and Bogaert Jan
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Barima Yao Sadaiou Sabas: Environment Training and Research Unit, Jean Lorougnon Guédé University, Post Box 150 Daloa, Cote D’Ivoire
Konan Gislain Danmo: Environment Training and Research Unit, Jean Lorougnon Guédé University, Post Box 150 Daloa, Cote D’Ivoire
Kouakou Akoua Tamia Madeleine: Environment Training and Research Unit, Jean Lorougnon Guédé University, Post Box 150 Daloa, Cote D’Ivoire
Bogaert Jan: Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Biodiversity and Landscape Unit, University of Liège, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium

Land, 2020, vol. 9, issue 12, 1-22

Abstract: The cocoa economy of Ivory Coast started in the eastern part of the country in the 1970s and spread to the central-western and then south-western regions. For nearly a decade, it has been in the West of Ivory Coast with a population increase caused by large waves of migration. This study aims to determine different factors explaining dynamics of the cocoa economy from the East to West of Ivory Coast. The method adopted consisted of processing Landsat images from 1985–2018 and an individual survey of 278 heads of households. The results obtained showed that the development of the cocoa economy led forest cover degradation with a total loss estimated at 60.80%, 46.39%, 20.76% and 51.18% of forest area in the East, Centre-West, South-West and West, respectively. The creation of new cocoa farms in the West of Ivory Coast is governed by non-native people (51.13%) settled between 2010 and 2018. About 41% of these producers come mainly from the Centre-West (25%) and the South-West (16%). In addition, 29% of producers come from the West of Ivory Coast. Despite the abiotic characteristics being considered unfavourable, the west of Ivory Coast is in the process of becoming the country’s new zone of high cocoa production.

Keywords: forest dynamics; cocoa production; migration; cocoa loop; Ivory Coast (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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