Côte d’Ivoire: CFA 2 billion to rehabilitate roads serving oil palm growers

The Hévéa-Palmier à huile-Coco Council (CHPC) launched a farm-road rehabilitation program on October 21, 2026, in Tabou, Gbôklé region, with CFA 2 billion allocated to the oil palm sector. Over 2026–2027, the program aims to regrade 2,000 km of roads identified by growers, including 100 km in 2026, and provide more than 800 structures such as culverts and drainage crossings. CHPC Director General Edmond Coulibaly set a goal of having “zero roads cut off” this year across production areas. The work is intended to ease delivery of harvests to processing facilities, support growers’ incomes, and secure supplies to palm oil mills.