The project for a regional agricultural school is taking shape in Sassandra, with the ambition of training 600 students in agricultural professions in a framework combining education and practice. Planned over an area of ​​45 hectares, the future establishment is supported by the Gbôklè Regional Council with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production (MINADERPV). The Director General of the National Institute of Professional Agricultural Training (INFPA), Dr Ayenan Marc Olivier, visited the site on Tuesday September 8, 2026 for a working visit. This step comes while the first developments are already underway on 11 hectares of the estate. The project includes the installation of application farms intended to complement the lessons given in the classroom.Market gardening, poultry farming, fish farming, rabbit breeding and snail farming are among the activities selected. The objective is to allow learners to compare the knowledge acquired with the realities of agricultural production. The presence of a fish farm should in particular broaden training in activities linked to fish farming, while the other units will make it possible to approach different production sectors.

A system geared towards integration

Beyond technical training, the future establishment must integrate entrepreneurship and professional integration into its system.This orientation meets the challenges of professionalizing young people in a sector which occupies a central place in the Ivorian economy. The project must therefore evolve into a regional center dedicated to practical agricultural training. With 600 places planned and an area of 45 hectares, the school intends to have a space large enough to combine learning, experimentation and production activities.

The regional agricultural school thus marks a new stage in the training of a new generation of these new agripreneurs through a pedagogy focused on practice and entrepreneurship.