Wrenches that change the game on rural trails. At the initiative of the Interprofessional Fund for Agricultural Research and Consulting (FIRCA), in collaboration with the Cotton, Cashew and Shea Council (CCAK), and under the presidency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, 309 motorcycles and a coordination vehicle were handed over to ANADER, while 4 all-terrain pick-ups joined the structures involved in the National Cashew Research Program (PNRA).

Opening the ceremony, the Executive Director of FIRCA, Oumar N'Diaye, praised the results already achieved thanks to the investments made in favor of producers, recalling that the sustainable performance of the sector is based on a solid advice and research system, backed by suitable logistics. Representing the CCAK, Mamadou Berté insisted on the symbolic significance of the gesture, inviting the beneficiaries to rigorous use of the equipment.

The Director General of ANADER, Sidiki Cissé, summarized the issue in an image, behind each engine, a field agent who will more easily cover the kilometers of rural tracks, will increase the number of advisory visits and will more closely monitor the technical routes.The vehicles intended for research will benefit in particular from the operational units of the PNRA attached to several Ivorian universities and institutes. The ceremony, enhanced by the presence of the Director of Perennial Crops and Exports representing the Minister of Agriculture, ended with the symbolic handing over of the keys and a tour of the equipment.

This endowment illustrates the complementarity sought between local supervision and scientific innovation, two levers considered essential to consolidate the place of the Coast d'Ivoire among the world's leading producers of cashew nuts.