The soils are cracking, the rains are becoming scarce, the crops are faltering. Faced with this alarming observation which has haunted the countryside of the Ivorian Center for several seasons, an institutional response has finally come, Wednesday July 1, 2026, from Dushanbe in Tajikistan. Meeting for its 45th session, the Board of Directors of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved the project “Strengthening sustainable land management and agri-food systems resilient to climate change in Côte d'Ivoire”, called LARACI.

The project, planned over five years, brings together three key players, namely the Ministry of the Environment and Ecological Transition (MINETE) at the national level, the Interprofessional Fund for Agricultural Research and Council (FIRCA) as the executing entity, and the CGIAR System Organization as an accredited entity. The stated objective is twofold, to protect producers from climatic hazards while strengthening national food security. The country had already validated, in December 2025, an updated GCF Country Program intended to structure access to international climate financing. With LARACI, Ivory Coast is consolidating its position as a regional locomotive in green finance, transforming climate commitments into concrete projects for its farmers.

Remember, in March 2026, Abidjan was designated to host the Africa regional office of the Green Fund, covering West Africa, Central Africa and part of the Maghreb.