<p></p><p>The World Bank, through its subsidiary International Development Association (IDA) , approved a $ 70 million loan in late May for its "e-agriculture" project in Côte d'Ivoire. It is helping some 6.1 million smallholders, who make up nearly a quarter of the country's 23.7 million people, to make greater use of digital services, thereby improving their productivity and productivity. access to markets.</p> <p> " While agriculture is one of the pillars of the Ivorian economy, providing 22% of gross domestic product and more than 75% of exports, this sector has had little impact on rising incomes and poverty reduction in rural areas in recent decades, because it is too exposed to the vagaries of international prices, "says Pierre Laporte, director of operations of the World Bank for Côte d'Ivoire. " This project will enable farmers to quickly access key information for their business, such as seed market prices, and the authorities will have data to better steer their policies and strategies for agriculture." and the rural world. " </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p></p>