The presentation of this new industrial center for cashew processing began with a guided tour. It is built on an area of ​​28 hectares and has modern conveniences to accommodate a batch of seven factories processing cashew material, explains the general manager of the Cotton-Cashew Council, Dr Coulibaly Adama. Dr. Coulibaly Adama pointed out that despite the agricultural performance of Côte d'Ivoire, there are challenges to be met, including the processing of raw materials. Hence, the establishment of the Cashew Value Chain Competitiveness Promotion Project (PPCA). This program is financed by the World Bank. The objective of this flagship project is to increase the productivity, quality and added value of cashew for the benefit of smallholder farmers and the cashew processing industry in Côte d'Ivoire. In this field of vision and in order to better capture resources and develop them, the Director General of the Cotton-Cashew Council, calls for the appropriation of the investments acquired, in particular for the benefit of national investors. "The will of the government is the transformation of our agricultural products", notes Adama Coulibaly who will add that with all these productions carried out in the various agricultural sectors of the country, the requirement of transformation is essential. “The value chain of each sector must be exploited by the country and by Ivorians. This is why the President of the Republic has instructed us to resolutely go for transformation,†he recalled. He will mention that succeeding in this bet requires the creation of an ecosystem favorable to the processing activity which, for him, starts from the improvement of plantations, varieties, through scientific research and a traceability system likely to reassure consumers. “Through our external communications, we manage to mobilize international investors. But, if there are no nationals, we will have problems in the long termâ€, he notes as one of the difficulties in the challenge of transformation. This is the reason why he did not fail to launch an appeal to nationals to seize this opportunity in order to develop their industrial units on this site. Other agro-industrial areas for cashew are planned to cover the town of Bondoukou and that of Séguéla. With respectively 25 hectares and 20 hectares for each of the zones and a processing capacity ranging from 40 to 60 thousand tons per year, the industrial centers of Bondoukou and Séguéla come to increase the volume of cashew nut processing in Côte d' Ivory, the world's largest producer. The cashew industrial zone of Korhogo will have a capacity of 60 to 80 thousand tons per year. For the Ivorian government, investing in cashew processing is a response to the creation of added value in the marketing chain of this speculation. In Côte d'Ivoire, around 22% of cashew nut production was processed in 2022. The country, the world's largest producer with 1.02 million tonnes, aims to process 50% of its production in 2030.