The Government's vision regarding animal and fish production is to develop it and make it competitive in order to reduce Côte d'Ivoire's dependence on external sources.

Thus, in order to achieve self-sufficiency in animal and fish proteins, the Ivorian Government adopted the National Policy for the Development of Livestock, Fishing, and Aquaculture 2022-2026 (PONADEPA 2022-2026) in 2022. This policy, with an implementation cost estimated at 1,049.443 billion CFA francs, aims to achieve three strategic objectives: (i) improving the productivity and competitiveness of animal and fishery sectors in line with environmental protection principles, (ii) enhancing governance, and (iii) improving the livelihoods of stakeholders.

The PONADEPA 2022-2026 is aligned with the National Development Plan 2021-2025 and aims to achieve an annual coverage rate of 60% of national needs for meat and offal through national production by 2025, compared to 48% in 2022.

The livestock sub-sector has seen a significant improvement, with the national coverage rate for meat and offal needs increasing from 49% in 2016 to 56% during the period 2019-2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the herds of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and poultry have increased at an average annual rate of 1.85%, 3.96%, 11.93%, 2.2%, and 10.69% respectively.

Species

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Cattle

1,611,494

1,639,287

1,667,080

1,694,873

1,722,666

1,778,252

1,806,045

1,835,661

1,865,763

Sheep

1,858,551

1,939,435

2,020,319

2,101,203

2,182,087

2,343,855

2,343,855

2,437,682

2,535,285

Goats

1,989,848

2,323,312

2,656,776

2,990,240

3,323,704

3,990,632

3,990,632

4,354,502

4,901,055

Pigs

389,733

403,797

417,861

421,330

431,389

452,278

447,429

455,626

464,006

Poultry

57,462,084

72,641,428

71,462,754

76,397,324

84,659,606

83,822,029

100,735,721

116,042,043

129,449,117

Source: Ministry of Animal and Fish Resources / DPSP

Despite these improvements, Côte d'Ivoire remains dependent on imports to meet its animal protein needs. In 2019, imports of ruminant meats and various derivatives amounted to 153,281 tons, contributing 54% to the coverage of national consumption.

It should be noted that the Ivorian poultry sector is experiencing a satisfactory growth trend in terms of production in terms of headcount and consumption eggs. It shows an excellent coverage rate (95-98%) of the country's poultry meat consumption.