Kabadougou Region

The Kabadougou Region is located in the Northwest of Côte d'Ivoire and is subdivided into five (05) Departments: Odienné (Capital), Madinani, Samatiguila, Séguélon, and Gbéléban. It covers an area of 14,000 km², which is 4.34% of the national territory.

 

• The population of the region is as follows:

ENTITY	POPULATION				HOUSEHOLDS
	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL	SEX RATIO	NUMBER	AVERAGE SIZE
KABADOUGOU Region	151,394	138,411	289,806	109	48,116	6.0
ODIENNE Department	82,949	73,781	156,730	112	30,037	5.2
ODIENNE (Capital)	45,843	40,436	86,279	113	20,193	4.3

Source: INS, RGPH 2021

 

• Odienné, the capital of the region, is a Secondary Economic Connector (a city that has reached an intermediate stage of urbanization facilitating localization economies through competition among businesses in the same sector), and is an area with strong commercial activities (Study on the Competitive Economic Pole Development Program - PEC, 2018). It also produces cashew nuts, cotton, and food crops (rice, corn, millet, fonio, yams, etc.);

• Financial sector: 02 commercial banks and 02 microfinance institutions are established there;
• Mobile network coverage (ARTCI, July 2023): 81.21% of localities and 85.95% of the population are covered;
• Health: The health infrastructure in the region includes essential technical platforms.

 

Health infrastructure	Number
Primary Contact Health Establishments (ESPC)	70
General Hospitals	04
Regional Hospital Centers	01
Private Profit-Making Care Establishments	04
Functional Operating Theaters	02
Functional Gynecological-Obstetric Operating Rooms	01
Functional Public Radiology Services	02
Dental Offices	01
Public Pharmacies	06
Private Pharmacies	04

Source: MSHPCMU, 2022

 

The key sectors of activity include agriculture and agro-industry, animal resources, and commerce.

 

• Agriculture:

Type of crop	Crops	Production (in tons)
		2021	2022	2023
Cash crops	Cotton	11,081	10,694	7,927
	Cashew	63,181	66,235	22,396
Food crops	Corn	27,290	28,722	22,396
	Rice	100,674	98,033	109,703
	Peanut	10,567	10,996	1,876
	Sweet potato	6,956	7,157	N/A
	Okra	1,421	1,465	297
	Tomato	558	575	110

Source: MEMINADERPV, 2023 N/A: Not Available

 

• Animal resources:

Type of livestock	Species	Livestock (in number of heads)
		2022
Poultry	Broilers	154,584
	Layers	15,369
	Traditional chickens	12,990
Ruminants	Cattle	96,554
	Sheep	15,247
	Goats	12,385
Pigs	Traditional pig	12,990
	Modern pig

Source: MIRAH, estimate 2022

 

• Agro-industry: rice husking, mango processing, cashew processing;
• Commerce: trade in agricultural products (cola nuts, rock salt) and livestock (cattle).

As part of the implementation of the National Development Plan (PND) 2021-2025, the Kabadougou Region is included in the area covered by the Agro-pole "Pole for the Transformation of Food Crops" (Agro-pole 8).

Investment opportunities exist in the following sectors:

• Agriculture: development of food crop agriculture (rice, maize, and yam), vegetable and cash crop cultivation (tomato, onion, soybean, etc.), creation of agro-pastoral farms;
• Agro-industry: construction of industrial units for the processing of agricultural products (cotton, cashew, etc.);
• Trade: intra-regional and cross-border trade, project for the establishment of a dry port in Kabadougou;
• Intra-regional transport.

Some priority projects and actions have been identified for the benefit of the Kabadougou Region, namely:

NB	Project or Action Description	Planning Document	Estimated Cost (FCFA)	Observations (Project or action ongoing or not started)
01	Construction of a wholesale market and collection and grouping centers	PND 2021 -2025	Not specified	Business opportunity to seize
02	Creation of a satellite processing unit for cashew nuts as part of the development of an industrial park dedicated to cashew processing in Séguéla (15 ha)		Not specified	Business opportunity to seize
03	Electrification of localities in Kabadougou		Not specified	Business opportunity to seize
04	Construction and strengthening of roads (heavy and light reshaping) and structures		Not specified	Business opportunity to seize
05	Construction of social and economic housing		Not specified	Business opportunity to seize
06	Implementation of the land development program for the production of housing and serviced plots accessible to all		Not specified	Business opportunity to seize
07	Implementation of the Competitive Pole program of Odienné (Secondary Economic Connector)		Not specified	Business opportunity to seize
08	Development of an Industrial Zone		Not specified	Business opportunity to seize

Source: MEPD, 2024 / PS-Gouv2