ASSOCIATED VOLUNTEER experts

 

From August 1 to 7, Gilbert Perez and Bernard Bernicot had numerous contacts with various players in the Ivorian pork industry. On the other hand, farm visits were very limited in view of the African swine fever epidemic that has been present in the country since the spring, resulting in the loss of almost 100,000 pigs, according to the authorities.

The top priorities identified at the various meetings were the urgent need to set up a comprehensive training program for the various players in the industry, as well as the need for a global census of workshops, accompanied by compulsory identification of animals during commercial transactions. 

Following the Mirah (Ministry of Livestock) multiplication visit to Agboville: awareness-raising session on biosafety measures to be implemented based on videos of installations and sanitary equipment on Breton farms, with Pascaline, the farm manager, Dr Ve Jean Aka Manzan and Dr Ve Henri Bossé.

As part of the partnership agreement signed between Ave and French pig genetics leader Axiom Choice, B. Bernicot and G. Perez carried out week-long audits in mid-April on 8 of the 12 farms due to receive 46 breeding stock the following month.

Among the many difficulties identified in supporting this fledgling pork industry were the profile of investor breeders and the onset of an African swine fever epidemic in certain regions.

The day was also used to visit the Agboville multiplication farm, which will be populated in October 2023 by 50 Axiom breeding animals. Gilbert Perez, pig building technician, identified the priorities to be implemented on the site of the breeding farm under construction, while Bernard Bernicot, breeding management technician, diagnosed the errors to be corrected as quickly as possible in the monitoring of young breeding stock. 

 AVe expert Pierre spent ten days in Ivory Coast to get to know the cooperative for which he will be prospecting for partners. The mission program is presented below

 

CADESA : a dynamic cocoa, coffee, cashew and rubber cooperative in Ivory Coast.   Key figures for the cooperative :  2,500 farmer-members over 10,000 hectares of plantations 10,000 tonnes of cocoa production 8,000 tonnes of cashew 2,000 tonnes of coffee 5,000 tonnes of rubber. CADESA voted Ivory Coast's best exporting cooperative in 2021