Agricultural production and employment in Ivory Coast

An example of this is presented in - Perspectives Decennales de Development Economique, Social et Culturel 1960-1970. The problem of full employment receives a prominent place. Employment performance in the past is analyzed in great detail, and possible future courses of action suggested. As already emphasized, planners are faced with lack of reliable data with respect to the traditional sector, therefore, much attention is given to improve data collection. In terms of employment the basic aims for future development appear to be: (1) the modernization and integration of the traditional sector, and (2) the elimination of the present skill constraint. The strategy to achieve the former is suggested along the lines of output diversification and increased yields. Together with food crops such as rice, maize, and others, introduction and expansion of various commercial crops such as cotton, sugar cane, jute, tobacco, rubber tree (hevea), oil palms, and livestock is planned. Present yields in the traditional sector are very low. Lack of access to knowledge, high yielding varieties, commercial fertilizers, irrigation, and markets have been responsible for the existing situation.