With a burgeoning population and growing market, West Africa has a high demand for animal protein. But farmers in Côte d’Ivoire face significant challenges accessing high-quality animal feed, limiting their production abilities. Small-scale farmers like Awa Kaboré are beginning to meet those needs thanks to a new animal feed mill. The USAID West Africa Trade & Investment Hub is supporting the agricultural sector in Côte d’Ivoire through facilities like the De Heus animal feed mill in Abidjan, which has been able to boost production and employ women and youth in its factory.
About the Trade Hub
Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub) is a five-year (2019–2024) program that improves private sector productivity and competitiveness through market-based approaches. The program partners with U.S. and West African private sector firms to generate new private sector investment in key industries as a way to create jobs and increase trade within and between West African countries, and with the United States through greater utilization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
It is an integral part of and contributor to the U.S. Government’s Prosper Africa initiative, which is supported by USAID Missions across West Africa.
