2024-03-19 23:02:11
Covid crisis, climate change, conflicts… The African continent is affected by multiple factors which impact its food security. The question of storing cereals and other foodstuffs is therefore central, but still very imperfect. However, the development of suitable warehouses and storage infrastructures can indirectly have – in addition to ensuring the good conservation of products – significant impacts on economies.
With its storage development plan, Côte d’Ivoire has done the math, explains Justin N’Goran Koffi, director general of the Storage Receipts Regulatory Authority.
« It will develop a local industrial fabric. You take the example, a 1000 m² warehouse is 150 direct jobs, it is 450 indirect jobs. It’s a real industrial park. Even just one warehouse can change people’s lives », Supports the CEO.
In this area, Senegal is also in the running. Develop activity in the economic center, but also in the regions. “ Senegal built the Diamniadio market to centralize everything related to storage. What has hitherto plagued Senegal’s productivity is the post-harvest period.analyzes Djibril Diop, inspector at the National Agricultural Insurance Company of Senegal, and testifies to the current policy. So Diamniadio is the center, but at the level of the agro-poles which are being built, we are in the process of building infrastructure at the department level, at the regional level for a national grid. And this will allow primary sector assets to take their true place in economic development. »
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A development that is all the more important in countries that still lack infrastructure, underlines Mireille Mogena who does consulting in Chad. “ It’s a Sahelian zone, we produce a lot, unfortunately, we don’t have a storage location, we have a real problem with that, she notes. We need to be able to find places to install them as close as possible to the population. Because unfortunately the infrastructure does not allow us to travel long distances. » The essential objective for her is to boost this agricultural sector which is struggling to develop exports, but especially locally.
In Ivory Coast, the development of warehouses is accompanied by a system of receipts and therefore traceability which can have significant and sometimes unexpected impacts. “ Today, we have developed universal health coverage in Ivory Coast, for example. The farmer who does not have a salary from a warehouse receipt can be traced, with and avant Justin N’Goran Koffi. You have the National Social Security Fund which launched retirement for self-employed workers. But how do we collect all of this? In the organization, the ecosystem that we will put in place around the storage system will allow farmers to have access to financing. They are visible. » Local storage and receipt systems can also encourage processing in small local units thanks to the availability of materials and credit facilities.
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