President Gbagbo meets section rice growers

On September 9, 2010, President Gbagbo met with rice growers from 53 different regions in the presidential palace.

President Gbagbo first heard a speech from the chairman of the Ivory Coast Rice Growers Association representing all rice growers. The speech introduced the current situation of Côte d'Ivoire's rice cultivation and rice imports, and emphasized the importance of self-sufficiency in Kami rice production, the impact of current backward production methods on rice growers and rice production, and the actual problems of water shortages in some areas. At the meeting, representatives of the people gave the president a symbolic gift of shovels, sickles, rice barrels and rice bran for rice processing.

President Gbagbo immediately gave back to the rice growers a group of agricultural machinery and equipment produced by China's Ivorian companies, and encouraged the people to say: “This is the first step towards the mechanization and modernization of rice cultivation in the country.” The people on the scene cheered. The name of President Gbagbo. The President also expressed willingness to work with rice growers to achieve self-sufficiency in Ivorian rice in the next five years. To this end, President Gbagbo promised to establish a fund for rice growers, and rice growers can use the fund's loans for land reclamation, machinery and equipment, seed fertilizers, and rice-related inputs. At the same time, the Minister of Agriculture was ordered to fully implement the investigation on the establishment of agricultural water network within the scope of the State Council.

In addition to local agricultural associations, the ministers of agriculture, economics, and other relevant agencies attended the talks. The atmosphere of the meeting was warm.