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Production nationale et approvisionnement extérieur. Le cas de la Côte d'Ivoire

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  • Dominique Harre

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[fre] La croissance des exportations de produits alimentaires en Côte d'Ivoire, et notamment de riz, s'est faite à la faveur des faibles prix sur les marchés mondiaux et sous l'impulsion d'une politique favorisant la sécurité du consommateur. L'évolution des prix relatifs de l'ensemble des vivriers de base montre les limites d'une politique de substitution aux importations de riz. Dans un contexte d'importante baisse du pouvoir d'achat, notamment dans le secteur dit informel, depuis 1978, la variable économique se substitue au facteur culturel comme élément déterminant du choix alimentaire. Le riz, consommé dans toutes les couches de la population, devient progressivement "le plat du pauvre". La marge de manœuvre de l'Etat pour adopter des mesures protectionnistes, ou poursuivre une politique d'approvisionnement à bas prix, se réduit au regard des contraintes externes dues à l'évolution des marchés mondiaux, et des contraintes internes liées aux effets des politiques d'ajustement structurel. [eng] The growth of food import in Ivory Coast, especially rice, took place thanks to low prices in the world market and as the result of a policy favoring the consumer's security. The evolution of the relative prices of basic foodstuff as a whole points to the limits of a policy of rice import substitution. In a context of considerable loss of purchasing power since 1 978, particularly in the so-called informal sector, the economic parameter takes over the cultural factor as a determining element of the food choice. Rice, consumed in all social stratas, progressively becomes "the poor people's disk", the State's ability to adopt protectionist measures or to carry out a cheap supply policy is limited, considering external constraints, due to the evolution of world markets, as well as internal constraints, linked to the effect of structural adjustment policies.

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  • Dominique Harre, 1989. "Production nationale et approvisionnement extérieur. Le cas de la Côte d'Ivoire," Économie rurale, Programme National Persée, vol. 190(1), pages 55-60.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recoru:ecoru_0013-0559_1989_num_190_1_3966
    DOI: 10.3406/ecoru.1989.3966
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