Valorisation économique des produits agroforestiers chez les cacaoculteurs en Côte d’Ivoire

Quelles innovations et quel patrimoine pour des exploitations cacaoyères résilientes ? / Which innovations and assets for resilient cocoa farms? Coordonnateurs : François Ruf, Michael Odijie

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Issue		Cah. Agric. Volume 35, 2026 Quelles innovations et quel patrimoine pour des exploitations cacaoyères résilientes ? / Which innovations and assets for resilient cocoa farms? Coordonnateurs : François Ruf, Michael Odijie


Article Number		13
Number of page(s)		10
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2026010
Published online		19 mai 2026

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