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The CTCN is seeking experts to participate in the upcoming solicitation to provide technical assistance on:
Smarter Farming: AI’s Role in Ivorian Agriculture
Deadline: 27 October 2025
Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s top producer of cocoa, cotton, and rubber, relies heavily on agriculture, which contributes 25–30% of GDP and employs nearly two-thirds of its population. However, climate change is intensifying crop diseases and pests, threatening yields and causing potential losses of USD 650 million to 1.3 billion by century’s end. Traditional disease detection methods are slow and costly, leaving smallholders vulnerable. Emerging AI-based mobile apps such as Plantix, Agrio, and Tumaini offer fast, low-cost, image-based diagnostics and tailored recommendations, presenting Côte d’Ivoire with a powerful opportunity to boost productivity and strengthen food security.
Through this technical assistance, the CTCN will support Côte d’Ivoire in identifying the most reliable, accessible, and context-appropriate AI-based mobile applications for plant disease detection, with a focus on cocoa, cotton, and rubber. Some of the expected outputs are:
- Definition of eligibility, selection and prioritization criteria for existing APPs.
- Comparative analysis of APPs and identification of the most relevant APPs.
- Preparing the awareness, communication and training campaign.
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Implementation of the COMMS, sensitization and training strategy
For further information on this opportunity, visit the UN Global Market Place (UNGM) or the UN website.
If you are not yet a member of the CTCN Network, you can apply to join here.