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U.S. Soy Protein Arrives in Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa

Feb 11, 2016

Josh Neiderman, ASA/WISHH Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, and WISHH consultant Mamadou Bousso are joined by Madame Karidia Koné, Director of the School Canteen Program, Cote d’Ivoire, and a colleague during a cooking with textured soy training last year. The government of the Cote d'Ivoire is now buying U.S. soy protein for their school feeding program.

Josh Neiderman, ASA/WISHH Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, and WISHH consultant Mamadou Bousso are joined by Madame Karidia Koné, Director of the School Canteen Program, Cote d’Ivoire, and a colleague during a cooking with textured soy training last year. The government of the Cote d'Ivoire is now buying U.S. soy protein for their school feeding program.

Two deliveries of 36 tons each have arrived in the Port of Abidjan, Ivory Coast this month, part of a consignment purchased by the Government of the Cote d’Ivoire for their school feeding program. This export from ADM, Decatur, Illinois is the culmination of ASA/WISHH market development efforts funded by USDA and QSSBs, including a Quality Samples Program, technical assistance on site and training at the National Soybean Research Lab, University of Illinois.

The total order has an estimated value of close to $300,000. U.S. Ambassador to the Cote d’Ivoire, Terence P. McCulley, thanked the director of the school nutrition program for their commerce with the U.S.A. during a meeting at the Ministry of Education.