Since November 2024, Linpico has implemented the FUNCTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DIAGNOSIS of the Rural Land Agency (AFOR) in Ivory Coast.
This contract, co-financed by the French Development Agency (AFD), is part of the C2D’s BUDGET SUPPORT FOR RURAL LAND SECTORS.
The Rural Land Agency (AFOR) of Côte d’Ivoire is central to the implementation of the National Rural Land Security Program (PNSFR), adopted in 2023, with the ambition of securing 23 million hectares of rural land by 2033.
Our mission was to analyze AFOR’s capacity to absorb the increasing number of land certification operations and propose recommendations for the implementation of this ambitious program. It was structured around three mandates (diagnostic, roadmap to 2030, action plan), adopting a hybrid approach combining an assessment of critical functions and a SWOT analysis.
Our team of four senior experts—a mission leader, a management and training expert, a public finance expert, an IT expert, and a rural land expert—has been deployed since December 2024 in Abidjan and the regions to work with AFOR’s central offices and regional delegations.
By the end of 2024, AFOR had issued 61,353 land certificates, cordoned off and demarcated 5,385 village territories, and formalized 57,819 agricultural contracts, exceeding the 2023 forecast. These results, supported by projects such as PAFR, PAMOFOR, and PRESFOR, demonstrate enhanced operational capacity. Digitalization, via the SIFOR-CI program created in 2020, automates flows, acting as a functional buffer against the consolidation of the PNSFR.
AFOR, although built on solid foundations, must nevertheless address major challenges to ensure the consolidation of the PNSFR. Our team has thus established a roadmap and an action plan to support AFOR until 2030. The recommendations made aim to strengthen its role as a linchpin of rural land governance, contributing to social stability and economic development.
