Ivorian Food Security Remains Stressed Amid Harvest Gains and Rising Costs

From August 2026 to January 2027, Côte d’Ivoire’s Bounkani and Tchologo regions will stay in IPC Phase 2 stress, even as green maize and tuber harvests begin. The harvest should lift market availability and help households rebuild food stocks, but the growing refugee influx and pressure on host families’ income blunt seasonal gains. Diesel price hikes in August raise transport costs at a time when harvests normally lower prices. Cross‑border restrictions and a suspension of livestock exports from Burkina Faso keep meat supplies tight and prices high. These disruptions strain alternative supply chains, prolonging shortages in urban centers across the north and south. In cocoa‑producing western areas, IPC Phase 1 minimal outcomes dominate, and income gains from September depend on cocoa prices and volumes marketed.