France has traditionally been the Ivory Coast primary export market for bananas. Due to increased competition in Europe, the Ivory Coast needed to improve crop yield and quality . SCB, the leading Ivory Coast banana grower approached Netafim. Our Irrigation specialists installed a drip irrigation system and trained local staff members. Since 1987 Netafim has been involved in providing NETAP Turnkey solutions which have enabled SCB to choose more appropriate banana varieties, cost-effective banana crop irrigation, to improve fertilization techniques and to better manage scarce water resources and manage

run-off. The result: SCB achieved self-management based on local staff resources and doubled average crop yields.