In an interview with Alerte Info, Jean-Baptiste Pany, bank executive and senator questioned "the economic model" of Ivorian cocoa.

The economic model of the Ivorian cocoa would not be adequate according to the author of the book entitled “does cocoa still benefit Côte d'Ivoire”. “We appropriate our parents to make cocoa, we encouraged them to make cocoa for the needs of the colony, so to support the colonial administration. When we had independence, nothing changed, we continued to subsidize the peasants to make cocoa for the needs of the new administration", indicated Jean-Baptiste Pany. For him, everything must be reviewed, from the production to the valuation of products, through the marketing of products, the financing of products.
However, he recommends professionalizing farmers and regularizing the sector.