From 1997, IPS(WA) diversified its activities in agro-industry, given its strong impact on the development of rural areas.
The consortium formed by the Institution IPS(WA) and the trading company Paul Reinhart created IVOIRE COTON in 1998, then FASO COTON in 2004. In 1998 IPS(WA) acquired La Société Nouvelle Sucrière de la Comoé, SN SOSUCO, in Burkina Faso.