ProMIFA backs school gardens to strengthen feeding programs in northern Togo

Agriculture

Monday, 09 March 2026 13:30

ProMIFA backs school gardens to strengthen feeding programs in northern Togo

(Togo First) - The Project to Support the Incentive Mechanism for Agricultural Financing through Risk Sharing (ProMIFA) is expanding school feeding support in northern Togo, particularly in the Savanes and Kara regions. Last month, the program officially handed over plots of land to 10 public primary schools for the development of school gardens.

The schools are located in the prefectures of Dankpen, Kpendjal and Kpendjal-Ouest, areas with high levels of nutritional vulnerability. The beneficiary institutions include EPP Ocrédo, Tangnamboul, Djabagbal, Djampil and Nagnine in Dankpen, as well as Bombengou, Kpentidjoaga, Dakalfam, Tantidjoaga and Bagré Kouampant in the Savanes region.

The gardens are intended to supply school cafeterias with fresh vegetables, which are often scarce during the dry season. The project includes the installation of wire fencing covering 600 square meters, concrete foundations and a drip irrigation system. Funded by ProMIFA, the work is expected to be completed within 90 days.

Beyond food production, the initiative also has an educational dimension. Students will be introduced to gardening and basic ecological farming practices. Technical support will be provided to school management committees by the Institute for Agricultural Advisory and Technical Support (ICAT).

The initiative is part of a broader national effort to expand school feeding programs. During the 2022-2023 school year, cafeterias served around 22 million meals to more than 218,000 students in 1,284 public schools across the country.

Other measures are also being implemented to improve the nutritional value of meals. Authorities recently delivered 244 metric tons of locally sourced products, including enriched flour and smoked fish, to several rural schools. Meanwhile, the University of Lomé is conducting exploratory work to strengthen links between the school cafeteria program and local agricultural producers.

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