Togo Launches €8 Million Program to Support Fair Trade and Agroecology

Agriculture
Friday, 09 May 2025 18:36
Togo Launches €8 Million Program to Support Fair Trade and Agroecology

(Togo First) - The third phase of the Equity Programme started in Togo on May 6, 2025. Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF) leads the initiative with the French Development Agency (AFD) and French Global Environment Facility (FFEM). The four-year program runs simultaneously in Togo, Benin, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire. A budget of €8 million has been allocated to the initiative.

Equity aims to boost incomes and improve living conditions for small-scale producers. It focuses on three key areas: developing Fair Trade-certified supply chains, promoting agroecological transition, and professionalizing agricultural cooperatives.

Komlan Edem Akomola, the program manager for West Africa, said, “It is important to support players, especially small producers, to make a better living from their trade in a context where new international regulations are being imposed, particularly on deforestation and child labour.”

The program will roll out training with institutions like ANADER to teach hundreds of cooperative technicians about agroforestry, traceability, and bio-input use.

Building on the successes of phases 1 and 2, the program plans to scale up local innovations. Kossi Djifa, Director of Agricultural Production at Togo’s Ministry of Agriculture, said, “This program complements the government's efforts to make agriculture an engine of inclusive growth.”

This article was initially published in French by Ayi Renaud Dossavi

Edited in English by Ange Jason Quenum

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