Togo conducts the Pilot Stage of AfDB Pan-African Manioc Development Project
Monday, 16 July 2018 19:37 
(Togo First) - Togo will receive technical support from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) under the African Agricultural Transformation Technologies (AATT) initiative. The latter is part of the “Feeding Africa” strategy.
In this framework, Togo welcomed July 9-10, a delegation of the institute based in Abuja, which works with partners to improve crop quality and productivity, and reduce risks for producers and consumers.
This visit, which is the second of the sort (the one held from June 18 to 21 being the first), enabled the IITA delegation to take stock of the cassava sector in Togo, chosen between 35 countries to serve as the program’s starting point.
Let’s note that during these two visit days, the delegation checked existing facilities, analyzed production data, as well as specific studies conducted by ITRA. It also organized information sessions for the youth. Subsequently, an action plan was established to provide the cassava sector with a refined technical assistance, focusing on the introduction of SAH (Enhanced Intensive Plant Material Production) technology and the delivery of bred seeds.
Specifically, the AATT initiative aims to implement actions that can speed up the agricultural transformation in Africa, through higher productivity of rice, cassava, millet, sorghum, groundnut, cowpea, livestock, corn, soya, yam, cocoa, coffee, cashew nuts, palm oil, horticultural products, beans, wheat and fish.
Ultimately, all these actions pulled should generate nearly 513 million tons of additional food and lift nearly 250 million Africans out of poverty by 2025.
Fiacre E. Kakpo
