Togo - Agribusiness - Agriculture, the engine of growth

Agriculture remains the driving force of the Togolese economy, contributing 23.51 T/3T of the gross domestic product (GDP) and providing employment to more than 601 T/3T of the active population.

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While Togo's agroecological conditions allow for the cultivation of most food crops, the agricultural sector has enormous untapped potential.

Togo is aiming for strong and inclusive growth (7.6% by 2025) which will result from the structural transformation of the economy. This growth will be deliberately oriented towards sustainable and inclusive development, based in particular on a dynamic of agricultural modernization, an industrial vision adapted to national realities associated with a strategy of economic diversification and the creation of decent jobs, thus contributing to significantly reducing the poverty rate and inequalities, and expanding access to basic social services.

In the coming years, the government will focus on developing an agricultural processing hub using the "value chain" approach and targeting productivity to achieve food security, balance of agricultural trade and creation of agricultural jobs.

To achieve this, with the support of the private sector and development partners, it will devote more resources to the agricultural sector with innovative and adapted financing mechanisms. These resources will be used primarily to modernize agriculture, in particular to improve yields through the development of appropriate mechanization, water management and the strengthening of cooperatives linked to the processing sector and, above all, to upgrade the research center (notably the Togolese Institute of Agronomic Research) and agricultural training centers. They will also contribute to establishing agropoles around high value-added sectors and to stimulating the creation of major processing plants by targeted high value-added sector.

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The 2021-2022 agricultural season is beginning in Togo with greater serenity than the previous one, which was disrupted by the pandemic. To support the commitment of producers and processors, the government is allocating several billion CFA francs to agriculture and the agri-food sector in its 2022 budget. Government support is focused, among other things, on the availability of cultivable areas, fertilizers, and the promotion of livestock production.

During the 2021-2022 agricultural campaign, the Ministry of Agriculture plans to build 80 new Planned Agricultural Development Zones (ZAAP) in each of Togo's five regions, in addition to the 38 already existing. The project is included in the five-year roadmap. The objective is to reach 400 ZAAP in the country's five regions by 2025. In total, 8,000 hectares, at a rate of 100 hectares per site, will be developed; 24 are planned in the Savanes, 24 in the Kara, 5 in the Centrale, 11 in the Plateaux, and 16 in the Maritime. Work has already begun, with the identification of land with local authorities, topographical surveys, and the organization of producers.

The establishment of these sites, initiated several years ago and included in the government's priorities for the sector, should make it possible to offer cooperative frameworks to farmers, improve productivity, boost yields and modernize national agriculture.

Activities in these ZAAPs will enable the establishment of agricultural product processing units, and the State will do everything possible to support producers in their search for outlets in accordance with the Agricultural Financing Mechanism (MIFA).

The performance of Togolese organic products

The Togolese organic sector has experienced spectacular growth in recent years. This progress made by Togo in the organic sector has allowed it to become the leading West African exporter of organic products to Europe. It ranks ahead of Ghana and Ivory Coast, according to European figures. The volume of organic product exports to the European Union more than doubled between 2018 and 2019, rising from 22,000 to 45,000 tonnes, an increase of 102,130 tonnes in one year. Globally, the country has risen from 31st to 14th place, even ahead of China and India. The gold medal goes to soybean exports: 42,300 tonnes in 2019 compared to 19,700 tonnes in 2018.

In Togo, the organic farming sector employs just over 37,000 people. The most exported organic products are soybeans and pineapples. Nearly 40,000 hectares are dedicated to the latter product.