The structuring of the sector, the key to the success of soybeans in Togo

Published 2022년 7월 4일

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The article highlights the significant growth of Togo's soybean sector, with production increasing by over six times since 2018, reaching 300,000 tons for the current campaign. This success is attributed to the establishment of the Interprofessional Committee of the Soja Sector in Togo (CIFS) in 2018 and the state's support, leading to increased production levels and the country's status as a major supplier of organic soybeans to the European Union. The sector's future plans include increasing local processing of conventional, non-GMO soybeans to enhance human and animal processing, create jobs, improve food and nutritional security, and support the local economy.

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Before 2018, the soybean sector was embryonic in Togo. Its success today with the multiplication by more than six of the production undoubtedly comes from its structuring affirms Innocent Komlan Kadzakade, president of the Interprofessional Committee of the Soja Sector in Togo (CIFS) during the conference organized by the Farm foundation and the Foundation April on the theme "the role of public policies in favor of the sustainable development of agricultural sectors in Africa". At the heart of this structure, the creation in March 2018 of the CIFS at the initiative of the three families making up the sector, namely the National Federation of Soybean Producers' Cooperatives (FNCPS), bringing together 30,000 producers, the National Association of Traders and soybean exporters (ANCES), 200 actors, and the Togolese Association of Soybean Processors (ATTS) with 100 processors. A boost was also given by the State, which granted an economic delegation to the players in the sector, ...

Source: Commodafrica