Togo: FAO launches new project to strengthen the local rice sector

(Togo First) - A new project to support Togo’s rice sector was launched on Monday, Dec 18, in Lomé. The initiative, OCOP-TOGO, is backed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). “This project supports the government's actions to strengthen the rice sector. The Togolese State's goal with this initiative is to ensure food and nutritional security for the Togolese people leveraging the local rice output, and have surpluses set aside for agricultural processing industries,” said Konlani Dindiogue, Director of Cabinet at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development. The OCOP-TOGO project will cover zones with high rice production potential, implementing green technologies in these parts of the country. The project aims to help producers and rice parboiling cooperatives adopt green production, green processing, and green marketing while bolstering the capacities, technical and organizational, of players in the sector. Togo is one of the 28 ...