FoPAT: Making the agricultural sector a real lever for health and development

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Extract from the article: The last stage of the Forum of Agricultural Producers of Togo (FoPAT) took place from 17 to 20 April 2023 in Kara. As in Dapaong, Tsévié, Atakpamé and the Central, participants had the opportunity to take the floor for a direct dialogue with the Head

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The last stage of the Forum of Agricultural Producers of Togo (FoPAT) took place from 17 to 20 April 2023 in Kara. As in Dapaong, Tsévié, Atakpamé and the Central, participants had the opportunity to take the floor for a direct dialogue with the Head of State, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé. It was an opportunity for the agricultural actors of the region to exchange on the challenges and prospects of the sector. During his tour, the Head of State visited stands displaying technical innovations in agricultural and agri-food products. He also handed over to the actors of the agricultural world material and equipment for the improvement of their working conditions. The FoPAT, a presidential initiative, is placed under the national theme « Structural transformation of Togolese agriculture: challenges and prospects ».

After the Savannah, the Maritime, the Plateaux and the Central regions, the Forum of Agricultural Producers of Togo (FoPAT) began its last stage in the Kara Region.

For FoPAT, Faure Gnassingbé has the ambition to achieve his vision for the agricultural sector: « a productive agriculture, with high added value, engine of growth and wealth creation for farmers », as defined in the government's Roadmap Togo 2025. This is why, during the FoPAT in the Maritime and other regions, he reaffirmed his commitment to further support agricultural producers for a balanced choice of agricultural sectors, the development of off-season crops, mechanisation and water control, support infrastructures and access to financing in order to strengthen food and nutritional security in all the country's economic regions.

In Kara, the authorities and producers reviewed the progress of the agricultural sector as well as the difficulties faced by the actors in their activities. The authorities presented to the farmers their vision for the structural transformation of agriculture in the country. The initiative also enabled the state of play to be established and the producers to be informed of the government's strategy for making agriculture a growth sector.

The actors were equipped on several instruments and mechanisms related to the agricultural sector in Togo and on the realities and specificities of the Kara region. Issues related to the government's roadmap Togo 2025, mechanisation of agriculture in Togo, planned agricultural development areas and agricultural irrigation were discussed. Exchanges on the subject of inputs will also be addressed. The 2022-2023 agricultural season will also be discussed.

William O.