As part of its West African Food System Resilience Programme (FSRP), Togo is continuing its efforts to optimise the dissemination of agro-climatic information to agricultural producers. One of the programme's innovative strategies is based on the creation of groups of relay producers responsible for transmitting this information in local languages to farmers within the Zones d'Aménagement Agricole Planifiées (ZAAP) d'excellence.
This initiative, implemented in collaboration with the Institut de Conseil et d'Appui Technique (ICAT) and the Agence Nationale de la Météorologie (ANAMET), is designed to alleviate the constraints on access to information faced by producers, particularly in a context of increasingly pronounced climate change. Through these information relays, producers in the ZAAPs receive key meteorological data, enabling them to adapt their farming practices and thus limit losses linked to climatic hazards.
In Ountivou, in the Ogou region, and in Atifoutou, in the Moyen Mono, the feedback from producers on this initiative is generally positive. The President of ZAAP Katoré 2 said: "Weather information is vital for us producers. With the climate change we are currently experiencing, this information will help us to organise our farming activities better and limit any losses due to the effects of climate change.
This innovative approach by the FSRP has led to the creation of more than 40 sub-committees within the ZAAP management committees at national level, responsible for relaying agro-hydro-meteorological information. Thanks to these joint efforts, Togolese farmers are better equipped to face climatic challenges, thereby ensuring greater resilience in their farming activities.
