Improved seeds: Togo seeks to expand access for northern farmers

In Kara, around 50 agricultural stakeholders—two in five of them women—received training from October 14 to 16, 2026, on producing and marketing improved seeds. Organized by ECOWAS’s ARAA with technical expertise from Togo’s ITRA, the workshop aimed to improve supplies for farmers in the Kara and Savanes regions, which face droughts, irregular rainfall and floods. The project also plans to establish seed banks and encourage community-level seed multiplication, despite barriers including cost, limited information and inadequate distribution channels. In 2024, a regional program had planned to provide certified seeds to more than 28,000 vulnerable farmers in four Togolese regions.