Togo

Background

With 8 million inhabitants and a surface area of 56,785 square kilometers, Togo is one of Africa’s most densely populated countries. There are almost 56 child deaths per 1,000 births. The gross domestic product per capita amounts to 679 US dollars.

Agriculture constitutes 40% of the Togolese GDP, and about two third of the population work in this sector. The country regularly faces floods and drought, which have serious consequences for the both the people and the livestock: degradation of the soil, animal losses, decreases in yields, and rising rural exodus.

Forest degradation is another major concern: it is an additional threat to biodiversity and food security. In 2004, the Togolese government listed the Abdoulaye forest as a nature conservation area. As a result, the communities that had lived there had to start finding alternative sources of income and thus an alternative way of life, as they had previously been used to hunt their daily food in that very forest.

VSF-Suisse was asked to support the people in bringing environmental protection in line with alternative, sustainable livelihoods. Ever since, we have been training auxiliary veterinarians, have distributed healthy livestock to families in need, and have launched various training sessions and campaigns to raise awareness on environmental protection.

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, supports programmes in this country.

On the ground since: 2002

Activities in: Région Centrale

Office: Lomé

Number of projects: 2

Partners: ETD, OADEL, FENAPFIBVTO, Lottery funds of the cantons of Aargau, Basel-Stadt, Bern and Genf, ICAT,
GEVAPAF, Association share for food,
Embassy of France in Lomé

Team: 3

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, supports programmes in this country.

Topics

  • Animal health
  • Livestock
    Environmental protection
  • natural resource management andincome generating activities

Togo

Current projects Togo

Reference projects Togo

News

For healthy animals in Togo

For healthy animals in Togo

Together with our partners in Togo, we support cooperatives of smallholder farmers in their fight against animal diseases. Since September of this year, more than 30 of these cooperatives have benefited from the establishment of an animal health fund that allows them...

Healthy animals – empowered women!

Healthy animals – empowered women!

Many of our projects specifically aim to empower women. Why is that? 75% of all people in need worldwide are women and children. Although more than 50% of all food worldwide is produced by women, women account for 70% of all people suffering from hunger. When women...

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