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Between 2010 and 2015, the Togolese government implemented its National Agricultural Investment and Food Security Program (PNIASA). The PNIASA aimed to support producers in accessing agricultural inputs, facilitate financing for producers through credit lines and supporting research, and also to provide extension services to producers in the development and transfer of technology.
Following the PNIASA, which ended in 2016, the Ministry of Agriculture launched a process to develop the National Plan for Agricultural Investment, Food and Nutrition Security from 2017 to 2026, which includes measures that incentivize the establishment of seed producers and companies in the country.
The Togolese Agricultural Research Institute produces and markets basic seeds, while those of certified crops are mainly insured by seed enterprises, cooperatives or individual seed producers.
In Togo, seed-producing cooperatives consist of small individual seed producers who are shareholders. The introduction of the 2010 The Organization for the Harmonzation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) Act on Cooperatives stimulated the establishment of cooperatives, and there are currently about 20 seed-producing cooperatives or related community-based associations producing seeds in the country, of which 10 are registered and officially recognized.
Six index companies operate in Togo, but East-West Seed and Technisem are the only ones with testing locations. Technisem is the only one with extension services in the country.
None of the companies has breeding or processing locations in Togo.
| Company | Crops in portfolio | Company activities in country | ||||||||||||
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Companies selected for the Access to Seeds Index |
Field crops |
Vegetables | Breeding location |
Testing location |
Seed production |
Processing location |
Sales | Extension services |
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| Bejo | ||||||||||||||
| East-West Seed | ||||||||||||||
| Limagrain | ||||||||||||||
| Pop Vriend Seeds | ||||||||||||||
| Sakata | ||||||||||||||
| Technisem | ||||||||||||||
Other index companies are also active in the country. However, country-specific information for these companies is not available or was provided under a non-disclosure agreement.
Other companies identified in the regional landscaping study and their activities.
| Company | Crops in portfolio | Company activities in country | ||||||
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| Field crops |
Vegetable crops |
Breeding location |
Seed production |
Sales | ||||
| Abé Solo-Seeds Company | ||||||||
| Ets LE PAYSAN | ||||||||
| MONFITH | ||||||||
| STIEA | ||||||||
| Togo Semence/Technisem | ||||||||
Leading seed producing cooperatives highlighted in cooperative study
| Company | Crops in portfolio | Company activities in country | ||||||
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| Field crops |
Vegetable crops |
Testing location |
Seed production |
Sales | ||||
| Société cooperative Savana Semence | ||||||||
| Société cooperative DAVEZI | ||||||||
| Société cooperative OTISSAN | ||||||||
