413. 407. Several projects are being undertaken within the framework of the national
agriculture investment and food security programme (PNIASA). Thus, within the
framework of the project dubbed “promotion of the right to food and good
governance in food security”, one of the outcomes of the project is the sensitization
of the stakeholders involved in the right to adequate and nutritious food. In this
regard, several national, regional and prefectoral workshops were organized.
414. These workshops, which brought together all the stakeholders including the
private sector and the civil society with emphasis on vulnerable populations, had to
do with close to 2,000 persons 30% of whom were women drawn especially from
rural areas. Besides sensitization, the various training progrmmes seek to conscientize
all the stakeholders of the food sector to take into account aspects related to quality
products.
415. Within the framework of the 2nd component of the West African Agriculture
Productivity Programme-Togo Project (PPAAO- Togo) dubbed “national centre of
specialization and dissemination of improved technologies”, equipment were
acquired for ITRA, ICAT and ESOP. In the same vein, working kits were provided to
ICAT agricultural advisers.
416. Within the framework of the adaptive research support programme, plantain
seedlings obtained from from the “CNS banane plantain” of Côte d’Ivoire, cassava
varieties from CNS Ghana as well as CNS maize being tested and several steamers
from Benin were introduced. The project financed the implementation of studies and
the reports are available. Thus, the pesticides management policy document was
validated and the final report made available.
417. To ensure quality control of products and deepen research in agriculture, actions
aimed at building the capacity of infrastructure of the Togolese Agronomic Research
Institute (ITRA) and the Advisory Council and Technical Support Institute (ICAT)
were initiated.
418. Besides, capacity building programmes are organised for researchers and other
stakeholders involved in technology transfer. In recent years, the training of some 32
candidates who enrolled for programmes that culminated in the award of certificates
was financed. This has brought the number of registered candidates to 70 out of the
84 files selected. These 70 registered candidates are broken down as follows: 36 for a
master’s degree and 34 for a doctorate degree.
419. The project equally financed the preparation of the strategic plan of the
Advanced Agronomic School (2015-2019). This plan would enable the institution to
improve its output and capacity building. In a bid to improve agricultural production
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