and productivity, the Togo Agriculture Development Support Project (PADAT) carried out several activities including: the Operation “Quick-Start” for the supply of input kits (fertilizers, improved seeds, weedicides and sprayers) for the revitalization of 0.5 ha of maize or 0.25 ha of rice for 50,000 vulnerable persons. 420. This operation is preceded by a beneficiaries identifcation phase carried out by service providing NGO, in collaboration with other regional partners of PADAT (DRAEP, ICAT, regional professional organisations, local authorities…). Technical support to producers who are beneficiaries of Quick Start kits is provided by ICAT technicians found nationwide. 421. Moreover, with regard to food for children in schools, canteens are already operational in some selected schools for the pilot phase. In collaboration with the Ministry in Education, the latter is making efforts to extend the project to other localities. 422. Within the framework of implementing MDG1, government has taken numerous initiatives including the agricultural policy and its action plan known as PNIASA (PASA, PADAT, PPAO) supported by the MDG1 acceleration framework which has contributed to the setting up of the various projects and programmes and the achievement of growth in agricultural production reflecting in surplus cereals, the reduction by half the prevalence of moderate underweight from 32.8% in 1990 to 16.6%, the reduction of infant malnutrition in 2010, thereby enabling Togo to achieve the target before the projected deadline of 2015. 423. The coverage rates of national needs in cereal and livestock products are the selected variables to assess improvement in agricultural production and the attainment of food and nutritional security. The coverage of national needs in cereal products via national production stood at 115.9% in 2014. 424. This rate has increased compared to that of 2013 which was 111%. This result reflects an increase in the production of the main food crops such as corn, rice and sorghum, which have culminated in surplus production of close to 16% compared to the yearly needs of the Togolese population. The results achieved in 2014 also improved by close to 5 points compared with the performance achieved in 2013. 425. These results equally exceeded the targeted value set for 2014 for the SCAPE baseline scenario (115%). This shows a good performance of this indicator. However, this rate is still below the target set in the accelerated growth scenario estimated at 130%. 120