Intervention:
Supporting the sesame sector in Togo
Context
Agriculture is an important lever for the growth of the Togolese economy and contributes about a third of the gross domestic product, providing employment to more than 60% of the population. This reinforces the Government's ambition 4 of the Roadmap 2020-2025: "Make agriculture a real engine of growth and job creation". The Ministry of Investment Promotion of Togo requested the technical assistance from the ICR Facility to further develop the Sesame sector through public-private dialogue. The request intends to identify bottlenecks in the value chain, strategic directions for the sector and export opportunities.
Objective
The technical assistance aims to develop the Sesame value-chain through public-private dialogue. It seeks to provide an assessment of the sector, a strategy and an action plan to be develop the sector collaboratively with public and private stakeholders in Togo. Sesame producers, smaller ones in particular, as well other stakeholders with a role in the value chain (public and private) were consulted all along the exercise with a PPD methodology. The study also included a gender angle with recommendations to empower their role.
Further Information and Links
Agence de Promotion des Investissements et de la Zone Franche (API-ZF)
Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Elevage et du Développement Rural
Project Deliverables
Presentation of the action plan
Presentation from the public meeting with actors in the sector and relevant Ministries
