MECATOGO - Needs diagnostic study for agricultural mechanization, irrigation equipment and services in Togo
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Main goals
In order to meet the expectations of the Togolese population with regard to coverage of priority agricultural products (100% by 2025), as well as improve the performance of Togolese agriculture (8 to 10% productivity gain by 2025), the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development wishes to develop producers' access to mechanization and irrigation. To ensure the feasibility and relevance of this investment, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development is requesting this study of the needs of Togolese producers at the national level with regard to mechanization and agricultural irrigation
Specific objectives
SO1. Constitute a bibliography on the Togolese agricultural sectors and the different agro-climatic terroirs, as well as the inventory of mechanization and irrigation in farms
SO2. Carry out a field mission to meet key stakeholders in the agricultural sector from several regions in order to identify the main axes of the survey, to be broken down according to the regions
SO3. Develop a digitized questionnaire and deploy a team of 50 investigators to collect data from 8,000 producers, spread over the 394 cantons
SO4. Produce a typology of producers based on respondents' production strategies (land tenure, crop rotation, share between cash crop/self-consumed production, available workforce, production and cash flow schedules...)
SO5. Identify future trends related to the adoption, or not, by producers of mechanized production or irrigation tools, by specifying the factors facilitating or limiting this adoption, while specifying recommendations for implementing the CRMA model
Related people
Pierre Ricau
Holder of a Master Degree in "Agricultural Development and Economic Policies" from the Institute of Development Studies (IEDES), Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University and AgroParisTech. He brings his expertise in agricultural market analysis (especially cashew, sesame, shea, cocoa, hevea, corn, rice and onion), development of agro-food sectors, training engineering and consultancy on public agricultural/agro-industrial policies
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Pierre Sutter
Graduate Engineer in Agriculture, Specialized in Agroecology of the Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture (ISA), he brings his expertise to the methodological support of the teams on the realization of diagnosis at the scale of the territory and the plot to develop the rules for managing natural resources and co-constructing innovative agricultural practices with producers. Based in Dakar serving West & Central Africa.
Cédric Rabany
Holder of a Master of Science, "Agricultural Engineer and territories development" from the Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture (ISARA Lyon), he brings his expertise in agro-food/agricultural sectors' analysis and development, strengthening of supplychain actors (producers, private/public actors, agro-food industries...), socio-economic analysis of agricultural chains and his great knowledge of companies in these markets
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Léo Godard
Agronomist with a degree from the French National School of Agricultural Science and Engineering of Toulouse (INP ENSAT), he works on the analysis of agroindustrial projects and provide consultancy for promoters and investors of agro value chains. He also provides technical assistance and consultancy for small to large scale agricultural to switch to organic or regenerative practices
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