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04.08.25
Lomé hosted a three-day workshop to advance and promote Togo’s Soil Information System (SIS), known as FertiTogo. The SIS provides information on soil fertility maps, which are valuable for ensuring sustainable farming and boosting food security.
The Regional Hub for Fertilizer and Soil Health for West Africa and the Sahel organized the workshop from 17 to 19 June 2025. They were hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique (ITRA). The workshop brought together government officials, technical experts, and development partners to strengthen Togo’s capacity for soil data management, aiming to boost agricultural productivity through sustainable soil management practices. Key goals of the workshop were to facilitate further development of the existing soil information system in Togo, technical and human capacity assessment, lab capacity assessment, and planning a trial for site-specific nutrient recommendations using AgWise in Togo.
Togo faces significant challenges related to outdated soil fertility maps, soil degradation, and inefficient fertilizer use. To combat these challenges, the Regional Hub aims to co-facilitate the improvement of FertiTogo, an interactive digital platform for sustainable crop fertilization. The workshop was inspired by the SIS framework developed by CABI and ISRIC – World Soil Information and was tailored to meet the specific needs of Togo and the Regional Hub. The framework has been successfully tested through extensive stakeholder consultations in Zambia (April 2024), Ghana (October 2024), and Kenya (February 2025), adding to the national SIS development efforts in those countries.