Agosto 2022
TOGO
We have operated in the country in the fields of agriculture and female entrepreneurship, contributing to the improvement of the living conditions of the Togolese population through the development of some strategic sectors for the affirmation of the right to food and food sovereignty, with particular attention to the involvement of women in the tomato production chain.
Tomatogo (2012 - 2015)
- Funding: Milan Foundation for Expo
- Project duration: 3 years
- Lead partner: MLFM, Local counterparts: RAFIA (local NGO), Authorities and Institutions of the Savannah Region
- Beneficiaries: 2,000
- Results: strengthened the technical and productive capacities of the young women of the region through training, promoted a productivity that meets criteria of efficiency, hygiene and quality, improving the organization of the production chain, often weak and insufficient, guaranteed access to microcredit through the creation of specific financial products suitable for the activity, improved access to the agro-food market by the female population, promoted gender equality, reinforcing the role of women in Togolese society, strengthening interactions between agricultural producers and transformation unit, generating real tomato transformation professionals able to market a quality product
Strengthening of production capacities in Dapaong (2015)
- Funding: Milan Foundation for Expo;
- Project duration: 1 year
- Lead partner: MLFM, Partner: RAFIA, Authorities and Institutions of the Savannah Region
- Beneficiaries: 400
- Results: the living conditions of the local population improved, affecting above all the production increase of the Cooperatives and the greater involvement of the female population