CONTEXT
Togo faces growing challenges linked to climate change.
Local populations depend mainly on agriculture, fishing, oyster farming, shellfish harvesting and beekeeping. However, these activities are threatened by recurrent droughts as well as unsustainable farming practices that weaken the soil. Climate change is threatening food sovereignty, exacerbating poverty and prompting migration. In the north, the country is also impacted by conflict in neighbouring Burkina Faso. Patriarchal norms in Togo limit women’s access to agricultural land and resources, deepening food insecurity and gender inequality.
Social movements in Togo are addressing these interconnected issues.
They are engaging women in a transition to agroecology—local, sustainable, Earth-friendly agriculture. As women become leaders in this climate-resilient approach to agriculture, they strengthen their access to and control over land.
OUR WORK IN TOGO
We work with Inades-Formation Togo to strengthen gender equality, food sovereignty and community responses to climate change.
We are increasing the participation of women and young people in local governance of biodiversity, agroecology and climate adaptation initiatives. We also strengthen the economic autonomy of rural women and young people—through capacity building, innovative marketing networks and renewable energy technologies. Together, we foster the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and the restoration of degraded ecosystems—to grow healthy, local food systems.
Inter Pares acknowledges Global Affairs Canada for its financial support for our work with counterparts in Togo.
