Period: March-April 2018
Country: Togo
Sponsor: GFA Ccnsulting group
Expert: Pierre JOHNSON
Main thematic and practical skills:
Food-chain and Markets
Institutional Support and Advice
Objectives and context
The cooperation agency GIZ provides assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture of Togo for the development of the soya sector, through the PROCIV project. In this context, the design office GFA has been mandated by the GIZ agency to realize a study on the conventional and organic soya sector in Togo. GFA asked TERO to conduct a specialized expertise on the organic soya certification.
Services provided
Situational analysis of the organization of the main actors of the organic soya sector
Analysis of certification criterias and practices implemented by organic soya exporting companies
Establishment of the detailed structure of organic soya sector and certification cost
Analysis of organic soya competitiveness factors and proposal of concret actions of improvement
Animation of a cost validation workshop on organic soya sector
Examination of the laws regulating internal trade and organic soya exportation
Analysis of contractual practices between organic soya exporting companies and producers