Restauration des terres agricoles dans la préfecture de Tchamba (Région centrale du Togo)

Agroforestry landscapes play an important role in food production. Yields depend on soil fertility and quality. In Togo, over 80% of the population is active in agriculture, which contributes 40% of GDP. Rapid population growth and farming practices have contributed to land degradation and impoverishment. In Tchamba, 498 ha of agricultural plots have been delimited, mapped, put under restoration and documented with the approval of beneficiary households as part of the Forests4Future (F4F) project in 2021. The restoration model proposed consisted in improving existing practices in the area. It aims to increase the density of Néré and Karité in the fields (NTFP exploitation), combine crops with Cajanus cajan (soil enrichment) and edge plantations with fast-growing species (energy wood production).