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– Regional Hub helps modernize Togo’s FertiTogo soil information platform for tailored fertilizer planning.
– Workshop sets stage for AgWise trials and soil data infrastructure with farmer‑level recommendations.
– Initiative aims to curb soil degradation, align ECOWAS agritech policy, and improve smallholder yields.
Togo recently hosted a three-day workshop (17–19 June 2025) organized by the Regional Hub for Fertiliser and Soil Health for West Africa and the Sahel, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique (ITRA). Participants included government officials, researchers, and development partners. The training focused on enhancing the national Soil Information System (FertiTogo) by modernizing soil fertility mapping, assessing technical and lab capacities, and planning the rollout of site-specific nutrient recommendation trials using the AgWise decision-support tool.
FertiTogo aims to address critical challenges—such as outdated soil maps, nutrient-depleted soils, and inefficient fertilizer use—by integrating data-driven, climate-smart fertilizer guidance aligned with the 4R stewardship principle: right source, rate, time, and place. The workshop evaluated institutional infrastructure needs—spanning GIS, data systems, soil labs, cloud hosting, and staff competencies—to prepare for trials linking local soil profiles with agronomic decisions
