TOGO’S COTTON YIELDS ROSE FROM 570 KG TO OVER A TONNE PER HECTARE.
The national average rose above one tonne per hectare in 2025–26; some farmer-field-school groups reached 1.4 to 2 tonnes while cutting pest treatments.
Togo’s cotton farmers are combining zero tillage, crop rotation and biological pest controls with farmer field schools. National average yields rose from about 570 kilograms per hectare four years ago to more than one tonne in 2025–26.
WHAT HAPPENED
Togo’s New Cotton Company began expanding regenerative-agriculture training in 2023. Bird Story Agency reports that 37,000 growers have trained in zero tillage and 36,650 in crop rotation. One farmer said she cut pest-control treatments from seven or eight per season to three or four.
Average national yield rose from roughly 570 kilograms per hectare four years earlier to more than one tonne in 2025–26. Some field-school groups reported 1.4 to 2 tonnes. The figures are promising program results, but they do not isolate the effect of regenerative practices from rainfall, improved seed or other support.
WHY THIS IS HOPESLOP
The point is not a perfect slogan. It is a practical shift: fewer passes with chemicals, healthier soil cover and better yields for growers working on tight margins. Training that makes farming both lighter on the land and more economically resilient is exactly the kind of progress worth watching.
ORIGINAL SOURCEBird Story Agency via AllAfricaRead the original report
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