On Thursday, April 17, 2025, Togo introduced a new Integrated School Feeding Project focused on local production, known as Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF), in Kara. This initiative is backed by a funding of 11 million euros (around 7.2 billion FCFA) and aims to benefit 36,000 children across 130 schools in the Kara and Savanes regions.
The project is being rolled out in areas impacted by the security crisis in the Sahel and is financed by the German government through KfW, with implementation support from the World Food Programme (WFP), as noted by the National Agency for Support to Grassroots Development (ANADEB).
This food initiative integrates nutrition with education and local development by sourcing food from small-scale farmers and women’s cooperatives, thereby enhancing local value chains.
In addition to providing meals, the HGSF project encompasses the renovation of school kitchens, the installation of improved cooking stoves, the establishment of educational gardens, and the creation of agri-food processing units. It also offers resources and training to 8,250 small-scale producers and 1,000 women involved in processing.
“This project reflects our commitment to fostering inclusive economic transformation, centered on food sovereignty and rural development,” emphasized Minister Delegate Abdul-Fattah Fofana during the launch.
This initiative bolsters the National School Feeding Program (ProNAS), which is part of the government’s 2020-2025 Roadmap and is already operational in 783 schools, serving over 173,000 students. Ultimately, the government aims to expand this program to reach 300,000 children by the beginning of the next school year, according to ANADEB.
