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Cotton farmers in Togo are rebuilding their soils, reporting higher yields and reducing pesticide applications as regenerative practices take root. Farmer field schools are spreading the skills, helping growers strengthen cotton production and support the food crops their households depend on.

On her cotton farm in Bagbé, Togo, Badakizi Yawa is changing how she tackles pests. After training at a farmer field school, she began using pheromone traps and coloured sticky traps to monitor insects that damage cotton flowers and bolls.

She says the approach has reduced the number of crop protection treatments needed on her eight hectares.

“Previously, we sometimes carried out seven or eight treatments against pests, including insects. With these new traps, we now carry out three or four treatments,” she explains.

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Yawa is among the farmers adopting regenerative practices promoted by the Nouvelle Société Cotonnière du Togo (NSCT). The approach combines soil conservation, organic fertilisers and more targeted pest control to address degraded land, irregular rainfall and rising production costs.

Introduced by NSCT in 2023, the programme seeks to restore the productive capacity of farmland while strengthening farmers’ livelihoods. Cotton, known as “white gold”, is a source of income for tens of thousands of farming households in Togo and accounts for approximately 20 per cent of export earnings, according to Kossi Assogbavi, NSCT head of communication department. The sector  counted nearly 79,000 growers in the 2024–25 season, while raw cotton exports  earned US$50.2 million in 2024  acc

“Progressive soil degradation is one of the main challenges facing cotton production in Togo today. And degraded soil means low agricultural yields,” explains Bissang Badating, an agronomist and NSCT’s head of agricultural projects and sustainability.

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