Togo project 693-0218 · 1982–1993 · agriculture · Experience, Inc.

PACR of a project (8/83-8/88) to promote animal traction among small farmers. The project was highly successful. Over 1,700 farmers were trained in the Kara and Savanes regions and 16 of 17 planned technical centers (CATs) have been established and are functional. Project-trained ox-drawn units numbered over 800 and the goal of 806 farmers adopting plow and weed technologies was surpassed. However, the number of farmers receiving credit for the purchase of draft animals through the national system only reached about half the goal of 800 recipients. Animal health services were provided through two annual programs to over 4,000 cattle; a structure has been put in place to continue these services after the PACD. Farmland under cultivation with animal traction increased by approximately 30%. Returns based on net income from crop production rose by almost 40%, although the addition of animal traction costs reduces the number to 13%. The project fell short of its goals to establish adequate animal traction equipment parts supply and repair facilities on the local level. The following lessons were learned. (1) Sufficient attention to the issue of collection procedures is important in

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABF-553 (1993). The source's own text.