Organic soybean cultivation for food based on high productivity cultivation methods will provide abundant and nutritionally diverse food products for the growing needs of the population and ensure food security.

Organic soybean cultivation for food will provide better remuneration for engaged workers and contribute to increased income from the export of organic soybeans and reduced imports of vegetables and cereals.

Organic soybean cultivation for food will create increased valorisation opportunities including through the supply of raw materials for the production of edible oils and animal feed.

The cultivation and processing of organic soybeans not based on sustainable processes could affect ecosystems and constitute a considerable factor of harm to ecosystems and soil degradation, including water pollution, ecosystem degradation and increased greenhouse gas emissions.

The cultivation and processing of organic soybeans could face problems with access to land and cause competition between companies and farmers over these resources.

The high productivity of the cultivation and processing of organic soybeans could push uncompetitive developers and farmers out of business.

High professional requirements in the cultivation and processing of organic soybeans could penalize young people and women living in production areas, who are less qualified.

Faced with a very competitive production process, women without land or capital and unable to find financing will be confined to unprofitable activities and trapped in poverty.

Low productivity could negatively affect the cultivation and processing of organic soybeans faced with competition from imported food products such as rice and vegetables by compromising sales.

Contribute to food security and poverty reduction as well as the establishment of sustainable agriculture.

Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture in Togo by 2030 states as objectives to ensure food security; rebalance the agricultural trade balance; improve the level of agricultural income; ensure a high rate of agricultural growth in a sustainable manner (21).

National Agricultural Investment, Food and Nutritional Security Program (PNIASAN) 2017-2026 is the tool for implementing the 2016-2030 agricultural policy accompanied by the Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture in Togo by 2030 through the development of agricultural centers (7).

Action Plan for the Soy Sector (2023-2028) has been put in place with the objective of promoting processing units for the crushing of soy intended for human and animal food. It is a plan for promoting the international export of organic soy and the local processing of soy-derived products (32).

As part of the operationalization of the national policy, investment plans by sector have been developed for the period 2024-2028. Soyabean is one of the domain covered by the investment plan (32).

The Ministry of Agriculture placed issues of equity and gender equality at a heart of its monitoring unit; women's empowerment is particularly considered through significant participation of women in production, processing and marketing activities of agricultural products (4, 7).

Law 2019-005/PR of January 2019 on the investment code provides for approved companies making a minimum of USD 83,333,333 in new investment, exemptions from duties and indirect taxes or, in the case of imports, other taxes collected (granted for a period of five years) (12).

Companies generating 75% of their turnover from exports benefit from the special industrial zone regime (12) and are eligible for more tax advantages, including exemption from corporate tax during the first 5 years and 10% on taxable profit from the 11th to the 20th year (13).

Law No. 2018‐005 of June 14, 2018 relating to the Land and State Code Art. 10 states that land is the subject of a policy known as national land policy: Subtitle 4 – National land policy (10). The policy influences agricultural activities for land acquisition and exploitation.

Policy Land Principles (Law No. 2018‐005) is applicable to property, access to land ownership, and use of land resources; seeks to improve productivity and the contribution of land resources to social, economic, political and environmental development; and works towards promoting poverty reduction (10).

Togo Land and State Code Law No. 2018‐005 of June 2018 prescribes that the state must ensure that women and girls enjoy equal land rights and equal access to land, fisheries and forests, regardless of their gender, civil status or their marital status (10).

The National Engagement Strategy states the need to ensure equitable access to land, constitutes the foundations of strategy aimed mainly at the development and implementation of a land policy, and defines sectoral policies with the involvement of multi-stakeholder and civil societies (11).

Agrokom SAS, Al-Walid Agribusiness SARL, Soja Bio SARL and Scoops Akpene Soja.

Ministries for Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development; Urban Planning, Housing and Land Reform; Village Water and Hydraulics; Environment and Forest Resources; Promotion of Investment.

African Development Bank (AfDB); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO); World Bank; West African Development Bank.

The Interprofessional Council of the Soy Sector (CIFS) brings together the following NGOs: National Federation of Soya Producers Cooperatives (FNCPS), National Association of Soya Traders and Exporters (ANCES) and Togolese Association of Soya Processors (ATTS).