Situated in the Gulf of Guinea, the Togolese Republic is home to 8.1 million people and plays a crucial role as a humanitarian aid corridor for landlocked countries in the Central Sahel region.

Togo’s economy heavily depends on commercial and subsistence agriculture, which employs 60 percent of the labour force. The nation, in its efforts to recover from the impact of COVID-19 and the Ukraine crisis, faces significant challenges exacerbated by socio-political and economic turmoil, recurrent flash floods, and spillover from the Sahel crisis. Forcibly displaced populations from the Sahel include both refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs).

Nearly 350,000 people are facing severe acute food insecurity, which could rise to over 423,000 if no assistance is provided.

WFP support includes food and/or cash to crisis-affected populations, the development of  home-grown school feeding model and a focus on smallholder farmers. WFP provides technical assistance and on-demand services to government bodies and other partners, for the transport, storage and distribution of food and non-food products.

What the World Food Programme is doing in Togo

Emergency response

WFP in Togo provides life-saving food assistance to crisis-affected populations and strengthens national emergency preparedness and response systems. From 2021 to 2023, food assistance has been provided to over 600,000 vulnerable people through food and cash distributions. The support has continued in 2024, despite access constraints, with food distributions to around 63,500 vulnerable people including refugees, internally displaced people and host communities in the Savanes region.

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Partners and donors

Achieving Zero Hunger is the work of many. Our work in Togo is made possible by the support and collaboration of our partners and donors, including:
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg UNAids 2030 Fund Republic of Togo UNICEF

Operations in Togo

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Contacts

Office

1461 Rue des Tecks Be Kilkame 22 BP 156 Lomé, Togo
Lomé
Togo

Phone
+228 22 25 27 16
Fax
+228 22 25 02 93
Email
wfp.lome@wfp.org
For media inquiries
wfp.lome@wfp.org

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