Foro Global sobre Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición (Foro FSN)

Food security is a huge dimension. It takes into account aspects such as availability in quantity and ensures proper quality of food often provide by domestic production or import. This aspect is almost respected by many countries and Togo’s government also has understood and more involved by establishing a National Food Security Agency (ANSAT) which collect and redistribute the production in the dries seasons. However, access to food is really difficult for poor people without enough food to satisfy their least need is often ignored by the decision’s makers. The neglect of this aspect brings many people who have low income the malnutrition, because it’s difficult to them to ensure their three meals recommended by many studies per day.

Regarding the use of food, Togo still making some efforts by many strategies plan, but it remains the sanitary control aspect, the only way to get a nutritional well-being, so that will meet all the physiological needs. And to finish, the stability of food prices in local markets are very varied and very high for poorest to ensure its well-being.

Regarding youth participation of food security dialogue, Togo is now member of YPARD( Young Professional Agricultural Research Development), so many young are now involve in food security by online discussion and group discussion. Many effort remain to do to spray among the young people, how to be more involve in agriculture and food security in Togo.