Cotton farmers across Togo are doing something quietly remarkable: they are rebuilding their soils from the ground up, and the results are showing up in their harvests.
Through farmer field schools, growers are learning and sharing regenerative practices that are changing how they work the land. The knowledge spreading through these schools is practical and hands-on, designed to strengthen cotton production while also supporting the food crops that families rely on to eat and survive each season.
The shift is showing up in two important ways. Farmers are reporting higher yields, and they are applying fewer pesticides to get there. That combination, better harvests with less chemical input, points to soils that are genuinely recovering their health and vitality.
What happens next in those field schools, and how far these practices travel across Togo's farming communities, is the story worth watching.
Originally published by AllAfrica.