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Non-profit association from Südlohn, Germany

Farm machinery for Togo

Landmaschinen für Togo e.V. builds and runs a farm machinery station in Agou-Nyogbo, Togo, to help smallholders in the Kpalimé region. In Togo fields are still mostly worked by hand, covering little ground and usually producing low yields.

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Farming in Togo: field work by hand near Agou-Nyogbo
  • Agou-Nyogboabout 110 km north of Lomé, 11 km from Kpalimé
  • 90 mdeep well with drinking water on site
  • Tractorwith front loader, in use since May 2024
  • No-tillseed drill from Brazil for maize, soy and beans
Smallholders working in the field in Togo

More land, better work

Machines greatly improve the quality of work and the area that can be farmed. What is still missing is a no-till drill. Chopping crop residues and working them in later is impossible by hand, but it would build up humus and therefore soil fertility.

Advice on pests in maize

Training and advice

Advice on crop farming is very important and gladly accepted. In the photo the topic was insect pests in maize: I photographed the pests, a good friend in the Congo helped me identify them and suggested treatments.

Hermann Schulze Herking in Togo

About me

My name is Hermann Schulze Herking, born in 1957, a state-certified farmer qualified to train apprentices. In February 2020 I visited Togo for the first time as part of another development project and spontaneously decided to help the farmers there. From early September to the end of November 2020 I travelled around the country and got to know the land and its people. With the help of OCDI, the Caritas of Togo, I gained good insight into its agriculture. For this purpose I founded the association Landmaschinen für Togo in Germany.

You can reach me in Africa too:
+49 151 124 28 533 (WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal)
+228 92 39 93 51
herking1@t-online.de

News from Togo

From clearing the land to the well, wall, barn and the seed drill from Brazil: we report on our progress here.

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Orphanage

Next to the station an orphanage for about 20 children is being built.

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