A model for promoting poultry industry development in Togo: feeding improvement, capacity building and extension
Togo is a primarily agricultural country, with rural dwellers estimated at 80% of the total population. Animal husbandry contributes only 5.4% to gross domestic product (Aklobessi and De Souza, 2007). In the 1970's, livestock development policies, with emphasis on short-cycle animals especially poultry, as key components were launched.