1. Update on status on Food Composition Data in Togo and challenges
Faculté des sciences et Techniques
Laboratoire de Biochimie des Aliments et Nutrition
PRESENTATION IN
THE WORKSHOP ON STANDARDIZED METHODOLOGIES FOR CREATING
FOOD COMPOSITION DATABASES
Update on status on Food Composition Data in Togo and challenges By
Tiatou Souho, PhD
November 5th, 2018

2. PLAN Présentation of the country Food composition Table in Togo
Authors and date of publication
Food composition data content
Current work
Next step
Challenges
Conclusion

3. Presentation of Togo Strip-shaped sub-Saharan country in West Africa
Tropical climate with average temperatures ranging from 27.5 °C on the coast to about 30 °C in the north
56600 km2
people

4. Agriculture in Togo
Agriculture represents 42% to the gross domestic product
Around 25% of the surface is used for agriculture
Subsistence agriculture (yams, cassava, corn, beans, rice, pearl millet, sorghum, etc…)
Cash crops (mainly coffee, cocoa and cotton)
New resilient crops adapted to climate change

5. Food composition table in Togo

6. Food Composition Table in Togo

7. Authors and date of publication of FCT
Realized by J. PERISSE and S. LE BERRE from the Office de la recherche scientifique et technique outre-mer (ORSTOM) , which became  Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
Published in 1957

8. Food composition Table content
Foods nomenclature
Name in French
Name in Togolese local language
Scientific Latin name (with cultivars when applicable)
Composition data analyzed
Water content
Protein content
Fat content
Carbohydrate content
Ashes Ca
Energetic value

9. Food composition Table content

10. Entries in the Food composition Table
Number of entries: 130
Types of foods
Crude crops
Simply prepared foods
Even if all foods are not covered, almost all types of Togolese traditional foods are represented
Missing data
Mixed dishes
Compositions in vitamins and specific factors

11. Entries in the Food composition Table

12. Entries in the Food composition Table

13. Entries in the Food composition Table

14. Entries in the Food composition Table

15. Entries in the Food composition Table

16. Other information in the document
Explanation of the choice of foods
Methods of foods sampling and preparation before analysis
Protocols of biochemical tests
analysis

17. Current works Research projects dedicated to specific foods
For composition analyses
Determination of its nutritional impact on a specific population
For agricultural improvement
For bioprocess improvement

18. Next step Update the table including Elaborate a FC data base
Much more foods
New species and cultivars produced in Togo
Imported Foods
Elaborate a FC data base
Develop a multidisciplinary approach

19. Challenges

20. Challenges Convince authorities on the necessity of the FCDB
Obtain farmers collaboration
Obtain nutritionists collaboration
Laboratory equipment not sufficient
Missing expertise
Financial issues

21. Thank you!