Citation:

Toyi LEN’NAH, Oumar TOUAB. "Digital Innovation and Structural Transformation of Togo’s Agricultural Sector: An Economic Analysis of the Open Innovation AgTech 2025 Initiative" International Research Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 147-154, 2026. Crossref. http://doi.org/10.56472/25835238/IRJEMS-V5I3P118

Abstract:

Faced with structural constraints that limit agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa, digital innovation has emerged as a strategic lever for transformation. This article analyzes the Open Innovation AgTech 2025 initiative organized in Togo within the framework of the West African Food System Resilience Program. Using an analytical case study approach, the paper examines the economic potential of the selected innovations in terms of productivity improvement, climate resilience, and financial inclusion. The results suggest that AgTech hackathons can help reduce certain rural market failures, including transaction costs, information asymmetries, and liquidity constraints, and may represent an emerging instrument of agricultural public policy. However, their effectiveness depends largely on institutional integration and the availability of post-event financing mechanisms.

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Keywords:

Agricultural Innovation, Structural Transformation, Agtech, Climate Resilience, Development Economics, Togo.