The Organisation for Local Foods and Development (Organisation pour l’Alimentation et le Développement Local, or OADEL) was founded in 2003. A member of the Federation of NGOs in Togo (Fédération des ONG au Togo) and the Collective of Associations Against Impunity in Togo (Collectif des Associations Contre l’Impunité au Togo), OADEL is dedicated to promoting people’s right to food through the consumption of local processed foods. It is active mainly in the Lomé and Maritime regions.
Its areas of focus include: educating people about the right to food and nutrition; promoting and implementing new approaches to ensuring the right to food; combating policies and practices that infringe upon the right to food; promoting sustainable family farming and food sovereignty through local consumption.
