Across Benin and West Africa, agriculture remains the backbone of livelihoods and national economies. Yet this foundation is weakening under the combined weight of intensive chemical use, unsustainable farming practices, soil degradation, and climate stress. More than 150 million hectares of land across West Africa, including over 2 million hectares in Benin, are now classified as degraded, threatening the fertility of the very soils that sustain rural life. According to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD, 2020) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP Benin, 2021), over 58 percent of West Africa’s agricultural land has been degraded as a result of excessive reliance on synthetic inputs, unsustainable land use, and deforestation. Millions of smallholder farmers, most of them women, are watching their soils lose vitality, their crops succumb to pests, and their yields decline year after year.
The region’s dependence on chemical fertilizers and pesticides has stripped the land of its natural balance, depleting soil biodiversity and leaving farmlands vulnerable to erosion and drought. As temperatures rise and rainfall grows more erratic, farmers are forced to contend with both climate uncertainty and soil exhaustion, pushing many deeper into cycles of poverty and food insecurity. The lack of affordable and high-quality organic alternatives has left them with little choice but to rely on costly and environmentally damaging inputs, further accelerating land degradation.
BIO PLANET TMC Ltd was founded to help break this destructive cycle by reimagining agriculture as a regenerative system that restores, rather than exploits, the natural fertility of the land. Our approach begins with the soil, the living foundation of all food systems. By transforming biodegradable waste into scientifically formulated organic fertilizers, we create natural soil restorers that nourish crops, rebuild soil structure, and revive microbial life. These engrais organique are designed not only to replace synthetic inputs but to reestablish the ecological balance that sustains healthy, productive farmland.
Through this model, BIO PLANET TMC promotes a climate-smart vision of agriculture for Benin and West Africa, one that restores fertility to degraded soils, strengthens plant resilience against pests, and reduces the sector’s carbon footprint. By turning waste into renewal, we aim to help the region rebuild the biological foundations of its food systems and secure a more resilient future for generations to come.