{"id":12885,"date":"2026-06-20T12:25:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/gates-foundation-sponsors-banana-conference\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:25:43","slug":"gates-foundation-sponsors-banana-conference","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/gates-foundation-sponsors-banana-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"La Fondation Gates sponsorise la conf\u00e9rence sur la banane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/image_gallery-12.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9294\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/image_gallery-12-300x146.gif\" alt=\"image_gallery-12\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a>IITA a annonc\u00e9 aujourd'hui l'octroi d'une subvention par la Fondation Bill &amp; Melinda Gates pour parrainer la Conf\u00e9rence sur la banane 2008 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.banana2008.com\">http:\/\/www.banana2008.com<\/a>). La conf\u00e9rence panafricaine, la premi\u00e8re du genre \u00e0 relier la recherche de pointe aux nouveaux march\u00e9s, vise \u00e0 \u00e9laborer une strat\u00e9gie de recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement sur 10 ans qui stimulera le commerce et favorisera la croissance de l'industrie de la banane \u00e0 travers l'Afrique. Des chercheurs travaillant sur la banane, des acteurs majeurs de l'industrie et des groupements d'agriculteurs participeront \u00e0 la conf\u00e9rence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La banane figure parmi les cultures alimentaires et de base les plus importantes d\u2019Afrique ; elle assure la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire, la nutrition et les moyens de subsistance de millions de petits agriculteurs. Rien que dans la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs, en Afrique de l\u2019Est, cette culture repr\u00e9sente environ 1,7 milliard de dollars US par an pour 14 millions d\u2019agriculteurs disposant de peu de ressources. La conf\u00e9rence vise \u00e0 \u00e9tablir un lien entre les besoins en mati\u00e8re de recherche, de production et de commercialisation afin de soutenir la production de bananes et la croissance du commerce en Afrique. Le r\u00f4le de la recherche et l\u2019importance des partenariats entre les secteurs public et priv\u00e9 seront \u00e9galement mis en avant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La subvention de 74 000 US$ servira \u00e0 financer la participation de groupes d\u2019agriculteurs, de coop\u00e9ratives et d\u2019entrepreneurs bas\u00e9s en Afrique \u00e0 la conf\u00e9rence, o\u00f9 ils auront l\u2019occasion de pr\u00e9senter leurs produits et services sur des stands. La conf\u00e9rence abordera tous les aspects de la fili\u00e8re banani\u00e8re en Afrique, notamment la lutte contre les maladies, l\u2019am\u00e9lioration des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s et le d\u00e9veloppement des march\u00e9s locaux et r\u00e9gionaux. Un int\u00e9r\u00eat particulier sera port\u00e9 aux groupements d\u2019agriculteurs et aux coop\u00e9ratives qui accordent des pr\u00eats pour soutenir la production banani\u00e8re et l\u2019ouverture de nouveaux march\u00e9s, ainsi qu\u2019aux entrepreneurs engag\u00e9s dans des activit\u00e9s innovantes g\u00e9n\u00e9ratrices de revenus li\u00e9es \u00e0 la banane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c Le soutien de la Fondation Bill &amp; Melinda Gates \u00e0 cette conf\u00e9rence t\u00e9moigne clairement de l'importance accord\u00e9e \u00e0 cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement pour son utilit\u00e9 en Afrique, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 le Dr Thomas Dubois, coordinateur de la Conf\u00e9rence sur la banane de 2008. Ce financement permettra \u00e0 un maximum de 50 petits agriculteurs et entrepreneurs r\u00e9gionaux d'y assister, leur offrant ainsi l'opportunit\u00e9 de pr\u00e9senter leurs produits et services. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L'initiative de d\u00e9veloppement agricole de la Fondation Bill &amp; Melinda Gates travaille avec un large \u00e9ventail de partenaires pour fournir \u00e0 des millions de petits agriculteurs du monde en d\u00e9veloppement des outils et des opportunit\u00e9s pour stimuler leur productivit\u00e9, augmenter leurs revenus et b\u00e2tir une vie meilleure pour eux-m\u00eames et leurs familles. La fondation investit dans des efforts tout au long de la cha\u00eene de valeur agricole \u2014 des semences et du sol \u00e0 la gestion des exploitations et \u00e0 l'acc\u00e8s au march\u00e9. La fondation soutient \u00e9galement la collecte de donn\u00e9es, la recherche et l'analyse des politiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c Nous sommes impatients de soutenir les opportunit\u00e9s d'\u00e9couter les petits agriculteurs que nous essayons de servir \u201d, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 le Dr Rajiv Shah, directeur du d\u00e9veloppement agricole \u00e0 la Fondation Bill &amp; Melinda Gates. \u201c Cette conf\u00e9rence offre aux petits producteurs de bananes et aux entrepreneurs l'occasion de nouer des liens qui les aideront \u00e0 accro\u00eetre leurs rendements et leurs revenus, une \u00e9tape essentielle pour leur permettre de mener une vie saine et productive. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La conf\u00e9rence se tiendra du 5 au 9 octobre 2008 dans la ville c\u00f4ti\u00e8re de Mombasa, au Kenya. Elle sera ouverte par Anna Tibaijuka, sous-secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Nations unies et directrice d'ONU-Habitat, et par Karl Falkenberg, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral adjoint charg\u00e9 du commerce \u00e0 la Commission europ\u00e9enne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L'\u00e9v\u00e9nement est organis\u00e9 et coordonn\u00e9 par l'IITA en collaboration avec Bioversity International, le Forum pour la recherche agricole en Afrique, l'Institut de recherche agricole du Kenya et la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 internationale de science horticole ; et soutenu par le Service international pour l'acquisition d'applications d'agrobiotechnologie, l'Organisation nationale de recherche agricole de l'Ouganda et Du Roi.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IITA today announced a grant from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation to sponsor the Banana Conference 2008<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[65],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[186],"class_list":["post-12885","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","hentry","crop-banana","item-year-186"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gates Foundation sponsors Banana Conference - IITA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/gates-foundation-sponsors-banana-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gates Foundation sponsors Banana Conference - IITA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IITA today announced a grant from the Bill &amp; 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