{"id":13047,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/cowpea-driving-a-silent-revolution-in-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:16","slug":"cowpea-driving-a-silent-revolution-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/cowpea-driving-a-silent-revolution-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Ni\u00e9b\u00e9 \u2013 Mener une r\u00e9volution silencieuse au Nig\u00e9ria"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Image<\/a>La production et la transformation du ni\u00e9b\u00e9 propulsent une r\u00e9volution silencieuse au Nig\u00e9ria, les revenus g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9s par cette culture am\u00e9liorant les conditions de vie rurales dans le pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les agriculteurs et les transformateurs d'Osu, une communaut\u00e9 du sud-ouest du Nig\u00e9ria, affirment que la transformation de cette culture riche en prot\u00e9ines en galettes commun\u00e9ment appel\u00e9es akara<\/em> revient \u00e0 trouver une mine d'or.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c Les avantages sont nombreux \u201d, d\u00e9clare Mme Olaiya Oluwakemi \u2014 une akara<\/em> vendeur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDe la friture de akara<\/em> Seule, j'ai pu me permettre d'envoyer mon fils \u00e0 l'universit\u00e9. J'ai construit une maison et je poss\u00e8de maintenant une voiture, ajoute Oluwakemi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oluwakemi dit qu'elle avait essay\u00e9 d'autres entreprises par le pass\u00e9, mais que la transformation des graines de ni\u00e9b\u00e9 en akara<\/em> est rest\u00e9e l'option la plus viable. Son entreprise s'est d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e au cours des sept derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es et elle emploie actuellement plus de 20 personnes. En moyenne, elle r\u00e9alise chaque jour des b\u00e9n\u00e9fices compris entre 1 500 nairas (1,410 dollar am\u00e9ricain) et 2 000 nairas (1,413 dollar am\u00e9ricain). Dans un pays o\u00f9 environ 50% de la population vit avec moins de US$2 par jour, cela repr\u00e9sente une somme consid\u00e9rable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c J'ai essay\u00e9 d'autres entreprises, mais c'est tout simplement la meilleure \u201d, r\u00e9p\u00e8te-t-elle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Une autre transformatrice de ni\u00e9b\u00e9, la grande cheffe Mme Olorunisola, affirme avoir h\u00e9rit\u00e9 de l'entreprise de sa m\u00e8re.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s avoir dirig\u00e9 l'entreprise au cours des 30 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, Olorunisola poss\u00e8de d\u00e9sormais la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre Iyadunni Akara<\/em> entreprise de transformation. L'entreprise utilise environ 100 kg de grains de ni\u00e9b\u00e9 comme mati\u00e8re premi\u00e8re par jour pour fabriquer akara<\/em>; elle compte cinq succursales r\u00e9parties dans tout le Nig\u00e9ria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les revenus de l'entreprise ont aid\u00e9 Olorunisola \u00e0 construire deux maisons. La troisi\u00e8me, un immeuble de 3 \u00e9tages, est toujours en construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trois de ses enfants ont obtenu leur dipl\u00f4me de l'universit\u00e9, gr\u00e2ce aux revenus de akara<\/em>. \u00c0 l'instar d'Oluwakemi et d'Olorunisola, plusieurs autres transformateurs ont b\u00e9n\u00e9fici\u00e9 de la transformation du ni\u00e9b\u00e9 dans la communaut\u00e9. La plupart des maisons construites \u00e0 Osu ont au moins leurs fondations pos\u00e9es gr\u00e2ce aux revenus provenant de akara<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Des milliers de voyageurs traversant la ville d'Osu, situ\u00e9e entre Ile-Ife et Ilesha, s'arr\u00eatent quotidiennement pour acheter le populaire \u2018Akara Osu<\/em>\u2019des marchands et mangez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les consommateurs interrog\u00e9s affirment que cette culture riche en prot\u00e9ines redonne l'\u00e9nergie perdue due \u00e0 la fatigue ressentie lors de longs voyages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJ'ai h\u00e2te de manger akara osu<\/em> chaque fois que je voyage sur cet itin\u00e9raire, dit le passager Friday Adeshina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ailleurs dans le nord du Nigeria \u2014 r\u00e9gion productrice de ni\u00e9b\u00e9, cette culture l\u00e9gumineuse s'est av\u00e9r\u00e9e \u00eatre une v\u00e9ritable source de revenus pour les agriculteurs et les transformateurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dans les \u00c9tats de Borno, Katsina, Kaduna et Kano, ainsi que jusqu'en R\u00e9publique du Niger, les producteurs de ni\u00e9b\u00e9 ayant adopt\u00e9 des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s am\u00e9lior\u00e9es et des pratiques de gestion optimis\u00e9es ont enregistr\u00e9 une augmentation moyenne de leurs revenus de 551 TP3T, selon les donn\u00e9es de l'Institut international d'agriculture tropicale (IITA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les agriculteurs qui utilisent des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s traditionnelles gagnent environ $ 25 US$\/ha, tandis que ceux qui cultivent le ni\u00e9b\u00e9 am\u00e9lior\u00e9 per\u00e7oivent $ 390 US$\/ha, auxquels s\u2019ajoutent $ 139 US$ gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des pratiques de gestion des cultures appropri\u00e9es. Outre les revenus, les interventions de l\u2019IITA et de ses partenaires, soutenues par le projet \u00ab Tropical Legumes II \u00bb, l\u2019Agence canadienne de d\u00e9veloppement international, l\u2019Agence des \u00c9tats-Unis pour le d\u00e9veloppement international et le groupe de travail sur la savane soudanaise de Kano-Katsina-Maradi (SS TF KKM) du Programme \u00ab Sub-Saharan Challenge \u00bb, aident les agriculteurs \u00e0 adopter des technologies am\u00e9lior\u00e9es pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 la demande croissante pour cette culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L'agriculteur Mohammed Mustapha affirme qu'il a pu doubler ses rendements de ni\u00e9b\u00e9 sur la m\u00eame parcelle de terrain gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s am\u00e9lior\u00e9es et \u00e0 des pratiques agronomiques, gr\u00e2ce aux interventions de l'IITA. \u201c Auparavant, je r\u00e9coltais deux sacs de ni\u00e9b\u00e9 dans ce champ, mais en 2009, j'en ai r\u00e9colt\u00e9 cinq, soit plus du double de la quantit\u00e9 initiale \u201d, d\u00e9clare Mustapha, un agriculteur du village de Kunamawa, dans la zone de gouvernement local de Safana, dans l'\u00c9tat de Katsina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L'attrait du ni\u00e9b\u00e9 pour les agriculteurs a mont\u00e9 en fl\u00e8che ces derniers temps, faisant de cette culture un outil important dans la lutte contre la faim et la pauvret\u00e9 en Afrique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le Dr Christian Fatokun, s\u00e9lectionneur de ni\u00e9b\u00e9 \u00e0 l'IITA et coordinateur du projet Tropical Legumes II, affirme que l'attrait de cette culture grandit non seulement en raison des revenus qui y sont associ\u00e9s, mais aussi du fait qu'elle tol\u00e8re la s\u00e9cheresse et convient \u00e0 la culture dans les r\u00e9gions arides d'Afrique subsaharienne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mais les progr\u00e8s r\u00e9alis\u00e9s par cette culture ne vont pas sans d\u00e9fis. Par exemple, la plante fait toujours face \u00e0 des attaques de ravageurs \u00e0 chaque \u00e9tape de son cycle de vie. Les pucerons extraient la s\u00e8ve des feuilles et des tiges du ni\u00e9b\u00e9 alors que la culture est encore au stade de jeune plant et propagent \u00e9galement le virus de la mosa\u00efque du ni\u00e9b\u00e9. Les thrips des fleurs s'en nourrissent pendant la floraison, les foreurs de gousses attaquent ses gousses pendant la croissance de celles-ci, et les charan\u00e7ons bruches attaquent les graines apr\u00e8s la r\u00e9colte. Les plantes sont \u00e9galement attaqu\u00e9es par des maladies caus\u00e9es par des champignons, des bact\u00e9ries et des virus. Les mauvaises herbes parasitaires \u2014Striga<\/em> et Alectra<\/em>\u2014freiner la croissance de la plante \u00e0 tous les stades et les n\u00e9matodes emp\u00eachent les racines d'absorber les nutriments et l'eau du sol. L'\u00e9cart de rendement reste un d\u00e9fi majeur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lib\u00e9rer tout le potentiel du ni\u00e9b\u00e9 exigera une plus grande attention \u00e0 cette culture, tant en mati\u00e8re de nouvelles d\u00e9couvertes scientifiques que d'investissements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le Dr Boukar Ousmane, s\u00e9lectionneur de ni\u00e9b\u00e9 \u00e0 l'IITA, note que, malheureusement, le soutien \u00e0 la recherche sur le ni\u00e9b\u00e9 est rest\u00e9 relativement faible par rapport \u00e0 d'autres cultures telles que le bl\u00e9 et le riz. Par cons\u00e9quent, cette situation a emp\u00each\u00e9 le ni\u00e9b\u00e9 d'atteindre son plein potentiel et met progressivement en danger la vie de millions de personnes dans les pays en d\u00e9veloppement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Il affirme que le financement d'activit\u00e9s de recherche visant \u00e0 relever les d\u00e9fis auxquels la culture est confront\u00e9e est essentiel pour exploiter tout son potentiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour plus d'informations, veuillez contacter :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Godwin Atser, g.atser@cgiar.org<\/a>
Charg\u00e9(e) de la communication d'entreprise (Afrique de l'Ouest et Centrale)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IITA \u2013 Si\u00e8ge
Ibadan, Nig\u00e9ria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 propos de l'IITA<\/strong>
L'IITA est une organisation internationale de R4D \u00e0 but non lucratif cr\u00e9\u00e9e en 1967, r\u00e9gie par un Conseil d'administration et soutenue principalement par le CGIAR<\/a>. Nous travaillons avec des partenaires en Afrique et au-del\u00e0 pour r\u00e9duire les risques pour les producteurs et les consommateurs, am\u00e9liorer la qualit\u00e9 et la productivit\u00e9 des cultures, et g\u00e9n\u00e9rer de la richesse gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'agriculture. Nous d\u00e9veloppons des solutions agricoles avec nos partenaires pour lutter contre la faim et la pauvret\u00e9. Notre [...] prim\u00e9 recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement<\/a> repose sur une pens\u00e9e cibl\u00e9e et autoritaire ancr\u00e9e dans les besoins de d\u00e9veloppement des pays tropicaux.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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