{"id":15216,"date":"2026-06-20T12:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/fmard-nigeria-iita-holds-critical-position-in-nigerias-agricultural-sector-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:45:06","slug":"fmard-nigeria-iita-holds-critical-position-in-nigerias-agricultural-sector-2","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/fmard-nigeria-iita-holds-critical-position-in-nigerias-agricultural-sector-2\/","title":{"rendered":"FMARD \u2013 Nig\u00e9ria : l'IITA occupe une position essentielle dans le secteur agricole du Nig\u00e9ria"},"content":{"rendered":"Monsieur Richard-Mark Mbaram, conseiller technique en gestion des connaissances et de la communication aupr\u00e8s du ministre nig\u00e9rian de l'Agriculture et du D\u00e9veloppement rural, l'honorable Mohammed Sabo Nanono, a soulign\u00e9\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u2019le r\u00f4le de l'Institut dans le secteur agricole de la nation. Il en a parl\u00e9 lors d'une visite \u00e0 l'Institut le 18 d\u00e9cembre 2020.\n\nSelon Mbaram, la visite visait \u00e0 explorer les opportunit\u00e9s d'encourager la jeunesse du pays \u00e0 s'engager dans des entreprises agricoles productives et rentables. Selon ses termes : \u201c Les jeunes, de par leur nature, sont capables de g\u00e9n\u00e9rer l'\u00e9nergie \u00e9conomique n\u00e9cessaire pour recalibrer l'\u00e9conomie nig\u00e9riane. \u201d\n<figure id=\"attachment_22000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22000\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22000\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITA-holds1.jpg\" alt=\"IITA holds critical position in Nigeria\u2019s agricultural sector\" width=\"820\" height=\"325\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mbaram avec les membres de l'IYA lors de la r\u00e9union du conseil d'administration discutant de l'objet de la visite.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDirectrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale adjointe de l'IITA, Partenariats pour la mise en \u0153uvre,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/dashiell-kenton\/\">Kenton Dashiell<\/a>, a re\u00e7u l'assistant minist\u00e9riel et une \u00e9quipe de\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youthagripreneurs.org\/\">Jeunes agripreneurs de l'IITA<\/a>\u00a0(IYA). M. Mbaram a assist\u00e9 \u00e0 une pr\u00e9sentation mettant en avant les contributions innovantes de l\u2019IITA \u00e0 l\u2019agriculture, en particulier le programme IYA, qui vise \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer la qualit\u00e9 de vie des Africains par la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019emplois. L\u2019un des moments forts de la visite a \u00e9t\u00e9 la visite du campus de l\u2019IITA, notamment de l\u2019\u00e9closerie, du site de d\u00e9monstration du TAAT Aquaculture Compact, de l\u2019\u00e9tang piscicole et de l\u2019\u00e9levage en cage.\n\nBien qu\u2019il existe de nombreuses fa\u00e7ons pour les jeunes de s\u2019engager sur le plan \u00e9conomique, M. Mbaram a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que le ministre militait en faveur d\u2019une revitalisation des comp\u00e9tences agro-industrielles du Nigeria, avec pour corollaire la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019emplois. Il a not\u00e9 que la Banque africaine de d\u00e9veloppement (BAD) soutient cet objectif par le biais du programme \u2019 Zones sp\u00e9ciales de transformation agro-industrielle \u00bb (SAPZ), dot\u00e9 d\u2019une enveloppe de $500 millions.\n<figure id=\"attachment_21998\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21998\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21998\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITA-holds-2.jpg\" alt=\" IITA holds critical position in Nigeria\u2019s agricultural sector\" width=\"820\" height=\"325\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo de groupe de Mbaram et Dashiell avec les membres de l'IYA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLe directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral adjoint de l\u2019IITA a soulign\u00e9 que \u201c les jeunes poss\u00e8dent les bases fondamentales qui leur permettent d\u2019apprendre rapidement, de faire preuve d\u2019ing\u00e9niosit\u00e9 et de trouver des id\u00e9es \u201d.\n\nIl a ajout\u00e9 : \u201c Depuis neuf ans, nous menons un programme d\u2019envergure aupr\u00e8s des jeunes dans le secteur de l\u2019agroalimentaire. Nous avons commis de nombreuses erreurs, c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 des succ\u00e8s, et nous continuerons \u00e0 apprendre. Mais tout a commenc\u00e9 par aider les jeunes \u00e0 changer leur perception de l\u2019agriculture, qui \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s n\u00e9gative. Cette perception a \u00e9volu\u00e9 apr\u00e8s qu\u2019ils ont d\u00e9couvert l\u2019agriculture moderne en tant qu\u2019activit\u00e9 \u00e9conomique, et non plus comme les m\u00e9thodes traditionnelles \u00e0 forte intensit\u00e9 de main-d\u2019\u0153uvre qui reposent sur l\u2019utilisation de houes et de machettes. \u201d M. Dashiell a en outre soulign\u00e9 la volont\u00e9 de l\u2019Institut de comprendre la vision de l\u2019honorable ministre et de faire partie de son \u00e9quipe de mise en \u0153uvre.\n\nPour M. Mbaram, l\u2019importance accord\u00e9e par le minist\u00e8re f\u00e9d\u00e9ral de l\u2019Agriculture et du D\u00e9veloppement rural (FMARD) au programme SAPZ repose sur les immenses potentiels de croissance \u00e9conomique pr\u00e9sents dans le secteur agricole. \u201c Si l\u2019on ajoute \u00e0 cela la promesse d\u2019une cr\u00e9ation d\u2019emplois de qualit\u00e9, on\n\ncomprend que l\u2019honorable ministre entend s\u2019en servir comme moyen de relever le d\u00e9fi du ch\u00f4mage des jeunes. \u201d Poursuivant son intervention, le conseiller technique a soulign\u00e9 que les niveaux actuellement \u00e9lev\u00e9s de pertes post-r\u00e9colte enregistr\u00e9s dans le secteur agricole sont alarmants, avec un taux de perte total de 50 \u00e0 60% \u00e0 diff\u00e9rentes \u00e9tapes, de la r\u00e9colte \u00e0 la consommation. \u201c En tant qu\u2019\u00e9quipe, nous pensons que l\u2019industrialisation est la cl\u00e9 pour rem\u00e9dier \u00e0 ce probl\u00e8me. Une augmentation des achats industriels des r\u00e9coltes des agriculteurs r\u00e9duira certainement les pertes post-r\u00e9colte et garantira de bons revenus \u00e0 nos producteurs primaires \u2019, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 M. Mbaram.\n<figure id=\"attachment_21999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21999\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21999\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITA-holds-3.jpg\" alt=\"IITA holds critical position in Nigeria\u2019s agricultural sector\" width=\"820\" height=\"325\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mbaram lors d'une visite de l'\u00e9closerie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIl a \u00e9galement r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 le plan de d\u00e9ploiement du programme SAPZ au d\u00e9but de l'ann\u00e9e 2021 dans diff\u00e9rents sites repr\u00e9sentant les zones g\u00e9o-\u00e9conomiques du Nig\u00e9ria. Il a ajout\u00e9 que ces diff\u00e9rentes zones deviendraient des foyers de cr\u00e9ation d'emplois et d'incubation d'entreprises agro-alimentaires pour les jeunes une fois le programme lanc\u00e9.\n\nPrenant \u00e9galement la parole, les repr\u00e9sentants de l'IYA Adedayo Adefioye, Oluyemi Adunoye, Bolanle Larinde et Idowu Osun, ont apport\u00e9 leur plein soutien au plan SAPZ, confirmant que les agro-entreprises conna\u00eetraient un grand succ\u00e8s dans l'environnement favorable envisag\u00e9 par le SAPZ et que les programmes IITA Youth in Agribusiness souhaitaient s'associer au Minist\u00e8re pour la mise en \u0153uvre du programme.\n\nDans ses remarques finales, Dashiell a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 : \u201c Vous nous avez vraiment motiv\u00e9s \u00e0 travailler encore plus dur pour la jeunesse nig\u00e9riane en 2021. Nous appr\u00e9cions vos mots d'encouragement et vos conseils ainsi que le message de bonne volont\u00e9 de l'honorable ministre, qui refl\u00e8te nos id\u00e9ologies partag\u00e9es dans la transformation de l'agriculture au Nig\u00e9ria. C'est tr\u00e8s encourageant pour nous. \u201d","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Richard-Mark Mbaram, the Technical Adviser on Knowledge Management and Communication to Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Honorable Mohammed Sabo Nanono, has highlighted IITA\u2019s role in the nation\u2019s agricultural sector.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15217,"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":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[199],"class_list":["post-15216","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-199"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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