{"id":15237,"date":"2026-06-20T12:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-appoints-sanginga-as-emeritus-director-general\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:46:46","slug":"iita-appoints-sanginga-as-emeritus-director-general","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-appoints-sanginga-as-emeritus-director-general\/","title":{"rendered":"L'IITA nomme Sanginga Directeur G\u00e9n\u00e9ral \u00c9m\u00e9rite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En reconnaissance de ses contributions exceptionnelles \u00e0 l'agriculture et \u00e0 la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire en Afrique, l'ancien directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l'IITA et pr\u00e9sident de l'Africa Agricultural Leadership Institute (AALI), le Dr Nteranya Sanginga, a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral \u00e9m\u00e9rite de l'IITA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27648\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dr-Nteranya-Sanginga-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Nteranya Sanginga\" width=\"821\" height=\"547\" \/>La nomination de Sanginga intervient \u00e0 un moment o\u00f9 l'Institut aligne sa vision sur des partenariats strat\u00e9giques en vue de transformer les syst\u00e8mes semenciers et alimentaires sur le continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27649 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sanginga.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"558\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fort de ses autres fonctions d'envoy\u00e9 sp\u00e9cial pour Nourrir l'Afrique, de champion pour le Sommet sur les engrais et la sant\u00e9 des sols et de conseiller sp\u00e9cial du pr\u00e9sident de la RDC pour les questions agricoles, Sanginga mettra des d\u00e9cennies d'exp\u00e9rience en mati\u00e8re de leadership et de recherche au service de sa nouvelle nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">S'exprimant au sujet de ses nouvelles fonctions, Sanginga a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu'il ferait de son mieux pour s'acquitter avec excellence des responsabilit\u00e9s qui y sont li\u00e9es. \u201c Cela signifie beaucoup pour moi et montre \u00e0 quel point l'IITA est sp\u00e9cial. J'ai pris acte des responsabilit\u00e9s associ\u00e9es \u00e0 mon nouveau r\u00f4le et je ferai de mon mieux pour donner satisfaction \u201d, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F\u00e9licitant Sanginga, le Directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l'IITA et Directeur r\u00e9gional du CGIAR pour l'Afrique continentale, le Dr Simeon Ehui a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que cette reconnaissance est bien m\u00e9rit\u00e9e et que le d\u00e9vouement de Sanginga envers la mission de l'IITA a \u00e9t\u00e9 inestimable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c J'attends avec impatience son soutien continu \u00e0 l'Institut sur le continent en sa qualit\u00e9 de DG \u00e9m\u00e9rite \u201d, a-t-il ajout\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Propos\u00e9 par Timilehin Osunde<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En reconnaissance de ses contributions exceptionnelles \u00e0 l'agriculture et \u00e0 la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire en Afrique, l'ancien directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l'IITA et pr\u00e9sident de l'Africa Agricultural Leadership Institute (AALI), le Dr Nteranya Sanginga, a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral \u00e9m\u00e9rite de l'IITA.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15238,"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":[1234],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[202],"class_list":["post-15237","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-nteranya-sangingaemeritus-director-generalhome","hub-western-africa","item-year-202"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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