{"id":15525,"date":"2026-06-20T12:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/nihort-evaluates-iita-plantain-hybrids-for-possible-distribution-to-farmers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:32:34","slug":"nihort-evaluates-iita-plantain-hybrids-for-possible-distribution-to-farmers","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/nihort-evaluates-iita-plantain-hybrids-for-possible-distribution-to-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"NIHORT \u00e9value des hybrides de bananiers plantains de l'IITA en vue d'une \u00e9ventuelle distribution aux agriculteurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\u00c0 la suite d'un appel \u00e0 une collaboration et \u00e0 un partenariat renforc\u00e9s, le\u00a0Institut national de recherche horticole<\/a>\u00a0(NIHORT) a entrepris l'\u00e9valuation de mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique de bananiers et plantains hybrides provenant de\u00a0IITA<\/a>\u00a0et ses partenaires, pour une distribution \u00e9ventuelle aux agriculteurs.\n
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Delphine Amah (deuxi\u00e8me \u00e0 droite) lors d'une visite du champ d'\u00e9valuation au NIHORT.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\nResponsable r\u00e9gional de l'am\u00e9lioration g\u00e9n\u00e9tique du bananier et de la banane plantain pour l'IITA en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre,\u00a0Delphine Amah<\/a>, lors d'une visite pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente \u00e0 NIHORT, a appel\u00e9 \u00e0 des liens plus \u00e9troits entre l'IITA et l'institut national, qui a pour mandat de travailler sur la banane et la banane plantain au Nig\u00e9ria.\n\nDans une interview r\u00e9cente, Amah a rappel\u00e9 : \u201c Par le pass\u00e9, il n'y avait vraiment pas beaucoup de collaboration entre l'IITA et le NIHORT sur la banane et la banane plantain, mais ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, nous avons essay\u00e9 de donner vie \u00e0 cette collaboration. \u201d\n\nEn r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 cet appel, la s\u00e9lectionneuse de plantes et ancienne cheffe de l'unit\u00e9 des ressources g\u00e9n\u00e9tiques du NIHORT, la Dre Dorcas Olubunmi Ibitoye, a formul\u00e9 une demande de mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique (germoplasme) \u00e0 des fins de test, \u00e9tant entendu que des \u00e9valuations r\u00e9ussies pourraient conduire \u00e0 la distribution dudit mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique aux agriculteurs et utilisateurs finaux. L'IITA a finalement livr\u00e9 35 vari\u00e9t\u00e9s au NIHORT, comprenant des hybrides de bananes plantains, de bananes douces et de bananes \u00e0 cuire originaires de\u00a0Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 br\u00e9silienne de recherche agricole<\/a>\u00a0(EMBRAPA) et le\u00a0Fondation hondurienne de recherche agricole<\/a>\u00a0(FHIA).\n\nApr\u00e8s une visite plus r\u00e9cente, Amah a exprim\u00e9 sa joie face au niveau de progr\u00e8s r\u00e9alis\u00e9 et au professionnalisme et au s\u00e9rieux dont l'\u00e9quipe du NIHORT a fait preuve, s'\u00e9tant empress\u00e9e de planter le mat\u00e9riel et de commencer le processus d'\u00e9valuation imm\u00e9diatement apr\u00e8s l'avoir re\u00e7u. Elle a d\u00e9crit comment, malgr\u00e9 les conditions m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiques d\u00e9favorables et les contraintes budg\u00e9taires, ils ont fait preuve d'un engagement fort en plantant et en allant jusqu'\u00e0 installer un syst\u00e8me d'irrigation pour approvisionner la ferme en eau.\n
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\"\"Les mat\u00e9riels plant\u00e9s entretenus \u00e0 l'NIHORT.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nDans un article,\u00a0Hybrides t\u00e9traplo\u00efdes de bananiers plantains \u00e0 haut rendement et prometteurs en Afrique de l'Ouest,<\/a>\u00a0publi\u00e9 dans le\u00a0International Journal of Agronomy,<\/a>\u00a0Les auteurs ont not\u00e9 : \u201c Malgr\u00e9 l'importance \u00e9conomique des bananiers plantains dans les basses terres humides d'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre, leur production durable est menac\u00e9e par les agents pathog\u00e8nes et les ravageurs, ce qui repr\u00e9sente un risque pour la g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de revenus des m\u00e9nages et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire. \u201d\n\nL'\u00e9quipe du NIHORT maintiendra les hybrides de bananes et de plantains \u00e0 haut rendement et r\u00e9sistants aux maladies dans le but de les multiplier et de les \u00e9valuer avec les agriculteurs. Les agriculteurs demandent constamment des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s am\u00e9lior\u00e9es \u00e0 l'IITA et au NIHORT et l'on s'attend \u00e0 ce que cette \u00e9valuation produise des r\u00e9sultats fructueux pour eux.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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