{"id":16650,"date":"2026-06-20T12:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-cameroon-marks-50th-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:00:26","slug":"iita-cameroon-marks-50th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-cameroon-marks-50th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA-Cameroun c\u00e9l\u00e8bre son 50e anniversaire"},"content":{"rendered":"Les activit\u00e9s marquant le 50e anniversaire de l'IITA au Cameroun ont \u00e9t\u00e9 organis\u00e9es et tenues \u00e0 Nkolbisson, Yaound\u00e9, le 28 juin. La c\u00e9r\u00e9monie a rassembl\u00e9 des repr\u00e9sentants de l'\u00c9tat, notamment la ministre d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9e aupr\u00e8s du ministre de l'Agriculture et du D\u00e9veloppement rural, Ananga Messina ; des repr\u00e9sentants du minist\u00e8re de la Recherche scientifique et de l'Innovation et du minist\u00e8re des Relations ext\u00e9rieures ; le directeur de l'IRAD, ainsi que d'autres dignitaires de l'\u00c9tat. L'\u00e9quipe de l'IITA \u00e9tait compos\u00e9e de Namanga Simon, qui repr\u00e9sentait le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral ; du repr\u00e9sentant pays Rachid Hanna ; et de l'administrateur de la station, Simila Boubakari.\n
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Le g\u00e2teau d'anniversaire de l'IITA.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nLe repr\u00e9sentant du Congo Basin Institute, Matthew Lebreton, ainsi qu'une multitude de scientifiques, chercheurs, \u00e9tudiants, agents commerciaux et repr\u00e9sentants d'agriculteurs ont \u00e9galement assist\u00e9 \u00e0 l'\u00e9v\u00e9nement.\n\nPr\u00e9sidant la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie, le ministre d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9 aupr\u00e8s du ministre de l'Agriculture et du D\u00e9veloppement rural, Ananga, a exprim\u00e9 sa satisfaction quant \u00e0 la collaboration existante entre l'IITA et le gouvernement du Cameroun. Selon le ministre, l'agriculture est le pilier du progr\u00e8s et, pour stimuler la production, il est n\u00e9cessaire d'accro\u00eetre la production, de diversifier la recherche et d'acc\u00e9der \u00e0 de nouveaux march\u00e9s. Ananga a particuli\u00e8rement salu\u00e9 les recherches men\u00e9es jusqu'\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent dans les domaines du ma\u00efs, du manioc et du plantain\/banane gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'utilisation de plantules in vitro.\n

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Ananga Messina, qui repr\u00e9sentait le ministre de l'Agriculture et du D\u00e9veloppement rural, lors de l'\u00e9v\u00e9nement go\u00fbtant des produits alimentaires finis et nutritifs issus des cultures de base de l'IITA.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nElle a \u00e9galement soulign\u00e9 la lutte en cours contre\u00a0Maladie du sommet touffu du bananier<\/a>\u00a0et des progr\u00e8s r\u00e9alis\u00e9s pour emp\u00eacher la maladie d'entrer dans le pays. Commentant les effets n\u00e9gatifs du changement climatique, le ministre a expliqu\u00e9 que plus de 200 millions d'hectares de for\u00eats sont abattus chaque ann\u00e9e pour des raisons agricoles, ce qui aggrave le probl\u00e8me du changement climatique, et a fait remarquer que l'IITA devrait \u00e9galement relever le d\u00e9fi dans ce domaine.\n\nDans son allocution d'ouverture, le repr\u00e9sentant pays de l'IITA-Cameroun, Rachid Hanna, a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 un bref historique de l'IITA, retra\u00e7ant 1997, ann\u00e9e o\u00f9 l'IITA a sign\u00e9 l'accord de si\u00e8ge avec le gouvernement du Cameroun, lui conf\u00e9rant le statut d'organisation internationale. Il a profit\u00e9 de l'occasion pour souligner en particulier le r\u00f4le jou\u00e9 par Akinwumi Adesina (scientifique, ancien ministre de l'Agriculture et du D\u00e9veloppement rural du Nigeria et actuellement pr\u00e9sident de la Banque africaine de d\u00e9veloppement) dans la finalisation de l'accord de si\u00e8ge avec le gouvernement du Cameroun. Il a ensuite salu\u00e9 la contribution apport\u00e9e par ses coll\u00e8gues Stephan Weise et Aboubakar Yacoubou \u00e0 la r\u00e9alisation de cet objectif.\n

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Rachid Hanna (\u00e0 droite), repr\u00e9sentant pays d'IITA-Cameroun, accueillant un d\u00e9put\u00e9 \u00e0 la station.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Rose Ngango, chercheuse \u00e0 l'IITA, expliquant les recherches men\u00e9es au laboratoire de science des plantes et du sol aux personnalit\u00e9s pr\u00e9sentes lors de l'\u00e9v\u00e9nement.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Rachid conduisant les d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s vers les diff\u00e9rents stands d'exposition.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Ananga Messina, s'adressant \u00e0 la presse au sujet de la collaboration de l'IITA avec le gouvernement et le minist\u00e8re de l'Agriculture et du D\u00e9veloppement rural.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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