{"id":17034,"date":"2026-06-20T12:54:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/strengthening-the-soybean-variety-development-and-testing-network-iita-hosts-collaborative-training-for-west-african-breeders\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:14:35","slug":"strengthening-the-soybean-variety-development-and-testing-network-iita-hosts-collaborative-training-for-west-african-breeders","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/strengthening-the-soybean-variety-development-and-testing-network-iita-hosts-collaborative-training-for-west-african-breeders\/","title":{"rendered":"Renforcement du r\u00e9seau de d\u00e9veloppement et d'\u00e9valuation des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s de soja : L'IITA organise une formation collaborative pour les obtenteurs d'Afrique de l'Ouest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nLe programme Soja de l'IITA a organis\u00e9 une session de formation pour les partenaires des Syst\u00e8mes nationaux de recherche agricole (SNRA) en Afrique de l'Ouest dans le cadre du projet \u2018 Renforcement de l'am\u00e9lioration du soja pour l'Afrique \u2019. Ce projet, financ\u00e9 par la Fondation Bill &amp; Melinda Gates, vise \u00e0 renforcer le partenariat entre le CGIAR et les SNRA concernant les efforts de d\u00e9veloppement et d'\u00e9valuation des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s. La formation inaugurale, qui s'est d\u00e9roul\u00e9e au si\u00e8ge de l'IITA du 19 au 22 juin, avait pour objectif d'harmoniser et de standardiser le d\u00e9veloppement des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s de soja, l'\u00e9valuation, les protocoles d'essais, ainsi que les techniques de collecte et de gestion des donn\u00e9es parmi <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/food-security-impact\/one-cgiar\/\">CGIAR<\/a> et les partenaires de NARS.\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_30418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30418\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30418\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Participants-listening-to-a-facilitator-during-the-workshop.jpg\" alt=\"Participants listening to a facilitator during the workshop.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Les participants \u00e9coutent un animateur pendant l'atelier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nLe s\u00e9lectionneur de soja de l'IITA et organisateur de l'\u00e9v\u00e9nement, Abush Abebe, a soulign\u00e9 que la r\u00e9union n'\u00e9tait pas seulement une session de formation, mais une plateforme pour partager des exp\u00e9riences et cr\u00e9er une compr\u00e9hension commune entre les s\u00e9lectionneurs repr\u00e9sentant les divers partenaires des SNAR, c'est-\u00e0-dire les programmes nationaux de s\u00e9lection du soja du B\u00e9nin, du Mali et du Nig\u00e9ria, et des universit\u00e9s nig\u00e9rianes (l'Universit\u00e9 Ajayi Crowther, l'Universit\u00e9 d'Ilorin, l'Universit\u00e9 Joseph Sarwuan Tarka (JoSTUM) (anciennement l'Universit\u00e9 f\u00e9d\u00e9rale d'agriculture) de Makurdi, et l'Universit\u00e9 d'Ekiti) sur divers domaines de collaboration avec les partenaires des SNAR. Il a insist\u00e9 sur l'importance de renforcer les partenariats et de d\u00e9velopper un protocole standardis\u00e9 de test et d'\u00e9valuation des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s afin d'accro\u00eetre l'efficacit\u00e9 et d'am\u00e9liorer la s\u00e9lection et la recherche sur le soja. \u201c De mauvaises donn\u00e9es induisent les utilisateurs finaux en erreur, mais de bonnes donn\u00e9es \u00e9quivalent \u00e0 de bonnes d\u00e9cisions \u201d, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9, soulignant le r\u00f4le crucial de donn\u00e9es de haute qualit\u00e9.\n\nDans son allocution d'ouverture, le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral adjoint de l'IITA, charg\u00e9 des partenariats pour la mise en \u0153uvre (DDG-P4D), <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/dashiell-kenton\/\">Kenton Dashiell<\/a>, un s\u00e9lectionneur de soja \u00e0 l'IITA de 1983 \u00e0 2001, a exprim\u00e9 son enthousiasme lors de la r\u00e9union. Il a encourag\u00e9 le r\u00e9seau \u00e0 \u00e9largir son programme de s\u00e9lection et \u00e0 constituer une \u00e9quipe solide pour atteindre ses objectifs plus efficacement. \u201c Le succ\u00e8s de ce programme repose sur le travail que vous effectuez dans vos stations, c'est pourquoi cet atelier est important \u201d, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9.\n\nLe responsable du programme de s\u00e9lection du soja de l'IITA, <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/chigeza-godfree\/\">Godfree Chigeza<\/a>, a soulign\u00e9 l'importance du partenariat CGIAR-NARS et du r\u00e9seau africain d'am\u00e9lioration du soja. Il a expos\u00e9 les objectifs, le cadre, les attentes et les exigences de partenariat du r\u00e9seau, en insistant sur le passage de la s\u00e9lection vari\u00e9tale participative \u00e0 la s\u00e9lection participative, o\u00f9 la d\u00e9finition conjointe des priorit\u00e9s et la prise de d\u00e9cision commune sont essentielles.\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_30419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30419\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30419\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITA-Deputy-Director-General-Partnerships-for-Delivery-Dr-Kenton-Dashiell.jpg\" alt=\"IITA Deputy Director General Partnerships for Delivery Dr Kenton Dashiell during the opening remarks on the first day of the workshop.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le Dr Kenton Dashiell, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral adjoint des partenariats pour la livraison de l'IITA, lors des allocutions d'ouverture du premier jour de l'atelier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nLe responsable de la s\u00e9lection v\u00e9g\u00e9tale de l'IITA, Mushoriwa Hapson, a soulign\u00e9 le passage du renforcement des capacit\u00e9s au partage des capacit\u00e9s, en se concentrant sur l'\u00e9change d'id\u00e9es et d'informations. Il a indiqu\u00e9 que cette formation devrait renforcer la collaboration du r\u00e9seau pour obtenir de meilleurs r\u00e9sultats et amplifier l'impact. Le programme de recherche sur le soja de l'IITA vise \u00e0 mettre en place un syst\u00e8me semencier inclusif afin de produire des semences en quantit\u00e9 suffisante et de fournir des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s de soja \u00e0 haut rendement, pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9es par les agriculteurs et le march\u00e9. \u201c J'esp\u00e8re que le programme de s\u00e9lection du soja, avec vous, co-d\u00e9veloppera, co-mettra en \u0153uvre et co-r\u00e9alisera les meilleurs r\u00e9sultats en mati\u00e8re de s\u00e9lection du soja \u201d, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9.\n\nAbebe a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 un aper\u00e7u de la recherche sur le soja en Afrique de l'Ouest, retra\u00e7ant l'historique du programme d'am\u00e9lioration du soja de l'IITA qui a d\u00e9but\u00e9 en 1974. Il a soulign\u00e9 que les d\u00e9fis initiaux tels que les faibles rendements, la pi\u00e8tre viabilit\u00e9 des semences, la mauvaise nodulation avec les Rhizobium natifs, l'\u00e9grenage \u00e9lev\u00e9 dans diff\u00e9rentes zones et l'utilisation limit\u00e9e en raison du peu de recettes adapt\u00e9es pour les petits agriculteurs ont \u00e9t\u00e9 les principaux moteurs de la cr\u00e9ation du programme d'am\u00e9lioration du soja de l'IITA. Il a insist\u00e9 sur la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 d'une strat\u00e9gie visant \u00e0 remplacer r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement les vari\u00e9t\u00e9s pour garantir une plus grande productivit\u00e9, r\u00e9duire l'impact des maladies et des ravageurs \u00e9mergents, r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 l'\u00e9volution des pr\u00e9f\u00e9rences des consommateurs et du march\u00e9, et augmenter les taux d'adoption. Les facteurs qui stimulent la demande de nouvelles vari\u00e9t\u00e9s comprennent l'am\u00e9lioration du potentiel de rendement, de la qualit\u00e9 et de la pr\u00e9cocit\u00e9, ainsi que l'att\u00e9nuation du changement climatique.\n\nSoulignant certaines des principales raisons de d\u00e9ployer des efforts \u00e9nergiques pour d\u00e9velopper de nouvelles vari\u00e9t\u00e9s en Afrique de l'Ouest, Abebe a mentionn\u00e9 les rendements de soja tr\u00e8s faibles dans de nombreux pays d'Afrique subsaharienne, l'expansion de la production de soja sur le continent qui exige un plus grand nombre de nouvelles vari\u00e9t\u00e9s, l'int\u00e9r\u00eat croissant pour la recherche sur le soja en vue de sa livraison, la demande accrue de produits \u00e0 base de soja tels que l'huile et tourteau de soja, les programmes nationaux de s\u00e9lection limit\u00e9s qui ont entra\u00een\u00e9 des r\u00e9seaux faibles d'essai et d'enregistrement des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s, et la lenteur du remplacement des anciennes vari\u00e9t\u00e9s par des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s nouvelles et \u00e0 haut rendement.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/dieng-ibnou\/\">Ibnou Dieng<\/a>, un biom\u00e9tricien de l'IITA, a discut\u00e9 de la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de garantir la qualit\u00e9 et l'int\u00e9grit\u00e9 des donn\u00e9es, des implications de donn\u00e9es de mauvaise qualit\u00e9 et des moyens de minimiser les erreurs exp\u00e9rimentales. Il a \u00e9galement fourni une d\u00e9monstration pratique de l'analyse de l'am\u00e9lioration g\u00e9n\u00e9tique en utilisant l'application d'intelligence de march\u00e9 du CGIAR. Dean Muungani, gestionnaire de produits pour les cultures c\u00e9r\u00e9ali\u00e8res \u00e0 l'IITA, a guid\u00e9 les participants \u00e0 travers les tests \u00e0 la ferme tricot pour le soja, l'\u00e9valuation du programme d'am\u00e9lioration et l'estimation des co\u00fbts. Les participants ont \u00e9galement visit\u00e9 les installations du programme d'am\u00e9lioration du soja de l'IITA et ont men\u00e9 des d\u00e9monstrations pratiques sur le terrain concernant la disposition des essais, la plantation et les croisements.\n\n\u00c0 la fin de la formation, des outils num\u00e9riques tels que des tablettes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 fournis aux participants pour une saisie efficace des donn\u00e9es \u00e9lectroniques. Abebe a soulign\u00e9 que des plans sont en place pour fournir davantage d'outils afin d'aider \u00e0 standardiser les techniques de collecte de donn\u00e9es et de garantir la qualit\u00e9 des donn\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n<em>Contribu\u00e9 par Ochuwa Favour Daramola<\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IITA Soybean program organized a training session for National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) partners in West 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