{"id":17469,"date":"2026-06-20T12:57:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/new-project-to-build-commercially-sustainable-cassava-seed-system\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:23:38","slug":"new-project-to-build-commercially-sustainable-cassava-seed-system","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/new-project-to-build-commercially-sustainable-cassava-seed-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Nouveau projet visant \u00e0 mettre en place un syst\u00e8me semencier de manioc \u00e9conomiquement viable"},"content":{"rendered":"Un projet de quatre ans (2015-2019) visant \u00e0 d\u00e9velopper une cha\u00eene de valeur commercialement viable pour les semences de manioc au Nigeria a \u00e9t\u00e9 lanc\u00e9 le 18 avril au si\u00e8ge de l\u2019IITA \u00e0 Ibadan, au Nigeria.\n\nIntitul\u00e9 \u2018 Mise en place d\u2019un syst\u00e8me de semences durable et int\u00e9gr\u00e9 pour le manioc au Nigeria \u2019 (BASICS), ce projet d\u2019un montant de $11,6 millions de dollars est financ\u00e9 par le\u00a0Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates<\/u><\/a>\u00a0et dirig\u00e9 par le Programme de recherche du CGIAR sur les racines, les tubercules et les bananes (RTB<\/u><\/a>).\n
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Le DG de l'IITA, Nteranya Sanginga, explique comment augmenter la productivit\u00e9 du manioc.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nBien qu'\u00e9tant le plus grand producteur de manioc d'Afrique, le Nigeria n'affiche qu'un rendement moyen de 14 t\/ha, soit moins de la moiti\u00e9 de ce qu'il est possible d'atteindre.\n\nLe projet vise \u00e0 aider les producteurs nig\u00e9rians \u00e0 atteindre ce potentiel en d\u00e9veloppant une cha\u00eene de valeur semenci\u00e8re du manioc commercialement durable, bas\u00e9e sur l'achat de semences de qualit\u00e9 par les agriculteurs. Les semences seraient fournies par des entrepreneurs villageois de semences dynamiques et rentables, et la production de semences de base serait li\u00e9e aux transformateurs.\n\nCes entreprises semenci\u00e8res fourniront des semences saines de vari\u00e9t\u00e9s plus productives, ce qui entra\u00eenera l'adoption de nouvelles vari\u00e9t\u00e9s pour am\u00e9liorer la productivit\u00e9 et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire, augmenter les revenus des producteurs de manioc et des entrepreneurs semenciers, et renforcer l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 entre les genres.\n\nPour marquer le lancement,\u00a0Nteranya Sanginga<\/u><\/a>, le Directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l'IITA, a expliqu\u00e9 que la cl\u00e9 de l'industrialisation du manioc est d'accro\u00eetre la productivit\u00e9, ce qui implique de s'attaquer au probl\u00e8me des mauvaises herbes, d'am\u00e9liorer l'agronomie et de fournir des semences de qualit\u00e9.\n\nGraham Thiele<\/u><\/a>, directeur du programme RTB, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 : \u201c Notre objectif est que, d\u2019ici 2019, les petits exploitants puissent acheter des tiges de haute qualit\u00e9 issues de leurs vari\u00e9t\u00e9s pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9es et les planter en recourant \u00e0 des pratiques agronomiques am\u00e9lior\u00e9es. En cons\u00e9quence, les rendements auraient bondi d\u2019au moins 40% et les agriculteurs disposeraient de d\u00e9bouch\u00e9s plus s\u00fbrs pour leur production accrue\u2026 De nouvelles entreprises dynamiques auraient vu le jour tout au long de la cha\u00eene de valeur, cr\u00e9ant ainsi des emplois pour les femmes et les jeunes. \u201d\n\nDoyin Awe, repr\u00e9sentante du minist\u00e8re f\u00e9d\u00e9ral nig\u00e9rian de l\u2019Agriculture et du D\u00e9veloppement rural, a soulign\u00e9 que de nouvelles opportunit\u00e9s prometteuses s\u2019ouvraient pour le manioc. Elle a assur\u00e9 le soutien total du minist\u00e8re \u00e0 ce nouveau projet.\n\nJulius Okonkwo, directeur ex\u00e9cutif de l\u2019Institut national de recherche sur les plantes racines (NRCRI<\/u><\/a>), a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que le NRCRI \u00e9tait heureux de participer au d\u00e9veloppement d'un syst\u00e8me semencier moderne pour le manioc.\n\nYemi Akinbamijo, directeur ex\u00e9cutif du Forum pour la recherche agricole en Afrique (FARA<\/u><\/a>a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 : \u201c Je suis ravi de revenir aux BASES afin que nous puissions avancer vers un Nig\u00e9ria s\u00fbr sur le plan alimentaire. \u201d Il a soulign\u00e9 la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de travailler sur l'ensemble du parcours allant de l'innovation \u00e0 l'impact, et a insist\u00e9 sur le fait qu'aujourd'hui \u201c l'histoire est en train de s'\u00e9crire \u201d.\n\nLouw Burger de Thai Farms, une entreprise de transformation de farine de manioc, a expliqu\u00e9 que de meilleures racines \u00e9taient plus faciles \u00e0 r\u00e9colter et qu'il est important de commencer avec la bonne semence.\n\nSuite au lancement, les partenaires du projet, notamment le Conseil national des semences agricoles (National Agricultural Seed Council), le NRCRI, l'IITA, Catholic Relief Services, Context Network et FERA (Royaume-Uni), ont particip\u00e9 \u00e0 un atelier pour finaliser les plans de travail.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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