{"id":17473,"date":"2026-06-20T12:57:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/international-researchers-meet-to-discuss-how-to-improve-banana-production-in-the-great-lakes-region\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:24:14","slug":"international-researchers-meet-to-discuss-how-to-improve-banana-production-in-the-great-lakes-region","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/international-researchers-meet-to-discuss-how-to-improve-banana-production-in-the-great-lakes-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Des chercheurs internationaux se r\u00e9unissent pour discuter de l'am\u00e9lioration de la production de bananes dans la r\u00e9gion des Grands Lacs"},"content":{"rendered":"Une \u00e9quipe de chercheurs du monde entier s'est r\u00e9unie cette semaine, du 2 au 5 mai, \u00e0 l'Institut africain des sciences et technologies Nelson Mandela (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nm-aist.ac.tz\/\"><u>NM-AIST<\/u><\/a>) \u00e0 Arusha, en Tanzanie, pour discuter de la mani\u00e8re de concentrer leur expertise combin\u00e9e sur l'am\u00e9lioration\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/banana-and-plantain\/\"><u>banane<\/u><\/a>, une culture d'une importance capitale dans la r\u00e9gion de l'Afrique de l'Est.\n<div id=\"attachment_662\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Dr-Mansoor-Guest-of-honor-at-banana-project-launch.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-662 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Dr-Mansoor-Guest-of-honor-at-banana-project-launch.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Dr-Mansoor-Guest-of-honor-at-banana-project-launch.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Dr-Mansoor-Guest-of-honor-at-banana-project-launch-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Dr-Mansoor-Guest-of-honor-at-banana-project-launch-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Dr-Mansoor-Guest-of-honor-at-banana-project-launch-450x300.jpg 450w\" alt=\"Picture of Dr Mansoor, guest of honor at banana project launch.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-662\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le Dr Mansoor, invit\u00e9 d'honneur au lancement du projet banane.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nLes chercheurs \u2014 originaires d'Australie, du Br\u00e9sil, d'Inde, de Malaisie, de Tanzanie, d'Ouganda, de Su\u00e8de, de Belgique, d'Afrique du Sud et des \u00c9tats-Unis \u2014 mettent en \u0153uvre un projet de cinq ans qui vise \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer la production et la productivit\u00e9 de la banane en Tanzanie et en Ouganda. Partout dans le monde, tr\u00e8s peu de programmes se concentrent sur l'am\u00e9lioration g\u00e9n\u00e9tique du bananier et cette r\u00e9union rassemble des chercheurs de bon nombre de ces programmes.\n\nLe projet vise \u00e0 renforcer les programmes d'am\u00e9lioration du bananier en Ouganda et en Tanzanie afin d'intensifier et d'acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer consid\u00e9rablement les efforts en cours pour d\u00e9velopper de nouvelles vari\u00e9t\u00e9s hybrides \u00e0 haut rendement et r\u00e9sistantes aux maladies. Il se concentre sur les deux bananes \u00e0 cuire les plus populaires de la r\u00e9gion :<a href=\"http:\/\/eastafricanhighlandbananas.org\/\"><u>banane des hauts plateaux d'Afrique de l'Est<\/u><\/a>\u00a0(EAHB) \u00e9galement connu sous le nom de \u2018<em>Matooke<\/em>, et\u00a0<em>\u2018Mchare\u2019<\/em>\u00a0cultiv\u00e9es en Tanzanie.\n\nDes millions de petits agriculteurs en Tanzanie et en Ouganda comptent sur la banane comme aliment de base et principale source de revenus. Ces deux pays produisent plus de la moiti\u00e9 de l\u2019ensemble de la production banani\u00e8re africaine, la r\u00e9colte annuelle de la r\u00e9gion \u00e9tant estim\u00e9e \u00e0 $4,3 milliards. Cependant, en raison des ravageurs et des maladies, la r\u00e9colte n\u2019atteint qu\u2019environ 9% de son rendement potentiel, ce qui constitue une menace s\u00e9rieuse pour la p\u00e9rennit\u00e9 future de la production banani\u00e8re dans la r\u00e9gion.\n\n\u201cL\u2019\u00e9quipe mettra au point des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s hybrides pr\u00e9sentant un rendement sup\u00e9rieur de 30% et une r\u00e9sistance accrue de 50% \u00e0 au moins trois des principaux ravageurs et maladies par rapport aux vari\u00e9t\u00e9s actuellement cultiv\u00e9es par les agriculteurs dans les m\u00eames conditions de culture. Les nouvelles vari\u00e9t\u00e9s r\u00e9pondront \u00e9galement \u00e0 la quasi-totalit\u00e9 des crit\u00e8res de qualit\u00e9 recherch\u00e9s par les consommateurs dans les vari\u00e9t\u00e9s actuelles \u201d, explique\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/coyne-daniel\/\"><u>Danny Coyne<\/u><\/a>, un sp\u00e9cialiste de la sant\u00e9 des sols \u00e0 l'IITA et le chef de projet.\n\nLes maladies sont\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fusarium_wilt\"><u>Fusariose<\/u><\/a>\u00a0et\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.promusa.org\/Black+leaf+streak\"><u>Maladie des raies noires<\/u><\/a>, et les ravageurs comprennent le n\u00e9matode fouisseur et les charan\u00e7ons.\n\n\u201c La banane est tr\u00e8s importante en Tanzanie, mais elle est fortement attaqu\u00e9e par les ravageurs et les maladies. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ce projet, nous renforcerons les capacit\u00e9s de notre \u00e9quipe de recherche pour d\u00e9velopper de nouvelles vari\u00e9t\u00e9s hybrides \u00e0 haut rendement dont nos agronomes ont besoin ; nous aurons un syst\u00e8me de s\u00e9lection meilleur et plus dynamique \u00e0 travers l'Afrique de l'Est qui pourra r\u00e9pondre aux d\u00e9fis actuels et futurs de la culture, en particulier maintenant face au changement climatique \u201d, d\u00e9clare le prof. Patrick Ndakidemi, vice-chancelier adjoint, Planification, Finances et Administration et coordinateur du projet au NM-AIST.\n\nLe projet permettra, entre autres, de former des \u00e9tudiants de cycles sup\u00e9rieurs et du personnel technique aux techniques de s\u00e9lection avanc\u00e9es et de faciliter l'\u00e9change de mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique entre les pays et m\u00eame les continents.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\"><u>IITA<\/u><\/a>\u00a0pilote le projet avec des partenaires nationaux en Tanzanie et en Ouganda. Les activit\u00e9s de s\u00e9lection r\u00e9gionales sont men\u00e9es au NM-AIST \u00e0 Arusha, en Tanzanie, en collaboration avec des instituts de recherche agricole dans les zones de culture du bananier, ainsi qu'au Programme de s\u00e9lection du bananier de l'Ouganda de l'Organisation nationale de recherche agricole (NARO) \u00e0 Kawanda, et \u00e0 Sendusu \u00e0 Kampala.\n\nLes efforts de s\u00e9lection ant\u00e9rieurs du NARO, en Ouganda, en collaboration avec l'IITA, ont permis de d\u00e9velopper avec succ\u00e8s les tout premiers hybrides de bananiers EAHB qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.promusa.org\/NARITA+hybrids\"><u>Narita<\/u><\/a>. Il existe actuellement 27 vari\u00e9t\u00e9s NARITA, dont deux sont cultiv\u00e9es dans le cadre du programme 15% au sein des plantations de bananes en Ouganda.\n<div id=\"attachment_663\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Banana-roadside-market-in-rural-SW-Uganda-PVA.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-663 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Banana-roadside-market-in-rural-SW-Uganda-PVA.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Banana-roadside-market-in-rural-SW-Uganda-PVA.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Banana-roadside-market-in-rural-SW-Uganda-PVA-300x225-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Banana-roadside-market-in-rural-SW-Uganda-PVA-768x576-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_Banana-roadside-market-in-rural-SW-Uganda-PVA-450x338.jpg 450w\" alt=\"Picture of Banana harvests in rural Uganda.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-663\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">R\u00e9coltes de bananes dans l'Ouganda rural.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nDans le cadre de ce projet, au moins 20 de ces 27 NARITA seront test\u00e9s et promus dans toute la r\u00e9gion pour v\u00e9rifier leur ad\u00e9quation et leur acceptation par les agriculteurs.\n\n\u201c Il a fallu 18 ans \u00e0 l'\u00e9quipe pour cr\u00e9er ces hybrides... Notre nouveau projet s'appuiera sur ce succ\u00e8s et portera la s\u00e9lection du bananier \u00e0 un niveau sup\u00e9rieur \u201d, d\u00e9clare le Pr\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/swennen-rony\/\"><u>Rony Swennen<\/u><\/a>, responsable du programme d'am\u00e9lioration de la banane de l'IITA et chef d'\u00e9quipe du projet.\n\nLe projet \u00e9tudiera la constitution g\u00e9n\u00e9tique et la diversit\u00e9 des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s existantes afin d'identifier des sources de r\u00e9sistance aux principaux ravageurs et maladies. Cela sera compl\u00e9t\u00e9 par des recherches visant \u00e0 comprendre la propagation et les dommages caus\u00e9s par ces ravageurs et maladies, ainsi que par le d\u00e9veloppement et l'application d'outils de diagnostic rapides et de m\u00e9canismes de criblage plus rapides pour \u00e9valuer la r\u00e9sistance.\n\nCe projet facilitera \u00e9galement l'\u00e9change de mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique avec les programmes d'am\u00e9lioration au Br\u00e9sil et en Inde, jetant ainsi les bases d'un syst\u00e8me mondial interconnect\u00e9 d'am\u00e9lioration du genre Musa. Cet \u00e9change permettra \u00e0 ce projet d'avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des hybrides diplo\u00efdes am\u00e9lior\u00e9s pour le croisement avec \u2018<em>Matooke\u2019<\/em>\u00a0et\u00a0<em>\u2018Mchare\u2019<\/em>\u00a0ressources g\u00e9n\u00e9tiques. Ce projet est men\u00e9 dans le cadre du Programme de recherche du CGIAR sur les racines, les tubercules et les bananes (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtb.cgiar.org\/\"><u>RTB<\/u><\/a>).","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of researchers from around the world gathered this week, 2\u20135 May, at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science Technology (NM-AIST) in Arusha, Tanzania<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17474,"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":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[65],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[194],"class_list":["post-17473","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","crop-banana","item-year-194"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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