{"id":17807,"date":"2026-06-20T12:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/usaid-high-level-visit-commends-aid-i-great-lakes-work-in-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:57:42","slug":"usaid-high-level-visit-commends-aid-i-great-lakes-work-in-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/usaid-high-level-visit-commends-aid-i-great-lakes-work-in-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Une visite de haut niveau de l'USAID salue le travail d'AID-I Grands Lacs au Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_31688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31688\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31688\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Officials-from-AIGRA-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"High-ranking officials from AGRA, USAID, IITA, and local administration in Rwanda visit an agrodealer in Rwamagana District, Eastern Province, Rwanda.\" width=\"597\" height=\"398\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">De hauts responsables de l'AGRA, de l'USAID, de l'IITA et de l'administration locale au Rwanda visitent un n\u00e9gociant en produits agricoles dans le district de Rwamagana, dans la province de l'Est du Rwanda.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">30 ao\u00fbt 2024, district de Rwamagana, Rwanda \u2013 L'adjointe \u00e0 l'administrateur du Bureau pour la r\u00e9silience, l'environnement et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire (REFS) de l'Agence des \u00c9tats-Unis pour le d\u00e9veloppement international (USAID) et coordinatrice adjointe pour le d\u00e9veloppement de Feed the Future, Dina Esposito, a dirig\u00e9 une d\u00e9l\u00e9gation comprenant la pr\u00e9sidente de l'Alliance pour une r\u00e9volution verte en Afrique (AGRA), le Dr Agnes Kalibata, le scientifique en chef du Bureau pour la r\u00e9silience et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire de l'USAID, le Dr Rob Bertram, le repr\u00e9sentant pays de l'IITA et chef de parti du P\u00f4le de livraison rapide de l'Initiative d'acc\u00e9l\u00e9ration de la livraison d'innovations pour les Grands Lacs (AID-I Grands Lacs), Abdou (Matieyedou) Konlambigue, et le maire du district de Rwamagana, Mbonyumuvunyi Radjab, pour visiter certains sites du projet AID-I Grands Lacs au Rwanda afin d'\u00e9valuer de visu les progr\u00e8s r\u00e9alis\u00e9s dans l'am\u00e9lioration des syst\u00e8mes semenciers du Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les visiteurs ont directement \u00e9chang\u00e9 avec des partenaires de mise \u00e0 l'\u00e9chelle, notamment Emma Uwera, entrepreneuse semenci\u00e8re et propri\u00e9taire d'I&amp;J Harvest Ltd, ainsi que d'autres agro-revendeurs. On leur a \u00e9galement pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 les processus de certification des semences du Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_31689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31689\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31689\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Emma-Uwera-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Uwera, standing in front (in a white top), explains her company's role in improving the availability, adoption, and sustainability of the seed system in Rwanda.\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Uwera, debout au premier plan (v\u00eatue d'un haut blanc), explique le r\u00f4le de son entreprise dans l'am\u00e9lioration de la disponibilit\u00e9, de l'adoption et de la durabilit\u00e9 du syst\u00e8me semencier au Rwanda.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les visiteurs ont salu\u00e9 le r\u00f4le du projet dans l'am\u00e9lioration des moyens de subsistance des petits agriculteurs gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des semences r\u00e9sistantes aux maladies et riches en nutriments, ainsi qu'\u00e0 la g\u00e9n\u00e9ralisation de pratiques durables \u00e0 travers le pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La d\u00e9l\u00e9gation a eu des \u00e9changes anim\u00e9s et approfondis avec les partenaires de mise \u00e0 l'\u00e9chelle d'AID-I Grands Lacs \u00e0 diff\u00e9rents niveaux, ce qui lui a permis de se faire une id\u00e9e concr\u00e8te sur le terrain du soutien tangible et transformateur apport\u00e9 par Feed the Future\/USAID et de l'effet profond du projet sur l'am\u00e9lioration des moyens de subsistance de certains petits agriculteurs rwandais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emma a racont\u00e9 le processus de production de semences de haricots de haute qualit\u00e9 et le r\u00f4le central jou\u00e9 par AID-I Great Lakes dans l'expansion de son entreprise vers plusieurs nouveaux sites au Rwanda. Cette expansion a non seulement accru l'accessibilit\u00e9 des semences pour les agriculteurs, mais a \u00e9galement encourag\u00e9 l'adoption de bonnes pratiques agronomiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elle travaille en \u00e9troite collaboration avec le RAB, acqu\u00e9rant des semences de premi\u00e8re g\u00e9n\u00e9ration pour produire des semences saines qui sont distribu\u00e9es aux agriculteurs par l'interm\u00e9diaire de agro-revendeurs dans diff\u00e9rents districts. Consciente de la difficult\u00e9 de persuader les agro-revendeurs de stocker des semences de haricots en raison de la faible demande du march\u00e9 et du manque de subventions, Emma a mis en place sur place des d\u00e9monstrations innovantes, un outil marketing dont l'efficacit\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 prouv\u00e9e gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des parcelles de d\u00e9monstration situ\u00e9es pr\u00e8s des boutiques des agro-revendeurs. Ces parcelles mettent en valeur la qualit\u00e9 sup\u00e9rieure et le rendement des nouvelles semences, permettant aux agriculteurs de prendre des d\u00e9cisions d'achat \u00e9clair\u00e9es, sachant \u00e0 quoi s'attendre en mati\u00e8re de performance et de gestion des cultures, y compris l'optimisation de la production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soulignant l'impact potentiel de ces efforts, Konlambigue a soulign\u00e9 l'importance de remplacer les anciennes semences par des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s r\u00e9sistantes aux maladies et riches en nutriments tels que le fer et le zinc, qui promettent \u00e9galement des rendements plus \u00e9lev\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La d\u00e9l\u00e9gation a \u00e9galement visit\u00e9 un laboratoire d'analyse des semences g\u00e9r\u00e9 conjointement par le RAB et l'Autorit\u00e9 rwandaise d'inspection, de concurrence et de protection des consommateurs (RICA). Ils y ont notamment d\u00e9couvert le processus de certification des semences et la mise en \u0153uvre de l'amplification isotherme m\u00e9di\u00e9e par boucle. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iita.org\/index.php\/yet-another-boost-for-cassava-seed-inspection-and-certification-in-rwanda-iita-donates-and-trains-rica-on-lamp-technology-for-disease-diagnosis\/#:~:text=The%20LAMP%20%28Loop-Mediated%20Isothermal%20Amplification%29%20devices%20donated%20by,particularly%20the%20presence%20of%20viral%20and%20other%20diseases.\">(LAMP)\u2014une technologie visant \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer les capacit\u00e9s de diagnostic des maladies du cassava comme \u00e9tape cruciale de l'inspection et de la certification des semences de premi\u00e8re g\u00e9n\u00e9ration au Rwanda<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du RAB, le Dr Telesphore Ndabamenye, s'est montr\u00e9 optimiste quant aux progr\u00e8s du laboratoire et a salu\u00e9 le r\u00f4le crucial du secteur priv\u00e9 dans l'acc\u00e9l\u00e9ration des tests et de la certification des semences gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la collaboration avec le RAB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_31690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31690\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31690\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RAB-RICA-seed-testing-laboratory-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"At the RAB-RICA seed testing laboratory: (left to right) Dr Telesphore Ndabamenye, Director General of RAB; Dr Rob Bertram, Chief Scientist\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Au laboratoire d'analyse de semences du RAB-RICA : (de gauche \u00e0 droite) le Dr Telesphore Ndabamenye, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du RAB ; le Dr Rob Bertram, scientifique en chef, Bureau de la r\u00e9silience et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire de l'USAID ; Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe, PhD, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de RICA ; Dina Esposito, administratrice adjointe du Bureau de la r\u00e9silience, de l'environnement et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire (REFS) de l'USAID et coordinatrice adjointe pour le d\u00e9veloppement de Feed the Future ; Fidele Nizeyimana, expert en syst\u00e8mes semenciers, AGRA ; Jessie Snaza (partiellement cach\u00e9e), directrice adjointe du bureau de la croissance \u00e9conomique \u00e0 l'USAID ; Jessica Torrens-Spence, directrice du bureau de la croissance \u00e9conomique, USAID\/Rwanda et Burundi ; Adam Gerstenmier, chef de parti USAID\/Partenariat pour la transformation agricole inclusive en Afrique (PIATA) et chef des initiatives strat\u00e9giques \u00e0 l'AGRA ; et Martin Niyondora, un technicien de laboratoire expliquant le processus de certification des semences \u00e0 la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esposito a salu\u00e9 les efforts de collaboration d'AID-I Grands Lacs : \u201c Le travail accompli ici est un mod\u00e8le de ce qui peut \u00eatre r\u00e9alis\u00e9 gr\u00e2ce au partenariat et \u00e0 l'innovation. Nous devons continuer \u00e0 nous concentrer sur la scalabilit\u00e9, en veillant \u00e0 ce que ce succ\u00e8s soit reproduit au-del\u00e0 de la dur\u00e9e du projet et rendu p\u00e9renne \u00e0 long terme pour les agriculteurs et les entrepreneurs semenciers. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/cgiar\/accelerating-agricultural-innovations-delivery-in-the-great-lakes-region-issue-8715765\">Le projet AID-I GLR continue de progresser de mani\u00e8re remarquable dans la transformation des syst\u00e8mes semenciers du Rwanda<\/a>. En s'associant \u00e0 des entrepreneurs semenciers locaux et en soutenant les agro-fournisseurs dans diff\u00e9rents districts, le projet a r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer la disponibilit\u00e9 de semences am\u00e9lior\u00e9es r\u00e9sistantes aux maladies pour les petits exploitants agricoles.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 August 2024, Rwamagana District, Rwanda \u2013 The Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17808,"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":[107],"location":[40],"news-type":[],"hub":[63],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[202],"class_list":["post-17807","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","program-seed-systems","location-rwanda","hub-central-africa","item-year-202"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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