{"id":18217,"date":"2026-06-20T13:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-project-lead-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-the-university-of-greenwich\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:52:07","slug":"iita-project-lead-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-the-university-of-greenwich","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-project-lead-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-the-university-of-greenwich\/","title":{"rendered":"Le chef de projet de l'IITA re\u00e7oit un doctorat honoris causa de l'Universit\u00e9 de Greenwich"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Professor<\/a>
Professeur Lateef Oladimeji Sanni<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au fil des ans, le professeur Sanni a occup\u00e9 divers postes de direction \u00e0 l'IITA, contribuant de mani\u00e8re significative \u00e0 l'avancement de l'agriculture en Afrique. Aujourd'hui, il continue de mettre son expertise au service de l'institut \u00e0 diverses capacit\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ce doctorat honoris causa reconna\u00eet non seulement les r\u00e9alisations remarquables du professeur Sanni, mais incarne \u00e9galement l'esprit de collaboration qui sous-tend la mission commune de b\u00e2tir des syst\u00e8mes alimentaires durables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour le professeur Sanni, cette distinction repr\u00e9sente bien plus qu'une \u00e9tape personnelle : elle t\u00e9moigne de la puissance de la collaboration internationale, du renforcement des capacit\u00e9s et de l'innovation dans le domaine de la science et de la technologie alimentaires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D\u00e9crivant le moment o\u00f9 il a re\u00e7u la nouvelle, il a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 : \u201c Je n'aurais jamais imagin\u00e9 une telle chose \u2014 il est rare de recevoir une telle gr\u00e2ce. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e9 dans une famille d'agriculteurs au Nig\u00e9ria, o\u00f9 sa m\u00e8re subvenait aux besoins du foyer en vendant des ignames et des haricots, le professeur Sanni a \u00e9t\u00e9 inspir\u00e9 \u00e0 poursuivre des \u00e9tudes en sciences agricoles par un uncle. Cet encouragement pr\u00e9coce l'a engag\u00e9 sur une voie qui a d\u00e9fini sa vie et sa carri\u00e8re. Sa passion pour la science alimentaire s'est approfondie gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 son parcours universitaire et a \u00e9t\u00e9 fa\u00e7onn\u00e9e davantage par son exp\u00e9rience formative dans divers instituts de recherche, notamment l'IITA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aujourd'hui, le professeur Sanni, chercheur de renomm\u00e9e internationale, continue d'assurer la direction du projet BASICS-II de l'IITA et la direction ex\u00e9cutive du Institut de recherche sur les produits stock\u00e9s du Nig\u00e9ria (NSPRI)<\/a>. Il est \u00e9galement ancien vice-chancelier adjoint de l'Universit\u00e9 f\u00e9d\u00e9rale d'agriculture d'Abeokuta (FUNAAB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au-del\u00e0 de ses recherches, il est profond\u00e9ment engag\u00e9 dans le mentorat, ayant guid\u00e9 de nombreux scientifiques en d\u00e9but de carri\u00e8re qui sont eux-m\u00eames devenus vice-chanceliers et chercheurs principaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En repensant \u00e0 sa carri\u00e8re, le professeur Sanni tire sa plus grande fiert\u00e9 des personnes qu'il a encadr\u00e9es, de la qualit\u00e9 de ses recherches et du vaste r\u00e9seau mondial qu'il a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 b\u00e2tir. Pour lui, le mentorat n'est pas seulement une t\u00e2che suppl\u00e9mentaire, mais un h\u00e9ritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c Cette reconnaissance me motive \u00e0 rester productif, \u00e0 continuer de servir l'humanit\u00e9 et \u00e0 nourrir la prochaine g\u00e9n\u00e9ration \u201d, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contribu\u00e9 par Ochuwa Favour Daramola<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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