{"id":18315,"date":"2026-06-20T13:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/heifer-international-explores-strategic-collaboration-with-iita-to-transform-nigerias-food-systems\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:49:20","slug":"heifer-international-explores-strategic-collaboration-with-iita-to-transform-nigerias-food-systems","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/heifer-international-explores-strategic-collaboration-with-iita-to-transform-nigerias-food-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Heifer International explore une collaboration strat\u00e9gique avec l'IITA pour transformer les syst\u00e8mes alimentaires du Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_33582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33582\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33582 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Heifer-International-delegates.png\" alt=\"Heifer International delegates with IITA Acting DDG P4D, Dr Abdoulaye Tahirou, and some IITA scientists and staff.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Des d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s de Heifer International avec le DDG par int\u00e9rim de l'IITA pour les partenariats pour le d\u00e9veloppement (P4D), le Dr Abdoulaye Tahirou, ainsi que des scientifiques et du personnel de l'IITA.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La collaboration est essentielle pour transformer les syst\u00e8mes alimentaires du Nigeria et <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/research\/center\/iita\/\">CGIAR<\/a> poursuit sa d\u00e9fense de cette cause gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 sa politique de porte ouverte pour des partenariats inclusifs. Le 16 octobre, l'IITA a accueilli une d\u00e9l\u00e9gation de quatre membres de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heifer.org\/about-us\">Heifer International<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heifer.org\/our-work\/where-we-work\/nigeria\">Nig\u00e9ria<\/a>, dirig\u00e9e par le Dr Lekan Tobe, directeur pays et ancien \u00e9l\u00e8ve de l'IITA, aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de Grace Dangana, responsable technique du programme phare ; Onyekachi Ayevbuomwan, responsable de programme ; et l'ing\u00e9nieur Gift Umor, coordinateur du programme cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La visite a \u00e9t\u00e9 un retour aux sources pour le Dr Tobe, qui a \u00e9voqu\u00e9 avec \u00e9motion son passage \u00e0 l'IITA. \u201c Cette visite est un retour aux sources pour moi, et pour l'\u00e9quipe, l'occasion de renouer les contacts et d'explorer les diff\u00e9rentes innovations que l'IITA a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9es au fil des ans \u201d, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9. L'objectif de la visite \u00e9tait d'explorer des opportunit\u00e9s de collaboration tirant parti des innovations et des technologies de l'IITA pour soutenir les programmes de d\u00e9veloppement locaux de Heifer. Heifer vise \u00e0 co-cr\u00e9er et \u00e0 co-d\u00e9velopper avec l'IITA des initiatives qui fournissent des solutions \u00e9prouv\u00e9es pour la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire aux agriculteurs et aux communaut\u00e9s \u00e0 travers le Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heifer International, une organisation de renomm\u00e9e mondiale d\u00e9di\u00e9e \u00e0 sa mission d'\u00e9radication de la faim et de la pauvret\u00e9 tout en prot\u00e9geant la plan\u00e8te, est active au Nig\u00e9ria depuis cinq ans, avec des programmes dans les \u00c9tats de Benue, Nasarawa et Ogun. \u201c Nous sommes ici pour approfondir notre collaboration avec l'IITA, le CGIAR et d'autres syst\u00e8mes de recherche alimentaire afin de pouvoir mener ensemble la course appel\u00e9e transformation des syst\u00e8mes alimentaires. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Au cours de la visite, l'\u00e9quipe de Heifer a manifest\u00e9 un vif int\u00e9r\u00eat pour les travaux de l'IITA sur l'adaptation au climat, l'am\u00e9lioration de la nutrition et l'approche \u00ab Une seule sant\u00e9 \u00bb. Elle a explor\u00e9 le p\u00f4le r\u00e9gional pour les engrais et la sant\u00e9 des sols, qui fournit des recommandations d'engrais adapt\u00e9es \u00e0 des sites sp\u00e9cifiques gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'outil d'IA Agwise. Cette initiative s'\u00e9tend sur 11 pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest et soutient des investissements politiques visant \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer la sant\u00e9 des sols et la productivit\u00e9 agricole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_33583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33583\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33583 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dr-Titilayo-Falade.png\" alt=\"Heifer International delegates with Dr Titilayo Falade, IITA Food Safety Scientist, at the Aflasafe building.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Des d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s de Heifer International avec le Dr Titilayo Falade, scientifique de l'IITA sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e dans la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des aliments, au b\u00e2timent Aflasafe.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les discussions ont \u00e9galement port\u00e9 sur l'int\u00e9gration des innovations num\u00e9riques de l'IITA, telles que Seed Tracker et d'autres outils de surveillance des agents pathog\u00e8nes, dans les op\u00e9rations de Heifer afin de suivre et de renforcer la fourniture d'innovations agricoles aux agriculteurs. L'\u00e9quipe a explor\u00e9 le potentiel des technologies de l'IITA, telles qu'Aflasafe et NoduMax, d\u00e9j\u00e0 distribu\u00e9es par des partenaires du secteur priv\u00e9, pour am\u00e9liorer les rendements et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 sanitaire des aliments dans les zones de projets de Heifer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une visite du programme IITA Youth Agripreneurs (IYA) a mis en lumi\u00e8re le succ\u00e8s de l'IITA dans l'autonomisation des jeunes par le biais de l'agro-industrie. Avec plus d'un million de jeunes atteints dans 17 pays, le programme s'aligne sur les objectifs d'engagement des jeunes de Heifer. \u201c Nous sommes impatients d'en savoir plus sur la mani\u00e8re dont l'IITA forme les jeunes agripreneurs et transforme les innovations en opportunit\u00e9s pr\u00eates pour le march\u00e9 \u201d, a soulign\u00e9 Tobe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La d\u00e9l\u00e9gation a \u00e9galement explor\u00e9 la fourniture de solutions \u00e0 valeur ajout\u00e9e aux agriculteurs, aux femmes et aux jeunes dans les cha\u00eenes de valeur du manioc et de l'igname, ainsi que les technologies de l'IITA pour la multiplication des semences (SAH et boutures de tiges d'igname) pour le manioc et les ignames. Ils ont \u00e9galement discut\u00e9 de strat\u00e9gies visant \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer la production de soja au Nig\u00e9ria. Les deux organisations ont exprim\u00e9 leur int\u00e9r\u00eat pour la promotion de changements politiques afin de soutenir la transformation des syst\u00e8mes alimentaires et nutritionnels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans ses remarques, le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral adjoint par int\u00e9rim de l'IITA, charg\u00e9 des partenariats pour la mise en \u0153uvre, <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/abdoulaye-tahirou\/\">Abdoulaye Tahirou<\/a>, a mis en valeur certaines des avanc\u00e9es technologiques et de la croissance de l'IITA depuis la derni\u00e8re collaboration de Tobe avec l'organisation. Il a partag\u00e9 des perspectives tir\u00e9es du document du p\u00f4le politique de l'IITA, pr\u00e9par\u00e9 pour \u00e9clairer les d\u00e9cisions politiques concernant les cultures vivri\u00e8res en Afrique sur la base de donn\u00e9es. Abdoulaye a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 : \u201c Le Nigeria produit aujourd'hui dix fois plus de ma\u00efs qu'en 1960, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des innovations qui ont r\u00e9solu le probl\u00e8me de la striure du ma\u00efs et \u00e0 des politiques de soutien. \u201d Il a soulign\u00e9 la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de syst\u00e8mes de vulgarisation stables pour combler le foss\u00e9 entre les r\u00e9sultats de la recherche et leur adoption par les agriculteurs. \u201c Nous nous engageons non seulement \u00e0 d\u00e9velopper des innovations qui augmentent les rendements, mais aussi \u00e0 garantir que la nourriture produite soit nutritive, s\u00fbre et parvienne aux march\u00e9s d'une mani\u00e8re qui am\u00e9liore les moyens de subsistance \u201d, a-t-il affirm\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_33584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33584\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33584 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITA-Seed-Yam.png\" alt=\"Heifer International delegates inside IITA Seed Yam Multiplication Laboratory\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s de Heifer International \u00e0 l'int\u00e9rieur du laboratoire de multiplication d'ignames \u00e0 partir de semences de l'IITA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">R\u00e9fl\u00e9chissant sur le parcours de Heifer au Nigeria, le Dr Tobe a partag\u00e9 : \u201c Nous avons commenc\u00e9 par la distribution de lait, puis nous sommes pass\u00e9s au riz, \u00e0 l'\u00e9levage et au manioc parce que nous avons reconnu que les petits agriculteurs ont besoin de plus d'un point d'entr\u00e9e. \u201d Il a soulign\u00e9 l'alignement de Heifer sur les priorit\u00e9s gouvernementales et son engagement \u00e0 \u00e9tendre sa port\u00e9e gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des partenariats strat\u00e9giques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 la fin de la visite, l'IITA et Heifer ont r\u00e9affirm\u00e9 leur vision partag\u00e9e de b\u00e2tir un avenir agricole r\u00e9silient, inclusif et transformateur pour l'Afrique. En combinant les innovations de l'IITA fond\u00e9es sur la recherche avec l'approche syst\u00e9mique de terrain et l'orientation vers le march\u00e9 de Heifer, ce partenariat promet un impact concret pour les petits exploitants agricoles, les femmes et les jeunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Propos\u00e9 par Folake Oduntan<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La collaboration est essentielle pour transformer les syst\u00e8mes agroalimentaires du Nigeria et l'IITA-CGIAR continue de d\u00e9fendre cette cause gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 sa politique de la porte ouverte pour des partenariats inclusifs<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":18316,"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":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[203],"class_list":["post-18315","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-203"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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