{"id":18463,"date":"2026-06-20T13:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/nigeria-takes-a-decisive-step-toward-smarter-fertilizer-use-and-healthier-soils\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:45:53","slug":"nigeria-takes-a-decisive-step-toward-smarter-fertilizer-use-and-healthier-soils","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/nigeria-takes-a-decisive-step-toward-smarter-fertilizer-use-and-healthier-soils\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Nigeria franchit une \u00e9tape d\u00e9cisive vers une utilisation plus intelligente des engrais et des sols plus sains"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(g) Le s\u00e9nateur Dr Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, le Dr Simeon Ehui avec le ministre de l'Agriculture, le s\u00e9nateur Abubakar Kyari, et le secr\u00e9taire permanent, le Dr Marcus Olaniyi Ogunbiyi (m).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nLa sant\u00e9 des sols demeure un pilier essentiel de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire et de l'agriculture durable en Afrique de l'Ouest et au Sahel. C'\u00e9tait un point fondamental de la D\u00e9claration de Lom\u00e9 de 2023, o\u00f9 le maintien et la restauration de la fertilit\u00e9 des sols ont \u00e9t\u00e9 jug\u00e9s essentiels pour r\u00e9pondre aux besoins alimentaires d'une population en rapid croissance et en cours d'urbanisation. \u00c0 travers la r\u00e9gion, la pr\u00e9servation de la fertilit\u00e9 des sols, la restauration des terres d\u00e9grad\u00e9es et l'am\u00e9lioration de la nutrition des sols sont essentielles pour atteindre la souverainet\u00e9 alimentaire et r\u00e9duire la faim.\n\n
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(De gauche \u00e0 droite) Le ministre d'\u00c9tat \u00e0 l'Agriculture, le s\u00e9nateur Dr Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, le DGA de l'IITA Dr Abdoulaye Tahirou, et le ministre de l'Agriculture, le s\u00e9nateur Abubakar Kyari.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nSe positionnant \u00e0 l'avant-garde de cet agenda, le Nig\u00e9ria a pris des mesures d\u00e9cid\u00e9es pour s'assurer un avenir s\u00fbr sur le plan alimentaire en s'attaquant \u00e0 un d\u00e9fi de longue date dans son syst\u00e8me agricole. Le manque d'informations pr\u00e9cises sur les sols a, au fil des ans, contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la d\u00e9gradation de la sant\u00e9 des sols, \u00e0 de faibles rendements, \u00e0 une utilisation inefficace des engrais et \u00e0 la hausse des co\u00fbts de production, et ces d\u00e9fis ne peuvent \u00eatre relev\u00e9s que par la science, les donn\u00e9es et une collaboration technique soutenue.\n\n
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La s\u00e9ance de signature du protocole d'accord.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nDans ce contexte, le Minist\u00e8re f\u00e9d\u00e9ral de l'Agriculture et de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire (FMAFS) et le IITA<\/a>\u2013CGIAR<\/a> ont sign\u00e9 un protocole d\u2019accord (MoU) visant \u00e0 renforcer la sant\u00e9 des sols, \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer l\u2019efficacit\u00e9 des engrais et \u00e0 stimuler la productivit\u00e9 agricole au Nigeria. S\u2019exprimant lors de la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie de signature, le ministre de l\u2019Agriculture et de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire, Abubakar Kyari, a d\u00e9crit la sant\u00e9 des sols comme le pilier du programme de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire du pr\u00e9sident Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Il a soulign\u00e9 qu\u2019au-del\u00e0 de la disponibilit\u00e9 et de l\u2019accessibilit\u00e9 financi\u00e8re des denr\u00e9es alimentaires, le gouvernement accorde une importance tout aussi grande \u00e0 la qualit\u00e9 nutritionnelle et \u00e0 la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire.\n\n\u201c Si le sol n\u2019est pas sain, quels que soient les efforts d\u00e9ploy\u00e9s, les r\u00e9sultats escompt\u00e9s ne pourront pas \u00eatre atteints \u201d, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 le ministre.\n\nLe protocole d\u2019accord a \u00e9t\u00e9 sign\u00e9 par le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019IITA, le Dr Simeon Ehui, et le ministre d\u2019\u00c9tat charg\u00e9 de l\u2019Agriculture et de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire, le s\u00e9nateur Dr Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi. Cet accord soutient la mise en \u0153uvre du Programme nig\u00e9rian pour la sant\u00e9 des sols des agriculteurs (NFSHS) et le d\u00e9veloppement d\u2019un syst\u00e8me national d\u2019information sur les sols. Toutes les activit\u00e9s pr\u00e9vues dans le cadre de ce protocole d\u2019accord seront mises en \u0153uvre par l\u2019interm\u00e9diaire du P\u00f4le r\u00e9gional pour les engrais et la sant\u00e9 des sols en Afrique de l\u2019Ouest et au Sahel, h\u00e9berg\u00e9 par l\u2019IITA.\n\n\u201c Le P\u00f4le r\u00e9gional est con\u00e7u pour \u00eatre le pilier technique de la sant\u00e9 des sols et de l\u2019utilisation des engrais en Afrique de l\u2019Ouest et au Sahel \u201d, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 le Dr Ehui. \u201c Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l\u2019initiative nig\u00e9riane en faveur de la sant\u00e9 des sols, le Centre b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie d\u2019un d\u00e9fenseur de premier plan qui \u00e9l\u00e8ve la sant\u00e9 des sols du statut de priorit\u00e9 technique \u00e0 celui de priorit\u00e9 politique. Cela cr\u00e9e une demande et un sentiment d\u2019urgence pour les r\u00e9sultats du Centre \u2014 qu\u2019il s\u2019agisse de cartes num\u00e9riques des sols, de recommandations en mati\u00e8re d\u2019engrais ou de normes de laboratoire. L\u2019exemple du Nigeria montre comment la coop\u00e9ration r\u00e9gionale peut apporter des avantages nationaux concrets. \u201d\n\nLe Dr Ehui a d\u00e9crit ce partenariat comme un engagement \u00e0 la fois politique et op\u00e9rationnel, visant \u00e0 remplacer les conseils g\u00e9n\u00e9raux en mati\u00e8re d\u2019engrais par des recommandations fond\u00e9es sur des donn\u00e9es, sp\u00e9cifiques \u00e0 chaque site et adapt\u00e9es aux r\u00e9alit\u00e9s des agriculteurs.\n\nCe protocole d\u2019accord renforce la collaboration entre l\u2019IITA, une institution de recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement de premier plan qui lutte contre la faim, la pauvret\u00e9 et la d\u00e9gradation des sols, et la FMAFS, l\u2019agence nig\u00e9riane de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence en mati\u00e8re de productivit\u00e9 agricole et de politique de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire. Ensemble, ces institutions s\u2019attaqueront aux contraintes persistantes li\u00e9es \u00e0 la fertilit\u00e9 des sols et aux inefficacit\u00e9s en mati\u00e8re d\u2019engrais gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des technologies de pointe, \u00e0 la recherche appliqu\u00e9e et \u00e0 l\u2019expertise r\u00e9gionale.\n\nCet accord s\u2019appuie sur le Programme nig\u00e9rian pour la sant\u00e9 des sols des agriculteurs, lanc\u00e9 le 14 octobre 2025, qui promeut des analyses pr\u00e9cises des sols et des recommandations sp\u00e9cifiques aux cultures afin de soutenir une intensification durable et des syst\u00e8mes agricoles r\u00e9silients au changement climatique \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle nationale. Par l\u2019interm\u00e9diaire du p\u00f4le r\u00e9gional, l\u2019IITA si\u00e8ge au Comit\u00e9 technique national et aide la FMAFS \u00e0 traduire la politique de sant\u00e9 des sols en actions concr\u00e8tes et reproductibles \u00e0 grande \u00e9chelle.\n\n\u2019 L\u2019IITA, par l\u2019interm\u00e9diaire du P\u00f4le r\u00e9gional, collabore activement avec la FMAFS \u2014 tant au niveau strat\u00e9gique, pour \u00e9laborer les plans nationaux, qu\u2019au niveau du terrain, o\u00f9 des pr\u00e9l\u00e8vements de sol sont en cours et o\u00f9 des engrais adapt\u00e9s \u00e0 des cultures telles que le ma\u00efs et le riz sont en cours de d\u00e9veloppement \u201c, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Lionel Axel Kadja, directeur du P\u00f4le r\u00e9gional. \u201d Nous restons d\u00e9termin\u00e9s \u00e0 g\u00e9n\u00e9rer des innovations agricoles qui luttent contre la malnutrition, la pauvret\u00e9 et la faim \u00e0 travers l\u2019Afrique. \u201c\n\nLanc\u00e9 en 2024 en tant que sous-programme de la Communaut\u00e9 \u00e9conomique des \u00c9tats de l\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Ouest (CEDEAO) et h\u00e9berg\u00e9 par l\u2019IITA \u00e0 Ibadan, le P\u00f4le r\u00e9gional rassemble un solide consortium de partenaires, parmi lesquels l\u2019IFDC, OCP Africa, l\u2019Institut africain de nutrition des plantes (APNI), l\u2019Universit\u00e9 polytechnique Mohammed VI (UM6P) et l\u2019ISRIC \u2013 World Soil Information. Le P\u00f4le b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie d\u2019un soutien financier de la Banque mondiale par le biais du projet \u201d Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa \u201c (AICCRA) du CGIAR, ainsi que d\u2019OCP Africa.\n\nSelon le Dr Ehui, ce partenariat permettra de formuler des recommandations en mati\u00e8re d\u2019engrais adapt\u00e9es aux cultures et aux sites pour des denr\u00e9es de base essentielles telles que le ma\u00efs et le riz. Il favorisera la mise en \u0153uvre de la gestion int\u00e9gr\u00e9e de la fertilit\u00e9 des sols (ISFM) et des \u201d 4R \u201c de la gestion responsable des nutriments : bonne source, bon dosage, bon moment et bon endroit. Il permettra \u00e9galement de renforcer les normes de laboratoire, de d\u00e9velopper les syst\u00e8mes num\u00e9riques d\u2019information sur les sols, de renforcer les capacit\u00e9s nationales et de mettre en place des cadres de suivi pour \u00e9valuer les r\u00e9sultats.\n\n\u201d Le v\u00e9ritable test de ce protocole d\u2019accord r\u00e9sidera dans ses r\u00e9sultats : des sols plus sains, une meilleure efficacit\u00e9 d\u2019utilisation des engrais, des capacit\u00e9s nationales renforc\u00e9es et des progr\u00e8s acc\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9s vers la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire \u00bb, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9.\n\nSoulignant que ce partenariat vise \u00e0 soutenir les objectifs du \u00ab Nigeria Farmers Soil Health Scheme \u00bb (programme nig\u00e9rian pour la sant\u00e9 des sols des agriculteurs) r\u00e9cemment lanc\u00e9, le s\u00e9nateur Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi a expliqu\u00e9 que ce programme est con\u00e7u pour \u00e9liminer les approximations dans la pratique agricole. \u00ab D\u2019un point de vue scientifique, diff\u00e9rents types de sols conviennent \u00e0 diff\u00e9rentes cultures et n\u00e9cessitent des approches diff\u00e9rentes en mati\u00e8re de gestion des nutriments. Ce programme fournit aux agriculteurs les donn\u00e9es dont ils ont besoin pour prendre des d\u00e9cisions \u00e9clair\u00e9es : quoi cultiver, o\u00f9 cultiver et comment fertiliser \u00bb, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9.\n\nCe partenariat soutiendra \u00e9galement les fabricants d\u2019engrais en leur fournissant les donn\u00e9es n\u00e9cessaires \u00e0 la production de m\u00e9langes adapt\u00e9s \u00e0 chaque culture et \u00e0 chaque site, tout en renfor\u00e7ant les capacit\u00e9s institutionnelles au sein du minist\u00e8re et des diff\u00e9rentes agences charg\u00e9es de la sant\u00e9 des sols. En \u00e9largissant l\u2019acc\u00e8s aux analyses et aux diagnostics des sols, cette initiative jette les bases de l\u2019agriculture de pr\u00e9cision, permettant aux agriculteurs d\u2019apporter exactement ce dont leurs cultures ont besoin, l\u00e0 o\u00f9 elles en ont besoin et quand elles en ont besoin, ce qui r\u00e9duit les co\u00fbts, am\u00e9liore les rendements et restaure la sant\u00e9 des sols.\n

\u00c0 propos du p\u00f4le r\u00e9gional pour les engrais et la sant\u00e9 des sols en Afrique de l'Ouest et au Sahel<\/strong><\/h3>\nLe P\u00f4le r\u00e9gional pour les engrais et la sant\u00e9 des sols en Afrique de l'Ouest et au Sahel est une initiative collaborative qui rassemble des partenaires de premier plan de la recherche, du d\u00e9veloppement et du secteur priv\u00e9 afin de proposer des solutions scientifiques pour une agriculture durable. H\u00e9berg\u00e9 par l'Institut international d'agriculture tropicale (IITA) et soutenu par des organisations telles que le Centre international de d\u00e9veloppement des engrais (IFDC), OCP Africa, l'Institut africain de la nutrition des plantes (APNI), l'Universit\u00e9 Polytechnique Mohammed VI (UM6P) et l'ISRIC \u2013 World Soil Information, le P\u00f4le s'appuie sur les donn\u00e9es, les analyses de sol et les technologies d'engrais pour am\u00e9liorer la productivit\u00e9, l'efficacit\u00e9 et la r\u00e9silience des syst\u00e8mes alimentaires r\u00e9gionaux. B\u00e9n\u00e9ficiant d'un soutien financier de la Banque mondiale par l'interm\u00e9diaire du projet AICCRA du CGIAR et d'OCP Africa, le P\u00f4le s'engage \u00e0 traduire la recherche en solutions concr\u00e8tes pour les agriculteurs et les d\u00e9cideurs politiques, en favorisant la sant\u00e9 des sols \u00e0 long terme, la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire et le d\u00e9veloppement durable pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest et le Sahel.\n\nPlus d'informations sont disponibles sur https:\/\/soilhealthwa.iita.org\/<\/a>.\n\nPropos\u00e9 par Ilerioluwa Oladipupo<\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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