{"id":18534,"date":"2026-06-20T13:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/plateau-state-delegation-explores-deeper-agricultural-collaboration-with-iita\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:45:42","slug":"plateau-state-delegation-explores-deeper-agricultural-collaboration-with-iita","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/plateau-state-delegation-explores-deeper-agricultural-collaboration-with-iita\/","title":{"rendered":"Une d\u00e9l\u00e9gation de l'\u00c9tat du Plateau explore une collaboration agricole plus \u00e9troite avec l'IITA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34402\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Plateau-State-delegation-led-by-Dr-Haggai-Gutap.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34402\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Plateau-State-delegation-led-by-Dr-Haggai-Gutap.png\" alt=\"The Plateau State delegation led by Dr Haggai Gutap, Technical Adviser to the Plateau State Government, warmly welcomed by IITA Deputy Director General, Corporate Services, Hilde Koper-Limbourg and other IITA staff.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La d\u00e9l\u00e9gation de l'\u00c9tat du Plateau, conduite par le Dr Haggai Gutap, conseiller technique du gouvernement de l'\u00c9tat du Plateau, a \u00e9t\u00e9 chaleureusement accueillie par la directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale adjointe des services corporatifs de l'IITA, Hilde Koper-Limbourg, ainsi que par d'autres membres du personnel de l'IITA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nLe gouvernement de l'\u00c9tat du Plateau a franchi une \u00e9tape strat\u00e9gique vers la revitalisation de son secteur agricole gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une visite de travail de deux jours \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\">CGIAR<\/a> les 2 et 3 mars. La d\u00e9l\u00e9gation de sept membres, dirig\u00e9e par le conseiller technique du gouvernement de l'\u00c9tat, le Dr Haggai Gutap, a explor\u00e9 des innovations agricoles de pointe pour stimuler la productivit\u00e9 dans tout l'\u00c9tat.\n\nLa mission s'est concentr\u00e9e sur le renforcement des partenariats pour une transformation agricole \u00e0 grande \u00e9chelle \u00e0 travers des cha\u00eenes de valeur cl\u00e9s, notamment la pomme de terre, le manioc et le ma\u00efs, tout en explorant la collaboration dans les domaines de la sant\u00e9 des sols, des syst\u00e8mes semenciers, du diagnostic des plantes et du d\u00e9veloppement de l'agro-industrie pour les jeunes. La d\u00e9l\u00e9gation comprenait des repr\u00e9sentants de l'initiative de la cha\u00eene de valeur de la pomme de terre de l'\u00c9tat du Plateau, du Conseil national des semences agricoles, du projet Plateau-CARES et du milieu universitaire, notamment Julius Bulus de l'Universit\u00e9 Ahmadu Bello de Zaria.\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_34403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34403\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-delegation-after-being-briefed-on-IITAs-works.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34403\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-delegation-after-being-briefed-on-IITAs-works.png\" alt=\"The delegation after being briefed on IITA\u2019s works and innovations in plant health diagnostics and phytosanitory measures at the Germplasm Health\/Virology and Plant Health laboratory.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La d\u00e9l\u00e9gation, apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 inform\u00e9e des travaux et innovations de l'IITA en mati\u00e8re de diagnostic de la sant\u00e9 des plantes et de mesures phytosanitaires au laboratoire de sant\u00e9 du mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique\/virologie et de sant\u00e9 des plantes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nSouhaitant la bienvenue \u00e0 l'\u00e9quipe, la directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale adjointe des services corporatifs de l'IITA, <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/koper-hilde\/\">Hilde Koper-Limbourg<\/a>, a mis en valeur pr\u00e8s de six d\u00e9cennies de promotion de syst\u00e8mes agricoles r\u00e9silients par des innovations fond\u00e9es sur la science qui ont am\u00e9lior\u00e9 la productivit\u00e9 agricole \u00e0 travers l'Afrique et au-del\u00e0. Au cours de la visite, les discussions se sont concentr\u00e9es sur la mani\u00e8re dont l'\u00c9tat du Plateau peut tirer parti des technologies \u00e9prouv\u00e9es de l'IITA pour relever les d\u00e9fis persistants auxquels font face les agriculteurs, notamment les faibles rendements, la d\u00e9gradation des sols, les infestations de maladies et le recyclage g\u00e9n\u00e9ralis\u00e9 des semences, qui r\u00e9duit la productivit\u00e9.\n\nLes d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s ont exprim\u00e9 un vif int\u00e9r\u00eat pour les services d'analyse de sol de l'IITA, qui guident les agriculteurs sur l'application appropri\u00e9e des engrais en fonction des conditions du sol. Le renforcement des syst\u00e8mes semenciers a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 identifi\u00e9 comme une priorit\u00e9, en particulier l'introduction de vari\u00e9t\u00e9s am\u00e9lior\u00e9es et \u00e0 haut rendement adapt\u00e9es aux conditions agro\u00e9cologiques de l'\u00c9tat. Un autre domaine cl\u00e9 d'engagement a \u00e9t\u00e9 le diagnostic de la sant\u00e9 des plantes et la gestion du mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique, qui aident \u00e0 d\u00e9tecter et \u00e0 pr\u00e9venir la propagation de ravageurs et de maladies transmis par les semences. Ces outils sont de plus en plus importants alors que le changement climatique contribue \u00e0 l'\u00e9mergence et \u00e0 la propagation de nouvelles menaces pour les cultures, en particulier dans la production de pommes de terre.\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_34404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34404\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Plateau-delegation-with-the-IITA-Youth-Agripreneurs.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34404\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Plateau-delegation-with-the-IITA-Youth-Agripreneurs.png\" alt=\"The Plateau delegation with the IITA Youth Agripreneurs.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La d\u00e9l\u00e9gation du Plateau avec les IITA Youth Agripreneurs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nSoulignant le potentiel agricole de l\u2019\u00c9tat, M. Gutap a not\u00e9 que l\u2019\u00c9tat du Plateau repr\u00e9sentait la majeure partie de la production de pommes de terre du Nigeria. \u201c Environ 95% de pommes de terre sont cultiv\u00e9es sur le Plateau. D\u2019ailleurs, ici, sur le Plateau, on ne parle pas de \u201d pomme de terre irlandaise \u201c, mais de \u201d pomme de terre du Plateau \u00bb, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9. \u00ab Les rendements actuels s\u2019\u00e9l\u00e8vent en moyenne \u00e0 quatre \u00e0 sept tonnes par hectare, mais gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des technologies am\u00e9lior\u00e9es et \u00e0 l\u2019application des meilleures pratiques, ils pourraient potentiellement atteindre 70 \u00e0 80 tonnes par hectare. \u00bb\n<h3>Le Plateau sollicite le soutien de l'IYA pour l'engagement des jeunes dans l'agriculture<\/h3>\nAu sein de l\u2019unit\u00e9 \u201c Youth in Agribusiness \u201d (IYA) de l\u2019IITA, M. Gutap a salu\u00e9 le mod\u00e8le de parc agro-industriel mis en place par l\u2019institut, qui offre aux jeunes entrepreneurs une formation pratique et l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des installations de production modernes. Il a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 que le gouvernement de l\u2019\u00c9tat du Plateau adopterait ce mod\u00e8le et regrouperait ses installations d\u00e9saffect\u00e9es pour en faire des centres de formation agricole et d\u2019agroalimentaire. \u201c Il est r\u00e9confortant de voir que certaines de ces installations peuvent \u00eatre redynamis\u00e9es \u00e0 cette fin \u201d, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9.\n\n\u2019 Nous souhaitons vivement impliquer nos jeunes dans l\u2019agriculture \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 M. Gutap, soulignant que le renforcement des capacit\u00e9s, le transfert de technologies et le soutien \u00e0 l\u2019entrepreneuriat pourraient aider les jeunes \u00e0 saisir des opportunit\u00e9s rentables dans l\u2019agroalimentaire. Les membres de la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation ont \u00e9galement soulign\u00e9 l\u2019impact potentiel des programmes agricoles ax\u00e9s sur les jeunes pour lutter contre le ch\u00f4mage et r\u00e9duire les moyens de subsistance \u00e0 risque, tels que l\u2019exploitation mini\u00e8re ill\u00e9gale ou artisanale, qui a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la d\u00e9gradation de l\u2019environnement dans certaines parties de l\u2019\u00c9tat.\n\nEn r\u00e9ponse, Adetola Adenmosun, responsable des partenariats et de l\u2019engagement des parties prenantes \u00e0 l\u2019IYA, a r\u00e9affirm\u00e9 la volont\u00e9 de l\u2019organisme de collaborer avec l\u2019\u00c9tat du Plateau afin de renforcer la participation des jeunes \u00e0 l\u2019agriculture. Elle a indiqu\u00e9 qu\u2019un des programmes de l\u2019IYA, soutenu par la Fondation Mastercard, devrait s\u2019\u00e9tendre \u00e0 cet \u00c9tat \u00e0 la suite de pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes missions d\u2019\u00e9valuation. La d\u00e9l\u00e9gation a \u00e9galement visit\u00e9 les serres de l\u2019IYA, o\u00f9 sont cultiv\u00e9s divers l\u00e9gumes, ce qui lui a permis de se faire une id\u00e9e concr\u00e8te de l\u2019environnement de formation pratique con\u00e7u pour pr\u00e9parer les jeunes agripreneurs \u00e0 l\u2019agriculture moderne.\n\nLa d\u00e9l\u00e9gation a visit\u00e9 plusieurs installations de l\u2019IITA, notamment des laboratoires et des centres de formation, ce qui lui a permis de se faire une id\u00e9e concr\u00e8te de technologies telles que la culture tissulaire et les syst\u00e8mes innovants de multiplication des semences. Les discussions autour de la cha\u00eene de valeur de la pomme de terre ont rev\u00eatu une importance particuli\u00e8re, le gouvernement de l\u2019\u00c9tat du Plateau \u00e9tant actuellement en train de mettre en place un laboratoire de culture tissulaire afin de renforcer la production de semences et d\u2019am\u00e9liorer le rendement des cultures.\n\nLa visite s\u2019est conclue par un accord entre les deux parties visant \u00e0 mettre en place un groupe de travail technique charg\u00e9 d\u2019identifier les interventions prioritaires et d\u2019\u00e9laborer un plan coordonn\u00e9 de collaboration et de mise en \u0153uvre. Les domaines de coop\u00e9ration propos\u00e9s comprennent la cartographie de la sant\u00e9 des sols, l\u2019am\u00e9lioration de la diffusion des semences, le diagnostic des maladies des plantes, le renforcement des capacit\u00e9s et les programmes d\u2019agro-entrepreneuriat destin\u00e9s aux jeunes.\n\nLes d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s se sont montr\u00e9s optimistes quant \u00e0 la capacit\u00e9 de ce partenariat \u00e0 faciliter le transfert des innovations issues de la recherche des laboratoires vers les champs des agriculteurs. En alignant l\u2019expertise scientifique sur les priorit\u00e9s agricoles locales, l\u2019\u00c9tat du Plateau et l\u2019IITA visent \u00e0 renforcer les cha\u00eenes de valeur agricoles \u2014 de la gestion des semences et des sols \u00e0 la formation, en passant par le d\u00e9veloppement de l\u2019agroalimentaire et l\u2019acc\u00e8s aux march\u00e9s \u2014 afin, \u00e0 terme, d\u2019am\u00e9liorer les moyens de subsistance et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire dans l\u2019\u00c9tat.\n\n<em>Propos\u00e9 par Folake Oduntan et Babatunde Ajaja<\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le gouvernement de l'\u00c9tat du Plateau a fait un pas strat\u00e9gique vers la revitalisation de son secteur agricole gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une visite de travail de deux jours \u00e0 l'IITA-CGIAR les 2 et 3 mars.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":18535,"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":[204],"class_list":["post-18534","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-204"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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