{"id":18552,"date":"2026-06-20T13:06:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-delegation-visit-kalro-director-general-to-strengthen-strategic-partnership-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:44:24","slug":"iita-delegation-visit-kalro-director-general-to-strengthen-strategic-partnership-2","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-delegation-visit-kalro-director-general-to-strengthen-strategic-partnership-2\/","title":{"rendered":"La d\u00e9l\u00e9gation de l'IITA rend visite au Directeur G\u00e9n\u00e9ral du KALRO pour renforcer le partenariat strat\u00e9gique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_34446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34446\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IITAvisit-p1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34446\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITAvisit-p1-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"IITA and KALRO team during the visit to the KALRO Director General.\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IITA and KALRO team during the visit to the KALRO Director General.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une d\u00e9l\u00e9gation de haut niveau de <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a> Le Kenya a rendu une visite de courtoisie au nouveau Directeur G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l'Organisation Kenyane de Recherche Agricole et Zootechnique (KALRO), Dr Patrick Ketiem, au si\u00e8ge de la KALRO, dans le cadre des efforts visant \u00e0 r\u00e9affirmer la collaboration institutionnelle et \u00e0 discuter de nouveaux domaines de partenariat strat\u00e9gique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral adjoint de la recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement (DG-R4D) de l'IITA, <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/vanlauwe-bernard\/\">Dr Bernard Vanlauwe<\/a>, a dirig\u00e9 la visite. Il \u00e9tait accompagn\u00e9 du directeur du Hub Afrique de l'Est, <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/tripathi-leena\/\">Docteur Leena Tripathi<\/a>, et le Repr\u00e9sentant de pays pour le Kenya, <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/rachel-zozo-mulangala\/\">Rachel Zozo<\/a>. Le Dr Ketiem, la Directrice G\u00e9n\u00e9rale Adjointe, le Dr Alice Murage, et la Cheffe du Service Juridique, Patriciah Ngutu, leur ont souhait\u00e9 la bienvenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L'engagement a offert l'occasion de f\u00e9liciter le Dr Ketiem pour sa nomination et de r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir \u00e0 la collaboration de longue date entre l'IITA et le KALRO. Dans ses propos, le Directeur G\u00e9n\u00e9ral du KALRO a soulign\u00e9 les \u00e9tapes cl\u00e9s franchies gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ce partenariat, notamment la construction et l'\u00e9quipement r\u00e9ussis de l'usine ultramoderne de fabrication d'Aflasafe au KALRO-Katumani dans le comt\u00e9 de Machakos, ainsi que la licence accord\u00e9e par l'IITA au KALRO pour produire l'Aflasafe\u2122 KE01 destin\u00e9 au march\u00e9 k\u00e9nyan et \u00e0 la r\u00e9gion \u00e9largie. Il a \u00e9galement soulign\u00e9 l'importance de poursuivre la collaboration dans le renforcement des capacit\u00e9s en biotechnologie, en particulier pour l'am\u00e9lioration des bananes et du manioc. Il a mis au d\u00e9fi les deux institutions de renforcer leurs efforts pour diffuser les vari\u00e9t\u00e9s am\u00e9lior\u00e9es, les syst\u00e8mes de semences de qualit\u00e9 et les technologies d'att\u00e9nuation des aflatoxines afin d'atteindre des millions d'agriculteurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_34447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34447\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IITAvisit-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34447\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITAvisit-p2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IITA delegation and KALRO team at the office of the KALRO DG during discussion.\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D\u00e9l\u00e9gation de l'IITA et \u00e9quipe de la KALRO au bureau du DG de la KALRO lors de la discussion.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les discussions ont \u00e9galement identifi\u00e9 des domaines prioritaires pour approfondir la collaboration, notamment la g\u00e9n\u00e9ralisation du d\u00e9ploiement durable d'Aflasafe\u2122 KE01, le renforcement des capacit\u00e9s en biotechnologie, le partage de donn\u00e9es et les outils de conseil num\u00e9riques, la sant\u00e9 des sols et des plantes, et le d\u00e9veloppement des syst\u00e8mes semenciers par le biais de plateformes int\u00e9gr\u00e9es telles que Seed Tracker, Nuru App, et l'exploitation des travaux du TAAT \u00e0 travers l'initiative TEJATI. Ces domaines th\u00e9matiques ont \u00e9t\u00e9 convenus comme piliers cl\u00e9s pour renforcer le partenariat existant entre les deux institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La visite a \u00e9galement permis de discuter de l'IITA<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\">CGIAR<\/a>\u2019statut juridique, y compris l'accord du pays h\u00f4te (APH) de l'IITA au Kenya. La direction de l'IITA a soulign\u00e9 les d\u00e9fis op\u00e9rationnels d\u00e9coulant de l'absence d'un APH formel et a demand\u00e9 le soutien du KALRO pour faciliter les \u00e9changes avec les autorit\u00e9s gouvernementales comp\u00e9tentes afin d'acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer le processus, permettant ainsi \u00e0 l'IITA de fonctionner plus efficacement en tant qu'entit\u00e9 \u00e9tablie et reconnue dans le pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La visite de courtoisie a r\u00e9affirm\u00e9 la solide relation institutionnelle entre l'IITA et le KALRO et a d\u00e9fini une voie claire pour une collaboration renforc\u00e9e ax\u00e9e sur l'amplification de l'impact, le renforcement des capacit\u00e9s de recherche nationales et la fourniture de solutions scientifiques qui soutiennent les moyens de subsistance des agriculteurs et le d\u00e9veloppement durable des syst\u00e8mes agroalimentaires du Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Contributed by Rose-Harriet Okech<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A high-level delegation from IITA Kenya paid a courtesy visit to the newly appointed Director General of the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization 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