{"id":18572,"date":"2026-06-20T13:06:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/vacs-fellows-strengthen-capacity-through-regional-learning-tour-in-zimbabwe\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:44:50","slug":"vacs-fellows-strengthen-capacity-through-regional-learning-tour-in-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/vacs-fellows-strengthen-capacity-through-regional-learning-tour-in-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Les boursiers du VACS renforcent leurs capacit\u00e9s gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une tourn\u00e9e d'apprentissage r\u00e9gionale au Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boursiers du VACS au bureau du CIMMYT \u00e0 Harare, au Zimbabwe.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partout en Afrique, des cultures telles que le taro, l'amarante, le s\u00e9same, le pois de terre, le pois d'Angole, l'\u00e9leusine et le gombo, souvent qualifi\u00e9es de cultures \u201c d'opportunit\u00e9 \u201d ou sous-utilis\u00e9es, restent essentielles pour les r\u00e9gimes alimentaires locaux, la nutrition et la r\u00e9silience climatique, mais elles continuent de recevoir des investissements limit\u00e9s en mati\u00e8re de recherche, d'am\u00e9lioration g\u00e9n\u00e9tique et de d\u00e9veloppement des syst\u00e8mes semenciers. Alors que la variabilit\u00e9 climatique s'intensifie et que les syst\u00e8mes alimentaires font face \u00e0 une pression croissante, ces cultures offrent un potentiel significatif pour diversifier la production, am\u00e9liorer la nutrition et renforcer la r\u00e9silience des petits exploitants agricoles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le projet de Vision pour les cultures et les sols adapt\u00e9s (VACS) s'emploie \u00e0 lib\u00e9rer ce potentiel en accordant la priorit\u00e9 \u00e0 ces cultures dans le cadre d'un effort plus large visant \u00e0 b\u00e2tir des syst\u00e8mes alimentaires plus diversifi\u00e9s et plus r\u00e9silients en Afrique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au c\u0153ur de cet effort se trouve le renforcement de la capacit\u00e9 des chercheurs et des praticiens \u00e0 d\u00e9velopper, tester et diffuser \u00e0 grande \u00e9chelle des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s am\u00e9lior\u00e9es qui r\u00e9pondent aux besoins des agriculteurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C'est dans ce contexte que l'IITA-CGIAR a collabor\u00e9 avec le Centre international d'am\u00e9lioration du ma\u00efs et du bl\u00e9 (CIMMYT) pour recruter des stagiaires professionnels du B\u00e9nin, du Ghana, du Mali, du Nig\u00e9ria et du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les boursiers du VACS se sont r\u00e9unis au Zimbabwe du 13 au 17 avril 2026 pour un voyage d'\u00e9tude con\u00e7u pour les doter des comp\u00e9tences pratiques et des connaissances n\u00e9cessaires pour faire progresser la s\u00e9lection et la promotion de ces cultures essentielles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S'exprimant lors de la tourn\u00e9e d'apprentissage, Dean Muungani, responsable des cultures c\u00e9r\u00e9ali\u00e8res \u00e0 l'IITA, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu'avec le changement climatique et l'Afrique qui continue de conna\u00eetre des conditions plus s\u00e8ches, il \u00e9tait temps de se tourner vers des cultures mieux adapt\u00e9es aux conditions m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiques extr\u00eames et de les g\u00e9rer en fonction des exigences du march\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c L'id\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale est de renforcer les capacit\u00e9s des obtenteurs qui vont d\u00e9velopper ces cultures. Nous voulons qu'ils apprennent aupr\u00e8s d'experts de l'industrie et qu'ils soient expos\u00e9s \u00e0 la gestion des essais, des d\u00e9monstrations ainsi qu'\u00e0 la mani\u00e8re d'impliquer les agriculteurs dans l'obtention de ces cultures \u201d, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le parcours d'apprentissage a d\u00e9but\u00e9 par une visite au centre de recherche de Seed Co, o\u00f9 les boursiers ont explor\u00e9 les syst\u00e8mes de d\u00e9veloppement de semences hybrides, notamment la conception des essais, la gestion et les processus d'assurance qualit\u00e9. Un enseignement cl\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 le r\u00f4le essentiel d'essais bien g\u00e9r\u00e9s dans la production de donn\u00e9es fiables qui \u00e9clairent des d\u00e9cisions de s\u00e9lection efficaces. Les participants ont \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 initi\u00e9s \u00e0 des techniques avanc\u00e9es telles que la technologie des haplo\u00efdes doubl\u00e9s, les protocoles de d\u00e9pistage des maladies et l'utilisation d'outils mol\u00e9culaires pour garantir la puret\u00e9 et la qualit\u00e9 des semences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c Je ne saurais trop insister sur l'importance du croisement des id\u00e9es. J'esp\u00e8re que ce qu'ils ont vu ici les inspirera \u00e0 reproduire ce que nous faisons ici dans leurs cultures respectives. Ce que nous cherchons \u00e0 d\u00e9montrer ici, c'est la discipline requise pour produire de mani\u00e8re coh\u00e9rente des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s fiables et performantes \u201d, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Gorden Mabuyaye, responsable mondial de la recherche et du d\u00e9veloppement chez Seed Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La visite s'est poursuivie \u00e0 l'Agricultural Research Trust (ART), o\u00f9 les boursiers ont d\u00e9couvert des mod\u00e8les durables de recherche agricole, notamment des partenariats et de la recherche sous contrat. Ils ont \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 expos\u00e9s \u00e0 des solutions d'engrais innovantes, incluant des technologies \u00e9mergentes de production d'azote \u00e0 la ferme visant \u00e0 r\u00e9duire les co\u00fbts des intrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L'un des temps forts de la visite a \u00e9t\u00e9 le d\u00e9placement vers les Champs-\u00e9coles des producteurs \u00e0 Mudzi, organis\u00e9s par l'Organisation de d\u00e9veloppement de la technologie communautaire (CTDO), au cours duquel les boursiers ont pu observer la s\u00e9lection participative des plantes en pratique. Les agriculteurs ont particip\u00e9 activement aux tests et \u00e0 la s\u00e9lection de vari\u00e9t\u00e9s de cultures encore en cours de d\u00e9veloppement, garantissant ainsi que les produits finaux r\u00e9pondent aux besoins et aux pr\u00e9f\u00e9rences locaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrick Kasasa, coordinateur des programmes du CTDO, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 : \u201c Lorsque les agriculteurs sont impliqu\u00e9s d\u00e8s le d\u00e9but, l'adoption devient beaucoup plus facile. Ils ne sont pas de simples b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires de technologies, ils sont les co-cr\u00e9ateurs de solutions adapt\u00e9es \u00e0 leurs r\u00e9alit\u00e9s. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVoir des agriculteurs activement impliqu\u00e9s dans le processus de s\u00e9lection, de la s\u00e9lection des caract\u00e8res et de la contribution au d\u00e9veloppement des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s, est \u00e0 la fois instructif et inspirant. Cela souligne la valeur de l'engagement continu des agriculteurs dans le d\u00e9veloppement de vari\u00e9t\u00e9s adapt\u00e9es \u00e0 leurs environnements, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Mawulawoe Awity, l'un des boursiers participants du Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les boursiers ont \u00e9galement explor\u00e9 les banques de semences communautaires, qui jouent un r\u00f4le essentiel dans la conservation des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s locales et le maintien de la diversit\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9tique. Ces syst\u00e8mes offrent aux agriculteurs une solution de recours fiable, renfor\u00e7ant ainsi la r\u00e9silience tout en pr\u00e9servant un important mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique au sein des communaut\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D'autres engagements ont inclus des visites des syst\u00e8mes de production de l\u00e9gumes de Seed Co et du CIMMYT, o\u00f9 les boursiers ont \u00e9t\u00e9 introduits au programme d'am\u00e9lioration du ma\u00efs et aux technologies de m\u00e9canisation. Ces exp\u00e9riences ont mis en \u00e9vidence l'importance d'int\u00e9grer des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s am\u00e9lior\u00e9es \u00e0 des syst\u00e8mes de production efficaces pour stimuler la transformation agricole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c Ce programme de renforcement des capacit\u00e9s du VACS est id\u00e9al parce que l'agriculture est dynamique, nous avons de nouvelles technologies qui voient le jour, et dans ce contexte de changement climatique, il est n\u00e9cessaire que les obtenteurs apprennent et utilisent ces technologies pour la s\u00e9lection avanc\u00e9e \u201d, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Xaxier Mikeh, responsable du d\u00e9veloppement des programmes au CIMMYT pour l'Afrique australe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tout au long de la visite, les partenariats sont apparus comme un th\u00e8me central. Les engagements avec des institutions telles que Seed Co, CTDO, ART et CIMMYT ont d\u00e9montr\u00e9 le r\u00f4le crucial de la collaboration dans la mise \u00e0 l'\u00e9chelle de l'innovation et la cr\u00e9ation d'impact au niveau des agriculteurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 la fin de la visite, les boursiers avaient acquis non seulement des connaissances techniques, mais aussi des perspectives pratiques sur la mani\u00e8re dont les innovations agricoles peuvent \u00eatre adapt\u00e9es et mises en \u0153uvre dans leurs pays respectifs, en particulier pour les cultures d'opportunit\u00e9 dans le cadre de l'initiative VACS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La tourn\u00e9e d'apprentissage a soulign\u00e9 un message clair : le renforcement des capacit\u00e9s humaines est essentiel pour transformer les syst\u00e8mes agricoles. Alors que les boursiers rentrent chez eux, ils emportent avec eux les outils, les connaissances et les r\u00e9seaux n\u00e9cessaires pour stimuler l'adoption de technologies am\u00e9lior\u00e9es, renforcer les syst\u00e8mes semenciers et am\u00e9liorer la productivit\u00e9 et les moyens de subsistance des agriculteurs dans toute la r\u00e9gion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Propos\u00e9 par Rachel Namukolo-Nali<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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