{"id":18609,"date":"2026-06-20T13:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-stakeholders-push-for-stronger-legume-seed-systems-to-boost-food-security-in-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:43:59","slug":"iita-stakeholders-push-for-stronger-legume-seed-systems-to-boost-food-security-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-stakeholders-push-for-stronger-legume-seed-systems-to-boost-food-security-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA et les parties prenantes plaident pour des syst\u00e8mes semenciers de l\u00e9gumineuses plus robustes afin de stimuler la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire au Nig\u00e9ria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_34605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34605\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Participants-after-the-Seed-Systems-Summit-at-IITA-Abuja-Station.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34605\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Participants-after-the-Seed-Systems-Summit-at-IITA-Abuja-Station.png\" alt=\"Participants after the Seed Systems Summit at IITA Abuja Station.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants apr\u00e8s le sommet sur les syst\u00e8mes semenciers \u00e0 la station IITA d'Abuja.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les acteurs de la cha\u00eene de valeur des l\u00e9gumineuses au Nigeria ont appel\u00e9 \u00e0 un renforcement de la collaboration, \u00e0 l'am\u00e9lioration des syst\u00e8mes de diffusion des semences et au d\u00e9veloppement vari\u00e9tal ax\u00e9 sur le march\u00e9 afin d'acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire et la productivit\u00e9 durable des l\u00e9gumineuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L'appel a \u00e9t\u00e9 lanc\u00e9 lors d'un sommet de deux jours de la Plateforme multipartite sur les syst\u00e8mes de semences de l\u00e9gumineuses (MSP) organis\u00e9 par <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\">CGIAR<\/a> pour acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer le d\u00e9veloppement et la mise \u00e0 disposition de vari\u00e9t\u00e9s de ni\u00e9b\u00e9 r\u00e9volutionnaires. Le sommet a rassembl\u00e9 des acteurs cl\u00e9s du secteur semencier tout au long des cha\u00eenes de valeur des l\u00e9gumineuses, notamment des chercheurs, des entreprises semenci\u00e8res, des agriculteurs, des agro-revendeurs, des transformateurs, des commercialisateurs, des n\u00e9gociants, des agr\u00e9gateurs, des agents de vulgarisation et des d\u00e9cideurs politiques, afin de discuter de strat\u00e9gies pratiques pour renforcer les syst\u00e8mes de semences de l\u00e9gumineuses, en particulier le ni\u00e9b\u00e9 au Nig\u00e9ria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_34606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34606\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Participants-during-the-Seed-Systems-Summit.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34606\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Participants-during-the-Seed-Systems-Summit.png\" alt=\"Participants during the Seed Systems Summit.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants lors du Sommet sur les syst\u00e8mes semenciers.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">S'exprimant lors du sommet, le professeur Lucky Omoigui a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que la plateforme avait \u00e9t\u00e9 con\u00e7ue pour am\u00e9liorer l'acc\u00e8s des agriculteurs \u00e0 des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s de semences am\u00e9lior\u00e9es et pour renforcer la coordination et la collaboration entre les parties prenantes de toute la cha\u00eene de valeur des l\u00e9gumineuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selon lui, l'initiative vise \u00e0 cr\u00e9er un syst\u00e8me durable, ax\u00e9 sur le secteur priv\u00e9, qui connecte plus efficacement les \u00e9leveurs, les entreprises semenci\u00e8res, les sp\u00e9cialistes du marketing, les transformateurs, les agro-fournisseurs et les agriculteurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_34607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34607\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Participants-of-the-Seed-Systems-Summit.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34607\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Participants-of-the-Seed-Systems-Summit.png\" alt=\"Participants of the Seed Systems Summit observing seed varieties on display during an exhibition tour.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Des participants au Sommet des syst\u00e8mes semenciers observent des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s de semences expos\u00e9es lors d'une visite d'exposition.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c Nous voulons b\u00e2tir une plateforme durable qui renforce la collaboration et garantit que les agriculteurs ont acc\u00e8s aux vari\u00e9t\u00e9s dont ils ont r\u00e9ellement besoin \u201d, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le professeur Omoigui a soulign\u00e9 que les pr\u00e9f\u00e9rences des consommateurs doivent de plus en plus guider la diffusion des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s et accro\u00eetre leur adoption, faisant remarquer que les agriculteurs et les consommateurs exigent d\u00e9sormais des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s dot\u00e9es de caract\u00e9ristiques sp\u00e9cifiques telles qu'un temps de cuisson plus rapide, de grandes graines (t\u00e9nor de graine brun et blanc), un go\u00fbt am\u00e9lior\u00e9, un rendement \u00e9lev\u00e9, une tol\u00e9rance \u00e0 la s\u00e9cheresse et une r\u00e9sistance aux ravageurs et aux maladies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_34608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34608\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Summit-participants-taking-a-tour-of-the-seeds-on-display-during-an-exhibition.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34608\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Summit-participants-taking-a-tour-of-the-seeds-on-display-during-an-exhibition.png\" alt=\"The Summit participants taking a tour of the seeds on display during an exhibition.\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Les participants au Sommet visitant les graines expos\u00e9es lors d'une exposition.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les participants au sommet ont soulign\u00e9 que l'am\u00e9lioration des syst\u00e8mes semenciers reste essentielle pour faire face \u00e0 l'ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire au Nig\u00e9ria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le professeur Shehu Garki Ado, pr\u00e9sident du sous-comit\u00e9 technique des cultures du Comit\u00e9 national pour l'inscription et la commercialisation des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s de cultures, des races de b\u00e9tail et des p\u00eaches, rattach\u00e9 \u00e0 l'Institut de recherche agronomique (IAR) de Zaria, a qualifi\u00e9 le sommet d'opportun et de strat\u00e9gique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c Le syst\u00e8me semencier commence par l'enregistrement et la commercialisation des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9. Le Nigeria, avec ses vastes ressources, ne devrait pas avoir \u00e0 importer de nourriture. Il devrait \u00eatre en mesure d'en exporter. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il a en outre soulign\u00e9 la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de formaliser le commerce des produits agricoles et de renforcer la sensibilisation des parties prenantes afin d'am\u00e9liorer la productivit\u00e9 et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire nationale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les discussions en sous-groupes lors du sommet ont permis d'identifier plusieurs contraintes majeures affectant les syst\u00e8mes semenciers de l\u00e9gumineuses, notamment la disponibilit\u00e9 et l'accessibilit\u00e9 limit\u00e9es des semences, la faible coordination entre les institutions de recherche et les entreprises semenci\u00e8res, la hausse des co\u00fbts de production, la mauvaise couverture de la vulgarisation et des liens inad\u00e9quats avec le march\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les parties prenantes ont \u00e9galement soulign\u00e9 l'importance d'impliquer plus activement les agriculteurs dans les processus de d\u00e9veloppement vari\u00e9tal afin de garantir que les nouvelles vari\u00e9t\u00e9s refl\u00e8tent les d\u00e9fis r\u00e9els de la production et les demandes du march\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les agriculteurs et les entreprises semenci\u00e8res ont partag\u00e9 des exp\u00e9riences pratiques de terrain avec des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s de ni\u00e9b\u00e9 pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9es telles que ALKAM SUPER, FUAMPEA 2 et SAMPEA14, citant des caract\u00e9ristiques souhaitables comprenant un fort potentiel de rendement, une r\u00e9sistance au striga, une taille de graine attrayante, des besoins de pulv\u00e9risation minimes et une excellente qualit\u00e9 de cuisson rapide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ibrahim Muhammad Bello, repr\u00e9sentant de Nagarta Seed Company Limited, dans l'\u00c9tat de Yobe, a fait remarquer que certaines vari\u00e9t\u00e9s am\u00e9lior\u00e9es ont eu des performances exceptionnelles en cas de forte infestation de Striga tout en conservant des rendements \u00e9lev\u00e9s. Certaines de ces vari\u00e9t\u00e9s pourraient \u00eatre am\u00e9lior\u00e9es davantage pour en faire b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier les agriculteurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les parties prenantes ont en outre plaid\u00e9 pour des syst\u00e8mes de formation des agriculteurs plus solides, une utilisation accrue des langues locales et des m\u00e9dias pour la sensibilisation, de meilleurs services de vulgarisation et une plus grande inclusion des agro-revendeurs et des acteurs du march\u00e9 au sein de l'\u00e9cosyst\u00e8me de diffusion des semences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prenant \u00e9galement la parole lors du sommet, Nefisa Aminu Idakwoji, PDG de PFGN Agricultural Ventures, dans l'\u00c9tat de Nasarawa, a soulign\u00e9 lors d'une interview les d\u00e9fis de production auxquels font actuellement face les agriculteurs, notamment la variabilit\u00e9 climatique, la hausse des co\u00fbts des intrants, la p\u00e9nurie de main-d'\u0153uvre et la faiblesse des rendements du march\u00e9. Elle a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que la semence est le fondement de toute production v\u00e9g\u00e9tale. \u201c Lorsque vous avez acc\u00e8s \u00e0 une tr\u00e8s bonne vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de semences, vous avez r\u00e9solu environ 50 pour cent des d\u00e9fis auxquels les agriculteurs sont confront\u00e9s, y compris l'ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire et la durabilit\u00e9. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les participants ont convenu de la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de renforcer les partenariats public-priv\u00e9, les syst\u00e8mes semenciers communautaires, les plateformes d'information num\u00e9rique et les strat\u00e9gies de diffusion ax\u00e9es sur le march\u00e9 afin d'am\u00e9liorer l'adoption de vari\u00e9t\u00e9s am\u00e9lior\u00e9es de l\u00e9gumineuses dans les communaut\u00e9s agricoles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le sommet s'est conclu par un engagement renouvel\u00e9 des parties prenantes \u00e0 renforcer la coordination, \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des semences de qualit\u00e9 et \u00e0 promouvoir des syst\u00e8mes de semences de l\u00e9gumineuses r\u00e9silients et adapt\u00e9s au march\u00e9, qui soutiennent les objectifs de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire et de transformation agricole du Nig\u00e9ria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Propos\u00e9 par Sarah Sallau<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stakeholders across Nigeria\u2019s legume value chain have called for stronger collaboration, improved seed dissemination systems<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":18610,"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":[2871],"science-area":[],"program":[158],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[67],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[204],"class_list":["post-18609","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-community-based-seed-systemscowpeafood-securityiitaiita-news-no-2843legumesnigeriapartnershipsseed-systemsstakeholders-engagementvalue-chain","program-nutrition-and-healthnh","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","crop-cowpea","item-year-204"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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