{"id":33055,"date":"2026-08-12T16:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iita.org\/?post_type=news-item&#038;p=33055"},"modified":"2026-08-12T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:32:15","slug":"cgiar-and-fara-put-africa-at-the-center-of-agricultural-vision-at-aasw9","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/cgiar-and-fara-put-africa-at-the-center-of-agricultural-vision-at-aasw9\/","title":{"rendered":"CGIAR et FARA placent l'Afrique au centre de la vision agricole au AASW9"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-1.png\" alt=\"IITA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director for Continental Africa, Dr Simeon Ehui giving a virtual address.\" class=\"wp-image-33057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-1.png 820w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-1-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-1-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Le Dr Simeon Ehui, Directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l'IITA et Directeur r\u00e9gional du CGIAR pour l'Afrique continentale, pronon\u00e7ant une allocution virtuelle.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En marge de la 9e Semaine scientifique de l'agriculture en Afrique (AASW9) et de la 10e Assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale du FARA, qui viennent de s'achever \u00e0 Abuja, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\"><u>CGIAR<\/u><\/a>\u00a0a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 aux partenaires et aux parties prenantes le projet de Strat\u00e9gie pour l'Afrique, visant \u00e0 fa\u00e7onner l'avenir de l'agriculture africaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Des scientifiques aux repr\u00e9sentants d'organisations paysannes, les discussions ont converg\u00e9 vers une seule question lors de la pr\u00e9sentation du projet de strat\u00e9gie : que faudrait-il pour que l'Afrique dirige v\u00e9ritablement sa propre transformation agricole ? Lors de l'\u00e9v\u00e9nement parall\u00e8le organis\u00e9 conjointement par le CGIAR et le Forum pour la recherche agricole en Afrique (FARA), les discussions se sont concentr\u00e9es sur l'avenir de la recherche agricole sur le continent et le r\u00f4le que les institutions africaines devraient jouer pour la stimuler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avec le projet de strat\u00e9gie du CGIAR pour l'Afrique, le continent dispose d\u00e9sormais d'une feuille de route qui vise \u00e0 repositionner l'un des plus grands partenariats de recherche agricole au monde, passant du r\u00f4le de simple ex\u00e9cutant de projets \u00e0 celui de catalyseur pour le renforcement des institutions africaines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En ouvrant la session, le Dr Namukolo Covic, responsable du bureau de liaison du CGIAR pour l'Afrique, a clairement indiqu\u00e9 que le document \u00e9tait encore en \u00e9volution. Les discussions lors de l'\u00e9v\u00e9nement, a-t-elle d\u00e9clar\u00e9, \u00e9taient con\u00e7ues pour recueillir les commentaires des parties prenantes dont les perspectives aideraient \u00e0 affiner la strat\u00e9gie avant la prochaine pr\u00e9sentation au Forum sur les syst\u00e8mes alimentaires en Afrique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cette invitation a donn\u00e9 le ton des conversations qui ont suivi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">S'exprimant virtuellement depuis Washington, le Dr Simeon Ehui, directeur r\u00e9gional de CGIAR pour l'Afrique, a mis au d\u00e9fi les participants de repenser la mani\u00e8re dont le succ\u00e8s du d\u00e9veloppement agricole doit \u00eatre \u00e9valu\u00e9. Plut\u00f4t que de compter les projets mis en \u0153uvre ou achev\u00e9s, ou les innovations lanc\u00e9es, le Dr Ehui a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que le v\u00e9ritable h\u00e9ritage de CGIAR devrait se refl\u00e9ter dans la force des propres institutions de recherche, universit\u00e9s et syst\u00e8mes d'innovation de l'Afrique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La strat\u00e9gie pr\u00e9voit que d'ici 2045, le CGIAR aura une empreinte op\u00e9rationnelle plus restreinte mais une plus grande influence, et sera plus \u00e9troitement align\u00e9 sur les priorit\u00e9s continentales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pr\u00e9sentant le projet de strat\u00e9gie, le Dr Steve Omamo du <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifpri.org\/\"><u>Institut international de recherche sur les politiques alimentaires (IFPRI)<\/u><\/a>, dans sa pr\u00e9sentation, a identifi\u00e9 six priorit\u00e9s strat\u00e9giques propos\u00e9es : r\u00e9duire la d\u00e9pendance aux importations alimentaires, renforcer les corridors commerciaux r\u00e9silients, transformer les syst\u00e8mes nationaux de recherche et de livraison, faire progresser la transformation num\u00e9rique, fournir des r\u00e9gimes alimentaires sains et abordables, et restaurer les ressources naturelles et la r\u00e9silience climatique. Les objectifs comprennent la modernisation de 10 \u00e0 15 instituts nationaux de recherche agricole pour atteindre des capacit\u00e9s comparables \u00e0 celles d'institutions mondialement respect\u00e9es telles que l'EMBRAPA du Br\u00e9sil ou l'ICAR de l'Inde. Il propose \u00e9galement la cr\u00e9ation d'un fonds commun de donn\u00e9es agricoles \u00e0 l'\u00e9chelle de l'Afrique pour am\u00e9liorer la collaboration, la production de donn\u00e9es probantes et la prise de d\u00e9cision entre les pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-2.png\" alt=\"Head, Liaison Office for Africa, CGIAR System Organization, Dr Namukolo Covic during her address.\" class=\"wp-image-33058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-2.png 820w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-2-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-2-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-2-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Chef du Bureau de liaison pour l'Afrique de l'Organisation du Syst\u00e8me CGIAR, le Dr Namukolo Covic, lors de son allocution.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour le directeur ex\u00e9cutif du FARA, le Dr Aggrey Agumya, l'importance de la strat\u00e9gie r\u00e9side non seulement dans son ambition mais aussi dans son ex\u00e9cution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En repla\u00e7ant la strat\u00e9gie dans son contexte, il a not\u00e9 qu'elle s'appuie sur des efforts ant\u00e9rieurs, citant l'Agenda scientifique du PDDAA de 2012 et les consultations d'Abidjan de 2022. Selon le Dr Agumya, si ces deux initiatives ont g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9 des engagements importants, leur mise en \u0153uvre n'a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 la hauteur des ambitions. Le processus actuel, a-t-il sugg\u00e9r\u00e9, sera jug\u00e9 selon le m\u00eame \u00e9talon, non pas sur la qualit\u00e9 de sa formulation, mais sur l'impact qu'il g\u00e9n\u00e8re.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cette r\u00e9alit\u00e9 a fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 les discussions en ateliers, au cours desquelles les participants ont examin\u00e9 l'orientation g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de la Strat\u00e9gie et la faisabilit\u00e9 de ses priorit\u00e9s propos\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les participants ont salu\u00e9 l'accent mis sur le renforcement des institutions africaines, mais ont soutenu que le d\u00e9veloppement des capacit\u00e9s devrait aller au-del\u00e0 des chercheurs pour inclure les agriculteurs et les acteurs de l'innovation locale qui sont essentiels pour traduire la science en impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faisant rapport pour l'un des groupes de travail, Vivian Atakos a observ\u00e9 que les femmes restent concentr\u00e9es dans la production de cultures \u00e0 faible valeur ajout\u00e9e et hautement p\u00e9rissables, tout en continuant \u00e0 faire face \u00e0 des opportunit\u00e9s limit\u00e9es dans des cha\u00eenes de valeur agricoles plus rentables. Les participants ont appel\u00e9 \u00e0 un soutien scientifique renforc\u00e9 pour la g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de revenus des femmes et l'agriculture sensible \u00e0 la nutrition, arguant qu'une croissance inclusive doit \u00eatre d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment con\u00e7ue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Des discussions ont \u00e9galement soulev\u00e9 des pr\u00e9occupations qui ont accompagn\u00e9 la recherche agricole en Afrique. Les participants ont d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que des organisations comme le CGIAR devraient \u00e9largir leur attention aux cultures indig\u00e8nes et sous-utilis\u00e9es ayant un potentiel significatif pour la nutrition, la r\u00e9silience climatique et la diversification des moyens de subsistance. Ils ont \u00e9galement recommand\u00e9 une co-cr\u00e9ation plus \u00e9troite avec le secteur priv\u00e9 et une continuation de la cr\u00e9ation de valeur au-del\u00e0 de la dur\u00e9e de vie des projets individuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D'autres ont soutenu que la transformation num\u00e9rique de l'Afrique ne devait pas cr\u00e9er de nouvelles formes de d\u00e9pendance. Les solutions num\u00e9riques, ont-ils affirm\u00e9, devaient s'appuyer sur les comp\u00e9tences locales, l'appropriation et les capacit\u00e9s pour rester viables bien apr\u00e8s la fin des projets financ\u00e9s par les donateurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-3.png\" alt=\"Participants during one of the breakout sessions.\" class=\"wp-image-33059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-3.png 820w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-3-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-3-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CGIAR-and-FARA-pic-3-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Des participants lors de l'une des sessions de travail en petits groupes.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plusieurs participants ont contest\u00e9 la Strat\u00e9gie visant \u00e0 accorder une plus grande attention aux maillons de la cha\u00eene de valeur agricole qui re\u00e7oivent souvent le moins d'investissements \u2014 la manutention post-r\u00e9colte, la transformation, le stockage et l'acc\u00e8s aux march\u00e9s \u2014 o\u00f9 des pertes substantielles continuent d'\u00e9roder les revenus des agriculteurs et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire nationale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le financement est apparu comme un autre sujet de discussion r\u00e9current, les participants faisant remarquer que le passage \u00e0 une mise en \u0153uvre dirig\u00e9e par l'Afrique n'a pas encore clarifi\u00e9 son mode de financement, alors m\u00eame qu'une grande partie des investissements actuels dans la recherche agricole continue de provenir de l'ext\u00e9rieur du continent. Ils ont appel\u00e9 \u00e0 des voies plus claires qui encouragent une mobilisation accrue des ressources nationales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comme les discussions <a>a pris fin<\/a>, le Dr Ehui a reconnu que la consultation avait g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9 de pr\u00e9cieuses recommandations sur les partenariats, les m\u00e9canismes de financement et les objectifs mesurables pour les femmes et les jeunes. Les contributions qui fa\u00e7onneront la prochaine version de la Strat\u00e9gie seront pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es lors du Forum sur les syst\u00e8mes alimentaires en Afrique (AFSF), parall\u00e8lement aux premi\u00e8res discussions sur le processus de la strat\u00e9gie globale du CGIAR pour 2040.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans ses remarques de cl\u00f4ture, le Dr Agumya, qui a pass\u00e9 six ans au sein du syst\u00e8me du CGIAR avant de diriger le FARA, a qualifi\u00e9 le changement propos\u00e9 de rupture audacieuse avec la convention. Il a soulign\u00e9 qu'un syst\u00e8me choisissant de devenir moins central, au service du renforcement des institutions africaines, adopte une conception fondamentalement diff\u00e9rente du partenariat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le succ\u00e8s ultime de cette vision d\u00e9pendra non seulement de la strat\u00e9gie elle-m\u00eame, mais aussi de la volont\u00e9 des gouvernements, des institutions de recherche, des universit\u00e9s, du secteur priv\u00e9 et des partenaires au d\u00e9veloppement de transformer ses aspirations en un changement durable. \u00c0 en juger par la franchise des discussions \u00e0 Abuja, les parties prenantes semblent d\u00e9termin\u00e9es \u00e0 faire en sorte que cette strat\u00e9gie devienne plus qu'un simple document bien r\u00e9dig\u00e9, mais une feuille de route qui place v\u00e9ritablement l'Afrique au centre de son propre avenir agricole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the sidelines of the just-concluded 9th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW9) and the 10th FARA General Assembly in Abuja, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33057,"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":[2958,2959,2897,2957,2960,2956],"science-area":[5],"program":[113],"location":[32],"news-type":[51],"hub":[62],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[73],"item-year":[204],"class_list":["post-33055","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-aasw9","tag-africa-strategy","tag-agriculture","tag-agrifood-systems","tag-cgiar-smallholder-farmers","tag-economic-resilience","science-area-system-transformation","program-gender-youth-and-social-inclusion-gysi","location-nigeria","news-type-news","hub-eastern-africa","impact-areas-poverty-reduction-livelihoods-and-jobs","item-year-204"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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