{"id":8392,"date":"2026-04-01T13:23:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/?post_type=news-item&p=8392"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:23:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:23:57","slug":"iita-and-nm-aist-to-expand-agricultural-research-beyond-banana-breeding","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-and-nm-aist-to-expand-agricultural-research-beyond-banana-breeding\/","title":{"rendered":"L'IITA et le NM-AIST vont \u00e9tendre la recherche agricole au-del\u00e0 de l'am\u00e9lioration des bananes."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Le s\u00e9lectionneur de bananiers de l'IITA, le professeur Rony Swennen, avec du personnel de l'IITA et des repr\u00e9sentants du NM-AIST.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

IITA<\/a>\u2013CGIAR<\/a> et Institut Africain Nelson Mandela de Science et Technologie (NM-AIST)<\/a> ont r\u00e9affirm\u00e9 leur engagement envers un partenariat solide, marquant une \u00e9tape importante dans l'avancement de la recherche collaborative, de l'innovation et du renforcement des capacit\u00e9s dans les initiatives banani\u00e8res. Ce partenariat, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 prolong\u00e9 de cinq ans, souligne une vision commune pour relever les d\u00e9fis r\u00e9gionaux critiques, en particulier dans les domaines de l'agriculture et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avec une superficie de production de pr\u00e8s de 670 000 hectares, selon FAO<\/a>, La Tanzanie est le deuxi\u00e8me plus grand producteur de bananes d'Afrique de l'Est. La banane, et plus particuli\u00e8rement les bananes plantains des hautes terres, le matooke et le mchare, constituent des aliments de base, notamment dans les r\u00e9gions de Kagera, Mbeya et du Kilimandjaro. Compte tenu de leur importance mais de leurs faibles rendements, qui ne repr\u00e9sentent qu'environ 10 \u00e0 15 % de leur potentiel en raison des ravageurs, des maladies et de pratiques culturales inad\u00e9quates, l'IITA investit dans la recherche sur la banane en Tanzanie depuis 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depuis la signature initiale du protocole d'accord (MoU) en 2014<\/a>, le NM-AIST a accueilli le programme de s\u00e9lection de bananes \u00e0 cuire des hauts plateaux de l'IITA. Le premier programme de s\u00e9lection de bananes en Tanzanie. Ce programme vise \u00e0 d\u00e9velopper des vari\u00e9t\u00e9s am\u00e9lior\u00e9es et \u00e0 haut rendement de la banane \u00e0 cuire des hauts plateaux d'Afrique de l'Est et du Mchare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le NM-AIST fournit un soutien essentiel, notamment des espaces de bureau, l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des laboratoires et des champs d'essai pour la recherche sur le bananier. Le programme d'am\u00e9lioration vari\u00e9tale du bananier de l'IITA en Tanzanie est bas\u00e9 sur le campus du NM-AIST, qui b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie d'excellentes installations physiques, y compris des laboratoires de biologie v\u00e9g\u00e9tale, de biologie mol\u00e9culaire et de pathologie, ainsi que 12 hectares de champs enti\u00e8rement irrigu\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les faibles rendements dus aux ravageurs et aux maladies sont trait\u00e9s par la s\u00e9lection, sensibilisation et campagnes d'\u00e9radication du nanisme de la feuille du bananier (BBTV)<\/a>-plantes infect\u00e9es, et l'am\u00e9lioration de l'agronomie. La s\u00e9lection de l'IITA repose sur sa longue tradition de s\u00e9lection de bananes et de plantains, qui a d\u00e9but\u00e9 au Nigeria \u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Since
Professeur Rony Swennen, s\u00e9lectionneur de bananiers \u00e0 l'IITA, et le Professeur Maulilio Kipanyula, vice-chancelier de la NM-AIST.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

En Tanzanie et en collaboration avec l'Institut de recherche agricole de Tanzanie (TARI), cela a abouti au lancement de quatre vari\u00e9t\u00e9s \u00e0 haut rendement hybrides de matooke<\/a>, d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 conjointement par la National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO) en Ouganda et l'IITA. En moins d'une d\u00e9cennie, les chercheurs ont r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 d\u00e9velopper le premier hybride Mchare, T.2070-1. La nouvelle vari\u00e9t\u00e9 est \u00e0 haut rendement et r\u00e9sistante \u00e0 la fl\u00e9trissure fusarienne. Elle est actuellement en cours d'essais multi-locaux et \u00e0 la ferme et devrait \u00eatre lanc\u00e9e prochainement. Les nouvelles vari\u00e9t\u00e9s peuvent avoir un impact significatif, car une \u00e9tude r\u00e9cente a montr\u00e9 que dans la r\u00e9gion de Kagera, les agriculteurs produisent 120 000 tonnes de bananes suppl\u00e9mentaires par an, g\u00e9n\u00e9rant 7 millions de dollars par an.<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sur le campus de la NM-AIST, le personnel scientifique des deux institutions collabore et les \u00e9tudiants m\u00e8nent des recherches de master et de doctorat sur des sujets li\u00e9s \u00e0 la banane. Par exemple, sur le campus de la NM-AIST, des recherches fructueuses ont \u00e9t\u00e9 men\u00e9es pour augmenter la nouaison chez les Mchare<\/a> (bananes \u00e0 cuire) et \u00e0 d\u00e9velopper des m\u00e9thodes de criblage plus rapides pour la r\u00e9sistance aux n\u00e9matodes, ce qui a permis \u00e0 deux employ\u00e9s de l'IITA d'obtenir une ma\u00eetrise et de publier avec le corps professoral de la NM-AIST. La collaboration prolong\u00e9e de cinq ans vise \u00e0 \u00e9largir d'autres disciplines banani\u00e8res et \u00e0 travailler ensemble dans tout le pays.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IITA\u2013CGIAR and Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) have reaffirmed their commitment to a strong partnership, marking an important step 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