{"id":11818,"date":"2026-06-09T18:23:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/staff\/meseka-silvestro\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:23:50","slug":"meseka-silvestro","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/staff\/meseka-silvestro\/","title":{"rendered":"Meseka, Silvestro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silvestro Meseka est professeur agr\u00e9g\u00e9 en am\u00e9lioration des plantes et g\u00e9n\u00e9tique \u00e0 l'Agricultural Research Corporation au Soudan. Actuellement, il est scientifique associ\u00e9 sp\u00e9cialiste du ma\u00efs \u00e0 l'IITA \u00e0 Ibadan, au Nig\u00e9ria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silvestro coordonne le \u201c projet de diffusion des hybrides de ma\u00efs \u201d dans le cadre du Programme pour les syst\u00e8mes semenciers en Afrique de l'Alliance pour une r\u00e9volution verte en Afrique (PASS-AGRA) dans sept pays s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9s d'Afrique de l'Ouest (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria et Sierra Leone) depuis mars 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silvestro a obtenu son doctorat en am\u00e9lioration des plantes et en g\u00e9n\u00e9tique de l'Universit\u00e9 de Gezira, au Soudan, alors qu'il \u00e9tait employ\u00e9 \u00e0 la Corporation de recherche agricole du Soudan. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 chercheur invit\u00e9 \u00e0 l'IITA dans le cadre du Programme d'am\u00e9lioration du ma\u00efs ; scientifique invit\u00e9 au CIMMYT \u00e0 Nairobi, au Kenya ; consultant aupr\u00e8s de la FAO \u00e0 Juba et du minist\u00e8re de l'Agriculture et des For\u00eats du Sud-Soudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Son parcours professionnel porte sur l'am\u00e9lioration g\u00e9n\u00e9tique du ma\u00efs pour la tol\u00e9rance au stress de la s\u00e9cheresse et \u00e0 la faiblesse de l'azote. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 un point focal au Sud-Soudan pour le projet \u201c NERICA-Upscaling in northern Uganda and southern Sudan \u00bb. Il a \u00e9galement repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le Soudan au sein du R\u00e9seau du ma\u00efs de l'Afrique de l'Est de l'ASARECA (Association pour le renforcement de la recherche agronomique en Afrique de l'Est et centrale), et a encadr\u00e9 et dirig\u00e9 plusieurs \u00e9tudiants de troisi\u00e8me cycle dans les universit\u00e9s de Gezira et de Juba au Soudan, ainsi qu'\u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 Makerere en Ouganda.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silvestro Meseka is Associate Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics at the Agricultural Research Corporation, Sudan. 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