{"id":11879,"date":"2026-06-09T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/staff\/kamara-alpha\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:24:08","slug":"kamara-alpha","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/staff\/kamara-alpha\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamara, Alpha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alpha Yaya Kamara est un agronome des syst\u00e8mes et chercheur principal \u00e0 l'IITA. Il dirige la station de Kano et le programme de recherche du CGIAR sur la terre, l'eau et les \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes pour l'IITA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le Dr Kamara poss\u00e8de une vaste exp\u00e9rience de plus de 20 ans en agronomie, gestion de la fertilit\u00e9 des sols, science des cultures, gestion des ressources naturelles, physiologie du stress et \u00e9valuation participative des technologies par les agriculteurs, ce qui lui permet d'initier, de concevoir et de mettre en \u0153uvre efficacement des programmes int\u00e9gr\u00e9s de R4D agricole dans les savanes d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Il collabore avec des coll\u00e8gues des centres nationaux de recherche agricole, des services de vulgarisation, des ONG et des d\u00e9cideurs politiques en Afrique de l'Ouest, du Centre, de l'Est et australe pour d\u00e9velopper et diffuser des pratiques de gestion des cultures compl\u00e9mentaires afin de mieux exploiter le potentiel des cultivars tol\u00e9rants au stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il coordonne et g\u00e8re plusieurs projets ax\u00e9s sur la R4D (recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement) visant \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer les moyens de subsistance ruraux en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre. Il poss\u00e8de \u00e9galement une vaste exp\u00e9rience dans le suivi et l'\u00e9valuation de projets mis en \u0153uvre conjointement avec des institutions nationales en Afrique subsaharienne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le Dr Kamara a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 de nombreuses propositions \u00e0 l&#x27;IITA, pour un montant total de plus de $23 millions de dollars am\u00e9ricains. Il a publi\u00e9 plus de 50 articles dans des revues scientifiques, 20 articles dans des recueils de r\u00e9sum\u00e9s et 19 communications dans des actes de colloques sur la gestion des ressources naturelles, la fertilit\u00e9 des sols, la gestion des mauvaises herbes et des cultures, ainsi que la physiologie des cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avant de rejoindre l'IITA, il a travaill\u00e9 comme assistant scientifique (1998-1999) \u00e0 l'Institut des sciences des cultures de l'Universit\u00e9 de Kassel en Allemagne, o\u00f9 il a conseill\u00e9 des \u00e9tudiants dipl\u00f4m\u00e9s et formul\u00e9 des propositions de subventions ; assistant de recherche (1987-1988) et charg\u00e9 de recherche (1993-1995) \u00e0 l'Institut de recherche agricole de Njala, en Sierra Leone ; et agronome au sein du Programme des femmes de l'Association nationale des agriculteurs de Sierra Leone (1986-1987). Il a re\u00e7u le prix pour les jeunes scientifiques du programme sur l'Homme et la biosph\u00e8re (MAB) de l'UNESCO en 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le Dr Kamara a obtenu sa licence en agriculture g\u00e9n\u00e9rale \u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 de Sierra Leone en 1986, sa ma\u00eetrise en agronomie \u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 Christian Albrecht de Kiel, en Allemagne, en 1993, et son doctorat en agronomie et gestion des ressources naturelles \u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 de Kassel, en Allemagne, en 1998.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alpha Yaya Kamara is a Systems Agronomist and Principal Scientist at IITA. 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