{"id":11986,"date":"2026-06-09T18:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/staff\/balogun-morufat\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:26:20","slug":"balogun-morufat","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/staff\/balogun-morufat\/","title":{"rendered":"Balogun, Morufat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morufat Balogun est sp\u00e9cialiste en culture tissulaire pour le projet d'am\u00e9lioration de l'igname pour la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des revenus et alimentaire en Afrique de l'Ouest (YIIFSWA), bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Ibadan, au Nig\u00e9ria. Elle travaille sur le d\u00e9veloppement de technologies pour la multiplication \u00e0 haut taux de plants d'igname de s\u00e9lection et de pr\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de haute qualit\u00e9. Elle est titulaire d'une licence en technologie (bachelor's degree) en biologie pure et appliqu\u00e9e de l'Universit\u00e9 de technologie Ladoke Akintola (LAUTECH, 1996), d'une ma\u00eetrise (MSc) en protection des cultures et biologie environnementale (g\u00e9n\u00e9tique) de l'Universit\u00e9 d'Ibadan (1999), et d'un doctorat (PhD) en g\u00e9n\u00e9tique v\u00e9g\u00e9tale de l'Universit\u00e9 d'Ibadan (2005).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elle est ma\u00eetre de conf\u00e9rences (g\u00e9n\u00e9ticienne) \u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 d'Ibadan depuis 2009 et chercheuse invit\u00e9e \u00e0 l'IITA depuis 2012. Elle a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 boursi\u00e8re de l'Universit\u00e9 des Nations Unies \/ Institut pour les ressources naturelles en Afrique (2000) ; de l'IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria (2000-2005) ; et de la bourse internationale de science et technologie Norman E. Borlaug pour les femmes en science du D\u00e9partement de l'Agriculture des \u00c9tats-Unis (2005).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elle encadre actuellement des \u00e9tudiants en doctorat, master et licence et est mentor dans le cadre du programme \u00ab African Women in Agricultural Research and Development \u00bb. 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