John Derera, Zimbabw\u00e9en, est actuellement le chef de la s\u00e9lection \u00e0 l'IITA. Il est sp\u00e9cialiste en am\u00e9lioration du ma\u00efs, en g\u00e9n\u00e9tique quantitative et biom\u00e9trique, et en R&D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ses int\u00e9r\u00eats portent sur le d\u00e9veloppement inspirant par le biais de l'agriculture durable, de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire et du renforcement des capacit\u00e9s. Il a publi\u00e9 de nombreux articles et dirig\u00e9 de nombreux doctorants en am\u00e9lioration des plantes. Il est titulaire d'un doctorat en am\u00e9lioration des plantes de l'Universit\u00e9 du KwaZulu-Natal, d'un MPhil. en am\u00e9lioration des plantes et en entomologie de l'Universit\u00e9 du Zimbabwe et d'une licence en sciences des cultures de l'Universit\u00e9 du Zimbabwe. Il poss\u00e8de \u00e9galement un dipl\u00f4me de groupe en marketing (LCCI) et un MBA du Management College of Southern Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Avant de rejoindre l'IITA, il a travaill\u00e9 comme responsable mondial de la recherche et du d\u00e9veloppement (Seed Co Group, www.seedcogroup.com<\/a>); Professeur en Am\u00e9lioration des Plantes (African Centre for Crop Improvement, University of KwaZulu-Natal, www.acci.org.za<\/a>); S\u00e9lectionneur de ma\u00efs (Seed Co) ; Charg\u00e9 de recherche (D\u00e9partement de la recherche et des services sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s, Zimbabwe) ; Bourse de recherche (CIMMYT-Zimbabwe). Il est affili\u00e9 \u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 du KwaZulu-Natal et soutient le Centre d'am\u00e9lioration des cultures d'Afrique de l'Ouest (www.wacci.ug.edu.gh<\/a>), Centre r\u00e9gional de Makerere pour l'am\u00e9lioration des cultures (www.marcci.org<\/a>), Universit\u00e9 Pan-Africaine (Universit\u00e9 d'Ibadan, Nigeria) et Universit\u00e9 du Limpopo (Afrique du Sud).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Il a eu l'opportunit\u00e9 de si\u00e9ger dans de nombreux conseils, tels que le conseil ex\u00e9cutif \u00ab Science & Impact \u00bb de l'International Wheat Yield Partnership (www.iwyp.org<\/a>), Conseil consultatif du Centre r\u00e9gional pour l'am\u00e9lioration des cultures de l'Universit\u00e9 Makerere (www.marcci.org<\/a>), Association africaine des s\u00e9lectionneurs, & Conseil de la science des cultures du Zimbabwe. Soybean Innovation Lab, AGRA\u2019S Improved MSc for Cultivar Development (www.agra.org<\/a>), les unit\u00e9s commerciales et le comit\u00e9 ex\u00e9cutif de Seed Co.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John Derera, a Zimbabwean, is currently the Head of Breeding in IITA. He is a specialist in Maize Breeding, Quantitative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"disabled","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","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":[],"ast-content-background-meta":[]},"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"staff-type":[],"class_list":["post-12189","staff","type-staff","status-publish","hentry","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/12189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/staff"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/12189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"science-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/science-area?post=12189"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=12189"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=12189"},{"taxonomy":"hub","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hub?post=12189"},{"taxonomy":"crop","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/crop?post=12189"},{"taxonomy":"staff-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff-type?post=12189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}