{"id":12318,"date":"2026-06-09T18:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/staff\/ernest-assah-asiedu\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T14:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:48:40","slug":"ernest-assah-asiedu","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/staff\/ernest-assah-asiedu\/","title":{"rendered":"Asiedu, Ernest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><span lang=\"en-GB\">Ernest Asiedu<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u00a0est actuellement le responsable de l'engagement national et r\u00e9gional du TAAT pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest au sein de la centrale TAAT (TAAT Clearing House) de l'IITA, station de Cotonou. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 le coordinateur du pacte riz du TAAT (2020-2023) \u00e0 AfricaRice. Il est sp\u00e9cialiste des semences et titulaire d'une licence (B.Sc.) en sciences agronomiques de l'Universit\u00e9 du Ghana (1979-1981), d'une ma\u00eetrise (M.Sc.) en science et technologie des semences de l'Universit\u00e9 d'\u00c9tat du Mississippi, aux \u00c9tats-Unis (1984-1986), et d'un doctorat (Ph.D.) en physiologie des semences de l'Universit\u00e9 d'Aberdeen, en \u00c9cosse (1992-1996).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Ernest a travaill\u00e9 auparavant avec l'Institut de recherche sur les cultures du CSIR (CSIR-CRI), au Ghana (1981-2006), a atteint le poste de scientifique de recherche principal, a dirig\u00e9 la division des semences et de la biotechnologie et a \u00e9t\u00e9 le coordinateur homologue pour l'Unit\u00e9 de d\u00e9veloppement des semences de l'Afrique de l'Ouest financ\u00e9e par la GIZ (1996 \u00e0 2004).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Au CORAF, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 Coordinateur du r\u00e9seau des c\u00e9r\u00e9ales (2006-2007), Gestionnaire du programme des cultures de base (2007-2012), Chef de parti du Programme semencier pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest (WASP ; 2012-2017) et Gestionnaire du Partenariat pour la recherche agricole et l'\u00e9ducation (PAIRED ; 2017-2018). Il a dirig\u00e9 la mise en \u0153uvre de la r\u00e9glementation semenci\u00e8re de la CEDEAO-UEMOA-CILSS dans 17 \u00c9tats membres et a facilit\u00e9 la mise en r\u00e9seau des institutions nationales et internationales, des associations professionnelles de semences et des agences de certification des semences pour la fourniture de semences. Il a occup\u00e9 les postes de Directeur ex\u00e9cutif par int\u00e9rim et de Directeur de l'innovation de la recherche par int\u00e9rim au CORAF. Il est devenu consultant pour le Programme d'am\u00e9lioration de la productivit\u00e9 agricole de la zone de savane (SAPIP ; 2018-2020) financ\u00e9 par la BAD au Ghana, avant de rejoindre AfricaRice en avril 2020, puis le m\u00e9canisme de coordination (Clearing House) du TAAT en juillet 2023. Le Dr Asiedu a \u00e9t\u00e9 membre du Comit\u00e9 de la vigueur des semences de l'Association internationale d'essais de semences pendant deux mandats (2000 \u00e0 2008) et membre de l'Association of Official Seed Analysts (\u00c9tats-Unis), entre autres. Il compte plusieurs publications scientifiques \u00e0 son actif et a re\u00e7u de nombreux prix.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ernest Asiedu\u00a0is presently, the TAAT Regional Country Engagement Officer for West Africa at the TAAT Clearing House, IITA, Cotonou station. 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