{"id":164205,"date":"2026-10-07T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/?p=164205"},"modified":"2026-10-07T00:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:22:50","slug":"huile-de-palme-durable-yangambi-rdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/164205\/huile-de-palme-durable-yangambi-rdc","title":{"rendered":"Un nouveau chapitre pour une fili\u00e8re durable de l\u2019huile de palme \u00e0 Yangambi, en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans les ann\u00e9es 1930 et 1940, la station de recherche de Yangambi abritait l\u2019un des principaux programmes mondiaux d\u2019am\u00e9lioration g\u00e9n\u00e9tique du palmier \u00e0 huile. Les scientifiques travaillant alors \u00e0 l\u2019Institut national pour l\u2019\u00e9tude agronomique du Congo belge (INEAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/10.5149\/9781469662916_robins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ont contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00e9lucider les m\u00e9canismes g\u00e9n\u00e9tiques \u00e0 l\u2019origine du tenera<\/a>, un hybride \u00e0 haut rendement obtenu par croisement entre le dura, \u00e0 coque \u00e9paisse, et le pisifera, d\u00e9pourvu de coque. Leurs travaux ont d\u00e9montr\u00e9 que l\u2019\u00e9paisseur de la coque \u00e9tait contr\u00f4l\u00e9e par un seul g\u00e8ne et que le croisement entre <em>dura<\/em> et <em>pisifera<\/em> permettait d\u2019obtenir de mani\u00e8re fiable des palmiers <em>tenera<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les implications de cette d\u00e9couverte furent consid\u00e9rables. Avec une coque plus fine et une proportion beaucoup plus importante de pulpe contenant de l\u2019huile, le tenera produisait nettement plus d\u2019huile que les palmiers dura auparavant utilis\u00e9s dans les plantations commerciales. Au cours des d\u00e9cennies suivantes, le mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 au Congo est devenu un \u00e9l\u00e9ment important des programmes d\u2019am\u00e9lioration du palmier \u00e0 huile en Asie du Sud-Est, notamment avec l\u2019expansion rapide des fili\u00e8res en Malaisie et en Indon\u00e9sie \u00e0 partir des ann\u00e9es 1950. Aujourd\u2019hui, ces deux pays repr\u00e9sentent \u00e0 eux seuls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fas.usda.gov\/data\/production\/4243000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">plus de 80 %<\/a> de la production mondiale d\u2019huile de palme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-baaca9a6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5854-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Oil palm seedlings growing in an experimental nursery at Yangambi during the INEAC period.\" class=\"wp-image-164095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5854-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5854-566x383.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5854-613x415.jpg 613w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5854-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5854-220x149.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5854-1536x1040.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5854-2048x1386.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Plants de palmier \u00e0 huile dans une p\u00e9pini\u00e8re exp\u00e9rimentale de Yangambi \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque de l\u2019INEAC, collection de la biblioth\u00e8que de l\u2019INERA.<br><br><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5906-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"King Baudouin of Belgium visiting an oil palm research programme at Yangambi in 1955.\" class=\"wp-image-164100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5906-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5906-566x377.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5906-623x415.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5906-263x176.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5906-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5906-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5906-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5906-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5906-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Le roi Baudouin de Belgique lors de sa visite du programme de recherche sur le palmier \u00e0 huile \u00e0 Yangambi en 1955, collection de la biblioth\u00e8que de l\u2019INERA.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pourtant, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 une p\u00e9riode tr\u00e8s r\u00e9cente, il ne restait que peu de choses \u00e0 Yangambi de cette ancienne capacit\u00e9 de recherche sur le palmier \u00e0 huile. La station, aujourd\u2019hui g\u00e9r\u00e9e par l\u2019Institut national pour l\u2019\u00e9tude et la recherche agronomiques (INERA), l\u2019institut national de recherche agricole de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, a subi des d\u00e9cennies de sous-investissement chronique. De vastes \u00e9tendues d\u2019anciennes plantations de palmiers \u00e0 huile subsistent, mais leurs arbres, dont certains d\u00e9passent 20 m\u00e8tres de hauteur, ont largement d\u00e9pass\u00e9 la dur\u00e9e de vie \u00e9conomique de la culture, estim\u00e9e \u00e0 environ 25 \u00e0 30 ans. Quant au programme d\u2019am\u00e9lioration g\u00e9n\u00e9tique, le manque de ressources ad\u00e9quates, d\u2019\u00e9quipements et d\u2019expertise sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e a emp\u00each\u00e9 pendant des d\u00e9cennies les chercheurs de l\u2019INERA de mener correctement leurs travaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-baaca9a6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_01-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tall, mature oil palms growing in an ageing plantation at Yangambi.\" class=\"wp-image-164106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_01-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_01-566x377.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_01-623x415.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_01-263x176.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_01-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_01-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ancienne plantation de palmiers \u00e0 huile. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance.<br><br><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_06-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of an abandoned palm oil refinery in Yangambi, with old processing equipment and structures visible.\" class=\"wp-image-164112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_06-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_06-566x377.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_06-623x415.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_06-263x176.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_06-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_06-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_06-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ancienne raffinerie d\u2019huile de palme abandonn\u00e9e \u00e0 Yangambi. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une nouvelle initiative cherche \u00e0 changer cette situation. Elle s\u2019inscrit dans un effort engag\u00e9 depuis une dizaine d\u2019ann\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle du paysage pour faire de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscapealliance.org\/yangambi-engagement-landscape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Yangambi un p\u00f4le r\u00e9gional<\/a> de conservation, de recherche scientifique et de d\u00e9veloppement, avec le soutien de l\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne au fil des ann\u00e9es et, plus r\u00e9cemment, du Royaume-Uni. R\u00e9unissant l\u2019INERA, le CIFOR-ICRAF (Landscape Alliance) et la Fondation Virunga, cette initiative vise \u00e0 relancer la production et le commerce locaux d\u2019huile de palme, tout en cr\u00e9ant des moyens de subsistance durables pour les communaut\u00e9s locales et en r\u00e9duisant la pression exerc\u00e9e sur les for\u00eats environnantes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-des-terres-anciennes-de-nouveaux-palmiers\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Des terres anciennes, de nouveaux palmiers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le palmier \u00e0 huile (<em>Elaeis guineensis<\/em>) est originaire d\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Ouest et du Centre, o\u00f9 il est cultiv\u00e9 et utilis\u00e9 \u00e0 des fins alimentaires depuis des milliers d\u2019ann\u00e9es. \u00c0 Yangambi et dans ses environs, notamment dans le chef-lieu de la province de la Tshopo, Kisangani, en pleine croissance, l\u2019huile de palme rouge non raffin\u00e9e est largement utilis\u00e9e dans la pr\u00e9paration de plats traditionnels tels que le <em>pondu<\/em>, \u00e0 base de feuilles de manioc, ainsi que de rago\u00fbts de viande. La demande est satisfaite par une combinaison de production artisanale \u00e0 petite \u00e9chelle et d\u2019huile de palme achemin\u00e9e depuis d\u2019autres r\u00e9gions du pays et de l\u2019\u00e9tranger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b26833bd wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-parallax has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;min-height:80vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Palm fruits being boiled in large containers over a wood fire during traditional palm oil production.\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-164117 size-full has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALMOIL_09-scaled.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#7d7660\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-a2503c34 wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0a36cb25 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-top-right-radius:10px;background-color:#07070780;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-f802896fee2d4644120ea124067f6d57 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"writing-mode:horizontal-tb\"><em>Les fruits du palmier sont bouillis afin d\u2019attendrir la pulpe. La production traditionnelle utilise du bois de chauffage. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance.<br><br><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une grande partie des palmiers \u00e0 huile cultiv\u00e9s autour de Yangambi provient de mat\u00e9riel de plantation vieillissant ou de mauvaise qualit\u00e9, tandis que les agriculteurs ont un acc\u00e8s limit\u00e9 aux techniques am\u00e9lior\u00e9es de culture et de transformation. La production d\u2019huile de palme est donc tr\u00e8s exigeante en main-d\u2019\u0153uvre, alors que les rendements restent faibles et que l\u2019huile est souvent de qualit\u00e9 m\u00e9diocre. Avec peu de possibilit\u00e9s d\u2019accro\u00eetre leur production sur les terres qu\u2019ils cultivent d\u00e9j\u00e0, les agriculteurs peuvent \u00eatre amen\u00e9s \u00e0 \u00e9tendre leurs superficies, parfois en d\u00e9frichant la for\u00eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour Maxwell Kubi, qui coordonne les activit\u00e9s d\u2019agro\u00e9cologie du CIFOR-ICRAF (Landscape Alliance) \u00e0 Yangambi, le d\u00e9fi consiste donc \u00e0 accro\u00eetre la production sans que cela se fasse au d\u00e9triment des for\u00eats environnantes. <em>\u00ab Plut\u00f4t que de d\u00e9fricher la for\u00eat pour \u00e9tablir de nouvelles plantations, nous remettons en production d\u2019anciennes plantations \u00bb, <\/em>explique-t-il.<em> \u00ab Cela n\u00e9cessite de remplacer les palmiers vieillissants par du mat\u00e9riel de plantation am\u00e9lior\u00e9, capable de produire davantage d\u2019huile sur la m\u00eame superficie. \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_08-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A man manually pressing boiled palm fruits to extract oil during traditional processing.\" class=\"wp-image-164122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_08-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_08-566x377.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_08-623x415.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_08-263x176.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_08-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_08-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_08-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_08-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALM_08-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Apr\u00e8s la cuisson, les fruits ramollis sont press\u00e9s manuellement afin d\u2019en extraire la pulpe. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les fruits du palmier \u00e0 huile fournissent deux huiles diff\u00e9rentes : l\u2019huile de palme, extraite de la pulpe charnue, et l\u2019huile de palmiste, extraite de l\u2019amande situ\u00e9e au centre du fruit. Toutes deux peuvent \u00eatre transform\u00e9es en une large gamme de produits, des huiles alimentaires et aliments transform\u00e9s aux savons et aux cosm\u00e9tiques, ouvrant ainsi des perspectives de transformation locale et de d\u00e9veloppement d\u2019activit\u00e9s commerciales au-del\u00e0 de la simple vente des r\u00e9gimes de fruits r\u00e9colt\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019ambition est donc de s\u2019appuyer sur l\u2019empreinte agricole existante de Yangambi pour construire une cha\u00eene de valeur locale plus durable, capable d\u2019accro\u00eetre l\u2019approvisionnement des m\u00e9nages et des industries locales, de g\u00e9n\u00e9rer des revenus et des emplois et de r\u00e9duire la pression visant \u00e0 \u00e9tendre les superficies cultiv\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-05f276a1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-parallax has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;min-height:80vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"A traditional palm oil processing site with smoke rising from a wood-fired cooking area.\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-164128 size-full has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALMOIL_08-scaled.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#757153\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-a2503c34 wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0a36cb25 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-top-right-radius:10px;background-color:#07070780;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-b62e6b73c081789f4c3e72546252a0fc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"writing-mode:horizontal-tb\"><em>Les m\u00e9thodes traditionnelles d\u2019extraction donnent souvent de faibles rendements malgr\u00e9 la quantit\u00e9 importante de travail n\u00e9cessaire. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Landscape Alliance travaille avec l\u2019INERA \u00e0 la remise en place et \u00e0 la gestion de p\u00e9pini\u00e8res modernes, tout en r\u00e9habilitant les anciennes plantations. Depuis 2025, quelque 200 hectares de la concession de l\u2019INERA ont \u00e9t\u00e9 replant\u00e9s avec de nouveaux palmiers. Le potentiel est consid\u00e9rablement plus important : \u00e0 lui seul, l\u2019INERA dispose de plus de 1 700 hectares de plantations vieillissantes de palmiers \u00e0 huile qui pourraient progressivement \u00eatre remis en production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La m\u00eame approche devrait s\u2019\u00e9tendre au-del\u00e0 de la concession de l\u2019INERA. \u00c0 moyen terme, l\u2019objectif est de fournir du mat\u00e9riel de plantation am\u00e9lior\u00e9 aux petits exploitants qui produisent d\u00e9j\u00e0 de l\u2019huile de palme, afin de leur permettre de remplacer progressivement les palmiers vieillissants et \u00e0 faible rendement. Pour les agriculteurs, le principe est simple : de meilleures semences peuvent produire davantage de fruits et donc davantage de revenus sur la m\u00eame superficie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALMOIL_18-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A person processing palm fruit beside a basin containing freshly extracted red palm oil.\" class=\"wp-image-164133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALMOIL_18-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALMOIL_18-566x377.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALMOIL_18-623x415.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALMOIL_18-263x176.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALMOIL_18-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALMOIL_18-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALMOIL_18-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALMOIL_18-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_PALMOIL_18-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>L\u2019huile de palme rouge non raffin\u00e9e est utilis\u00e9e localement pour la cuisine. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-reconstruire-une-expertise-perdue\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reconstruire une expertise perdue<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les semences utilis\u00e9es pour commencer le renouvellement des plantations ont initialement \u00e9t\u00e9 import\u00e9es du Ghana, car la capacit\u00e9 de l\u2019INERA \u00e0 produire du mat\u00e9riel de plantation am\u00e9lior\u00e9 avait diminu\u00e9 au cours des derni\u00e8res d\u00e9cennies. Le d\u00e9fi consiste d\u00e9sormais \u00e0 reconstruire cette capacit\u00e9 afin que le remplacement des palmiers vieillissants puisse, \u00e0 terme, reposer sur du mat\u00e9riel de plantation produit directement \u00e0 Yangambi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les bases existent d\u00e9j\u00e0. Parmi les plantations vieillissantes de Yangambi, les chercheurs de l\u2019INERA ont identifi\u00e9 plus de 300 palmiers s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9s dans le cadre de son programme d\u2019am\u00e9lioration g\u00e9n\u00e9tique et qui peuvent encore \u00eatre utilis\u00e9s pour la production de semences. Ce qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 perdu, c\u2019est une grande partie des capacit\u00e9s techniques n\u00e9cessaires pour transformer ce mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique en semences commerciales fiables. C\u2019est pourquoi, depuis mars 2026, James Asampana, sp\u00e9cialiste ghan\u00e9en de la production de semences de palmier \u00e0 huile, forme une \u00e9quipe de techniciens de l\u2019INERA aux techniques de pollinisation contr\u00f4l\u00e9e et \u00e0 la gestion de la qualit\u00e9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-baaca9a6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0825_11-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Young oil palms growing in neat rows in a nursery managed by the Landscape Alliance.\" class=\"wp-image-164139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0825_11-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0825_11-566x377.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0825_11-623x415.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0825_11-263x176.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0825_11-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0825_11-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0825_11-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0825_11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0825_11-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>P\u00e9pini\u00e8re de palmiers \u00e0 huile g\u00e9r\u00e9e par Landscape Alliance. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance.<br><br><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0326_08-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A person carrying a young oil palm across a field where unproductive trees have been removed.\" class=\"wp-image-164144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0326_08-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0326_08-566x377.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0326_08-623x415.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0326_08-263x176.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0326_08-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0326_08-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0326_08-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0326_08-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0326_08-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>: Plantation de nouveaux palmiers \u00e0 huile \u00e0 l\u2019emplacement d\u2019anciens arbres improductifs. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u00ab Produire de bonnes semences de palmier \u00e0 huile est plus complexe que de simplement r\u00e9colter les fruits d\u2019un arbre productif \u00bb, <\/em>explique Asampana. <em>\u00ab Pour produire du tenera, les fleurs femelles de dura s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9es doivent \u00eatre pollinis\u00e9es avec du pollen provenant de palmiers m\u00e2les pisifera s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9s. L\u2019inflorescence femelle doit \u00eatre isol\u00e9e avant qu\u2019elle ne devienne r\u00e9ceptive, afin d\u2019emp\u00eacher les insectes ou le pollen transport\u00e9 par l\u2019air de la f\u00e9conder avec le pollen d\u2019un parent inconnu. Ce n\u2019est qu\u2019ensuite que le pollen s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 peut \u00eatre introduit. \u00bb <\/em>L\u2019objectif ultime de l\u2019INERA et du CIFOR-ICRAF (Landscape Alliance) est de reconstruire les infrastructures n\u00e9cessaires et de r\u00e9introduire des syst\u00e8mes de gestion de la qualit\u00e9 capables de garantir des semences pr\u00e9sentant peu ou pas de contamination, afin d\u2019obtenir les meilleurs r\u00e9sultats possibles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour Dieudonn\u00e9 Amolo, ing\u00e9nieur \u00e0 l\u2019INERA charg\u00e9 de superviser la production de semences, la reconstruction de cette expertise et des infrastructures n\u00e9cessaires \u00e0 son fonctionnement \u00e0 Yangambi revient \u00e0 restaurer une fonction essentielle au mandat de l\u2019institut. L\u2019INERA ne doit pas seulement conserver et am\u00e9liorer le mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique ; il doit \u00e9galement \u00eatre capable de le multiplier de mani\u00e8re fiable afin que les vari\u00e9t\u00e9s am\u00e9lior\u00e9es puissent parvenir jusqu\u2019aux agriculteurs. <em>\u00ab C\u2019est cens\u00e9 \u00eatre notre r\u00f4le \u00bb,<\/em> affirme-t-il.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-baaca9a6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_05-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"INERA technicians examining a male oil palm inflorescence for pollen production.\" class=\"wp-image-164153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_05-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_05-566x377.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_05-623x415.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_05-263x176.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_05-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_05-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_05-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>: Les techniciens de l\u2019INERA s\u00e9lectionnent un parent m\u00e2le de palmier \u00e0 huile pour la production de pollen. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"An INERA technician working on a female oil palm inflorescence during controlled pollination.\" class=\"wp-image-164159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_14-566x377.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_14-623x415.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_14-263x176.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_14-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_14-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_14-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_14-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>: Les techniciens de l\u2019INERA isolent une inflorescence femelle en vue de sa pollinisation artificielle. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-de-la-recherche-aux-revenus\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>De la recherche aux revenus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le renouvellement des plantations et la reconstruction des capacit\u00e9s techniques ne constituent qu\u2019une partie de l\u2019\u00e9quation. L\u2019ambition ultime est de transformer ces investissements en activit\u00e9s \u00e9conomiques viables, capables de g\u00e9n\u00e9rer des revenus pour les agriculteurs, les entreprises et l\u2019INERA lui-m\u00eame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La cha\u00eene de valeur de l\u2019huile de palme est d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e dans le cadre du <a href=\"https:\/\/kivukinshasagreencorridor.org\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Couloir vert Kivu-Kinshasa<\/a>, une initiative du gouvernement congolais visant \u00e0 relier conservation, production agricole, transformation, \u00e9nergie et investissement sur une vaste partie du pays. \u00c0 Yangambi, la Fondation Virunga a d\u00e9j\u00e0 mis en place une nouvelle huilerie de palme, cr\u00e9ant ainsi un d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 non seulement pour les r\u00e9gimes de fruits que produiront \u00e0 terme les plantations r\u00e9habilit\u00e9es de l\u2019INERA, mais aussi pour ceux cultiv\u00e9s par les petits exploitants de l\u2019ensemble du paysage. L\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 une huilerie m\u00e9canis\u00e9e offre aux agriculteurs une solution permettant de transformer des volumes plus importants de mani\u00e8re plus efficace, tout en augmentant la productivit\u00e9 et la valeur ajout\u00e9e. \u00c0 mesure que ce nouveau march\u00e9 se d\u00e9veloppera, les partenaires chercheront \u00e9galement \u00e0 maintenir des prix abordables pour les consommateurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019huilerie cr\u00e9e \u00e9galement des liens avec d\u2019autres activit\u00e9s agricoles. Les r\u00e9sidus organiques issus de la transformation de l\u2019huile de palme sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 utilis\u00e9s comme engrais pour la production de bananes, permettant de restituer des nutriments aux terres agricoles et de donner une autre utilisation productive \u00e0 ce qui aurait autrement \u00e9t\u00e9 consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme un d\u00e9chet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour l\u2019INERA, toutefois, l\u2019un des plus grands potentiels pourrait r\u00e9sider dans les semences elles-m\u00eames, car le Corridor vert Kivu-Kinshasa devrait cr\u00e9er un march\u00e9 beaucoup plus important pour le mat\u00e9riel de plantation am\u00e9lior\u00e9 aupr\u00e8s d\u2019autres producteurs publics et priv\u00e9s, notamment les petits exploitants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-baaca9a6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_oilery_1225_11-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A newly constructed palm oil mill in Yangambi surrounded by piles of processed palm fruit.\" class=\"wp-image-164165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_oilery_1225_11-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_oilery_1225_11-566x377.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_oilery_1225_11-623x415.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_oilery_1225_11-263x176.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_oilery_1225_11-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_oilery_1225_11-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_oilery_1225_11-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_oilery_1225_11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_oilery_1225_11-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Une nouvelle huilerie de palme est d\u00e9j\u00e0 op\u00e9rationnelle \u00e0 Yangambi. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_21-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Workers sorting and processing palm kernels beneath a covered structure.\" class=\"wp-image-164171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_21-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_21-566x377.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_21-623x415.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_21-263x176.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_21-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_21-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_21-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_21-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_palm_0926_21-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>: R\u00e9cup\u00e9ration des noix pour la production d\u2019huile de palmiste. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_cogen_0326_02-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of the palm oil mill and biomass cogeneration facility beside the river in Yangambi.\" class=\"wp-image-164176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_cogen_0326_02-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_cogen_0326_02-566x377.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_cogen_0326_02-623x415.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_cogen_0326_02-263x176.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_cogen_0326_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_cogen_0326_02-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_cogen_0326_02-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_cogen_0326_02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_cogen_0326_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em> Installation de cog\u00e9n\u00e9ration de biomasse et huilerie de palme \u00e0 Yangambi. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selon Dieu-Merci Assumani, directeur du centre de recherche de l\u2019INERA \u00e0 Yangambi, la demande d\u00e9passe d\u00e9j\u00e0 largement les capacit\u00e9s d\u2019approvisionnement de l\u2019institut et devrait continuer \u00e0 augmenter. Les semences comparables import\u00e9es sont tr\u00e8s co\u00fbteuses pour les agriculteurs locaux, explique-t-il. <em>\u00ab Si nous pouvions produire ces semences pr\u00e9-germ\u00e9es et les vendre \u00e0 des prix comp\u00e9titifs et avec une qualit\u00e9 \u00e9quivalente, l\u2019institution pourrait disposer d\u2019une source de revenus r\u00e9currents \u00bb, <\/em>explique-t-il.<em> \u00ab Avec ces revenus, nous pourrions acheter des tracteurs, des \u00e9quipements et des s\u00e9quenceurs afin de r\u00e9aliser ici les analyses g\u00e9n\u00e9tiques de notre mat\u00e9riel. Et nous pourrions reprendre un fonctionnement normal. \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_banana_0926_14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of banana plants growing in soil amended with organic residues from palm oil processing.\" class=\"wp-image-164181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_banana_0926_14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_banana_0926_14-566x377.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_banana_0926_14-623x415.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_banana_0926_14-263x176.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_banana_0926_14-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_banana_0926_14-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_banana_0926_14-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_banana_0926_14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AXF_banana_0926_14-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Les r\u00e9sidus organiques issus de la transformation de l\u2019huile de palme sont utilis\u00e9s comme engrais. Photo : Axel Fassio\/Landscape Alliance.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La r\u00e9alisation de ce potentiel prendra toutefois du temps. Les nouveaux palmiers passent pr\u00e8s d\u2019un an en p\u00e9pini\u00e8re, puis trois ann\u00e9es suppl\u00e9mentaires au champ avant de produire leurs premiers fruits. La production de semences suit \u00e9galement un cycle long : apr\u00e8s la pollinisation contr\u00f4l\u00e9e, il faut environ 150 jours pour que le r\u00e9gime de fruits arrive \u00e0 maturit\u00e9 avant que les semences puissent \u00eatre r\u00e9colt\u00e9es<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entre-temps, l\u2019INERA se pr\u00e9pare \u00e0 g\u00e9rer une activit\u00e9 beaucoup plus importante. Dans le cadre d\u2019un partenariat public-priv\u00e9 avec le CIFOR-ICRAF (Landscape Alliance), le centre a introduit de nouvelles proc\u00e9dures administratives et financi\u00e8res et travaille au renouvellement de son personnel vieillissant. Selon Assumani, ces changements ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 renforc\u00e9 la transparence et la gestion financi\u00e8re, contribuant \u00e0 mettre en place les syst\u00e8mes dont l\u2019INERA aura besoin lorsque les revenus provenant des semences et des fruits de palmier commenceront \u00e0 se concr\u00e9tiser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bien qu\u2019elle n\u2019en soit encore qu\u2019\u00e0 ses d\u00e9buts, la relance de la fili\u00e8re huile de palme \u00e0 Yangambi cr\u00e9e d\u00e9j\u00e0 des emplois dans les p\u00e9pini\u00e8res, la gestion des plantations, la r\u00e9colte, le transport et la transformation, tout en ouvrant de nouvelles possibilit\u00e9s aux agriculteurs et aux entreprises de l\u2019ensemble du paysage. Elle fait \u00e9galement rena\u00eetre quelque chose de plus difficile \u00e0 quantifier : une confiance renouvel\u00e9e dans le potentiel de ce paysage comme espace o\u00f9 des activit\u00e9s productives peuvent \u00e0 nouveau s\u2019implanter et prosp\u00e9rer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pr\u00e8s d\u2019un si\u00e8cle apr\u00e8s que Yangambi a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 changer le cours de l\u2019industrie mondiale de l\u2019huile de palme, cette culture pourrait d\u00e9sormais contribuer \u00e0 changer le destin du paysage de Yangambi lui-m\u00eame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:209px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/tag\/agriculture-durable\" rel=\"tag\">Agriculture durable<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/tag\/agroecologie\" rel=\"tag\">Agro\u00e9cologie<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/tag\/chaine-de-valeur\" rel=\"tag\">chaine de valeur<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/tag\/conservation-des-forets\" rel=\"tag\">conservation des for\u00eats<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/tag\/huile-de-palme\" rel=\"tag\">huile de palme<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/tag\/huile-de-palme-durable\" rel=\"tag\">huile de palme durable<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/tag\/inera\" rel=\"tag\">INERA<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/tag\/kivu-kinshasa-green-corridor\" rel=\"tag\">Kivu-Kinshasa Green Corridor<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/tag\/palmier-a-huile\" rel=\"tag\">Palmier \u00e0 huile<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/tag\/petits-exploitants-agricoles\" rel=\"tag\">Petits exploitants agricoles<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/tag\/recherche-agricole\" rel=\"tag\">recherche agricole<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/tag\/republique-democratique-du-congo\" rel=\"tag\">R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/tag\/restauration-des-paysages\" rel=\"tag\">Restauration des paysages<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestsnews.org\/fr\/tag\/yangambi\" rel=\"tag\">Yangambi<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-acknowledgements\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Acknowledgements<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-the-activities-of-the-nbsp-yangambi-nbsp-engagement-landscape-are-coordinated-by-landscape-alliance-in-cooperation-with-international-nbsp-national-nbsp-and-local-partners-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The activities of the&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#87d552\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cifor-icraf.org\/yangambi-engagement-landscape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Yangambi&nbsp;Engagement Landscape<\/a> <\/mark>are coordinated by <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cifor-icraf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#87d552\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Landscape Alliance<\/mark><\/em><\/a> <em>in cooperation with international,&nbsp;national&nbsp;and local partners.&nbsp;<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-this-is-a-nbsp-multi-donor-effort-supported-by-the-long-term-engagement-of-the-european-union-nbsp-with-additional-support-from-nbsp-the-uk-nbsp-foreign-commonwealth-amp-development-office-fcdo-nbsp-enabel-nbsp-and-nbsp-agence-francaise-de-developpement-afd-nbsp-good-energies-nbsp-foundation-nbsp-the-food-and-agriculture-organization-of-the-united-nations-fao-nbsp-the-nbsp-deutsche-gesellschaft-fur-internationale-zusammenarbeit-nbsp-giz-nbsp-congolese-authorities-nbsp-university-of-kisangani-nbsp-unikis-inera-and-community-nbsp-organizations-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>This is a&nbsp;multi-donor effort supported by the long-term engagement of the European Union,&nbsp;with additional support from&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/foreign-commonwealth-development-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#87d552\" class=\"has-inline-color\">UK&nbsp;Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office (FCDO)<\/mark><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enabel.be\/?_gl=1*199j2lh*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTYxMDkxNzUwOS4xNzc1MTYyMzA4*_ga_9KW9PQQN9K*czE3NzUxNjIzMDckbzEkZzAkdDE3NzUxNjIzMDckajYwJGwwJGgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#87d552\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Enabel&nbsp;<\/mark><\/a>and<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#87d552\" class=\"has-inline-color\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afd.fr\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Agence Fran\u00e7aise de D\u00e9veloppement (AFD)<\/a><\/mark>,&nbsp;Good Energies&nbsp;Foundation,&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/home\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#87d552\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)<\/mark><\/a>,&nbsp;the<a type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.giz.de\/en\" id=\"https:\/\/www.giz.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">&nbsp;<\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#87d552\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><a type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.giz.de\/en\" id=\"https:\/\/www.giz.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit&nbsp;(GIZ)<\/a><\/mark>,&nbsp;Congolese authorities,&nbsp;University of Kisangani&nbsp;(UNIKIS), INERA and community&nbsp;organizations.&nbsp;<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Des d\u00e9cennies apr\u00e8s avoir transform\u00e9 l\u2019industrie mondiale de l\u2019huile de palme, Yangambi relance sa propre production, cette fois avec le souci de prot\u00e9ger les for\u00eats. La station de recherche a autrefois accueilli un programme de premier plan consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 la s\u00e9lection du palmier \u00e0 huile. Ses travaux sur les hybrides tenera \u00e0 haut rendement ont contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 fa\u00e7onner la production commerciale en Asie du Sud-Est. Aujourd\u2019hui, face au vieillissement des plantations, au manque de ressources et \u00e0 la perte de savoir-faire technique, une nouvelle initiative vise \u00e0 relancer la production d\u2019huile de palme tout en r\u00e9duisant la pression sur les for\u00eats 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