A Global Collaboration for Sorghum & Millet
Translational Science to Transform Lives
The Global Collaboration on Sorghum and Millet (GCSM) at Kansas State University (K-State) focuses on the growth and stability of the value chain for sorghum and pearl millet, cereal crops critical to underserved communities worldwide.
Through private sector engagement, development and integration with existing local markets, GCSM is building crops of the future through active knowledge transfer and the global exchange of resources.
GCSM is committed to being a catalyst for collaboration, capacity strengthening, and the delivery of improved technologies within global sorghum and pearl millet systems in the face of unprecedented challenges to the global food system.
GCSM’s four-phase approach reduces redundancy and increases productivity by testing and adapting existing technologies to new locations through research, engagement and leadership development.
GCSM's Madagascar Project Engages Private Sector
GCSM at K-State is working closely with private sector partners to develop the sorghum value chain in Madagascar
GCSM’s strategic partnership with Eclosia Group Madagascar is key to creating market access and economic benefits for smallholder sorghum as they access demand for grain for Eclocia’s poultry feed production company, LFL.
GCSM's work in Madagascar and globally to develop the sorghum, pearl millet and groundnut value chains was one of several projects highlighted for K-State Day of Giving April 9.
Nat Bascom, director of engagement for GCSM, and Raphael Domas, LFL’s agricultural production director, discuss the importance of the drought-tolerant crop and it's possibilities for Madagascar.
While K-State Day of Giving is over, you can still support this project:
Highlights
GCSM and local partners are conducting accelerated adaptation trials for Pan-African sorghum varieties for value chain development in Madagascar. Learn more about the project.
Why sorghum? Find out with our online interactive Sorghum School to expand your knowledge and understanding of sorghum, a vital, climate-adapted cereal crop. Enroll now.
Help us build and expand a global value chain for critical cereal crops sorghum and pearl millet through sharing expertise and proven technologies. Explore opportunities.
The Pan-African Approach
GCSM at K-State will leverage its extensive collaborative research networks in West and East Africa, Madagascar, Haiti and our US land grant university and global partnerships.
Through this work, GCSM remains committed to growing its global network of organizations that develop competencies across the sorghum and pearl millet value chains.
Our current partners include but are not limited to, National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS), Farmer Research Networks (FRN), SME food companies, seed system actors (private, public, or community-based), US Land-Grant Universities, local and international NGOs, and private-sector companies.
Continued investments will enable further implementation of translational research across these value chains in close partnership with our national teams addressing country-level development challenges.
Building on Success
The GCSM at K-State leverages its extensive collaborative research networks in West and East Africa, Madagascar, and Haiti, as well as our U.S. land grant university and global partnerships. Through this work, GCSM remains committed to growing its global network of organizations that develop competencies across the sorghum and pearl millet value chains.
Our current partners include but are not limited to National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS), Farmer Research Networks (FRN), SME-food companies, seed system actors (private/public/community based), US Land Grant Universities, local and international NGO, and private sector companies.
Continued investments will enable further implementation of translational research across these value chains in close partnership with our national teams addressing country-level development challenges.
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Where We Work
