2023 SMIL Annual Meeting
in West Africa
2023 SMIL Annual Meeting Agenda
2023 SMIL Annual Meeting Presentations
Senegal Country Level Opportunities and National Program Review
Seedballs: Enhancing the Yield Effect in Pearl Millet and Sorghum and Disseminating the Technology in West Africa
Genetic Enhancement of Pearl Millet for Yield, Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in West Africa (GENMIL)
Improving Sorghum Adaptation in West Africa with a Genomics-Enabled Breeding Network (SAWAGEN)
Durable Adaptation to Aphid and Drought for Smallholder Sorghum in the Americas
Enabling Marker Assisted Selection for Sorghum Disease Resistance in Senegal and Niger
Sorghum Millet Value Chain Workshop 1
Sorghum Millet Value Chain Workshop 2
Sorghum Trait Deployment Pipeline for Improved Food and Feed Value
Expanding Markets for Sorghum and Millet Farmers in West Africa Through Strengthening of Women and Youth Processors and Nutrition-based Promotion of Products
Niger and Senegal Capstone Communications
Protection of Plant Varieties
Variety Release Commission
2023 SMIL Annual Meeting Posters
Prevalence, Incidence and Severity of Sorghum Diseases in Production Fields in Niger during the 2022 Growing Season
Development of a Functional-Structural Root Model for Pearl Millet OpenSimRoot
Delivering Improved Sorghum and Pearl Millet Seeds Senegal using a Community-based Approach
2023 SMIL Annual Meeting
Thursday, February 23
Recorded video - Day 1.1
Recorded video - Day 1.2
- Introductions / Meeting Objectives
- Country Level Opportunities / National Program Review
- Project Presentations - Overview
- Seedballs: Enhancing the Yield Effect in Pearl Millet and Sorghum and Disseminating the Technology in West Africa
- Genetic Enhancement of Pearl Millet for Yield, Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in West Africa (GENMIL)
- Improving Sorghum Adaptation in West Africa with a Genomics-Enabled Breeding Network (SAWAGEN)
- Durable Adaptation to Aphid and Drought for Smallholder Sorghum in the Americas
- Enabling Marker Assisted Selection for Sorghum Disease Resistance in Senegal and Niger
Recorded video - Day 1.2
- Introductions / Meeting Objectives
- Country Level Opportunities / National Program Review
- Project Presentations - Overview
- Seedballs: Enhancing the Yield Effect in Pearl Millet and Sorghum and Disseminating the Technology in West Africa
- Genetic Enhancement of Pearl Millet for Yield, Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in West Africa (GENMIL)
- Improving Sorghum Adaptation in West Africa with a Genomics-Enabled Breeding Network (SAWAGEN)
- Durable Adaptation to Aphid and Drought for Smallholder Sorghum in the Americas
- Enabling Marker Assisted Selection for Sorghum Disease Resistance in Senegal and Niger
Friday, February 24
Recorded video - Day 2.1
Recorded video - Day 2.2
Recorded video - Day 2.3
- Introductions and Purpose of the Workshop
- Session 1: Sorghum and Pearl Millet Value Chain Opportunities and Challenges
- Session 2: Building Stronger Cooperation Networking and Linkages
- Technology Showcasing Opportunities
- Sorghum Trait Deployment Pipeline for Improved Food and Feed Value
- Expanding Markets for Sorghum and Millet Farmers in West Africa Through Strengthening of Women and Youth Processors and Nutrition-based Promotion of Products
- Country Capstone Communications
Recorded video - Day 2.2
Recorded video - Day 2.3
- Introductions and Purpose of the Workshop
- Session 1: Sorghum and Pearl Millet Value Chain Opportunities and Challenges
- Session 2: Building Stronger Cooperation Networking and Linkages
- Technology Showcasing Opportunities
- Sorghum Trait Deployment Pipeline for Improved Food and Feed Value
- Expanding Markets for Sorghum and Millet Farmers in West Africa Through Strengthening of Women and Youth Processors and Nutrition-based Promotion of Products
- Country Capstone Communications
Saturday, February 25
- Global Sorghum Conference Overview
- Project Breakout Groups
- Update on Seed Homologation and Registration
- Project Breakout Groups
- Update on Seed Homologation and Registration
Sunday, February 26
- External Advisory Board Meeting
- Small group meetings and field visits in Niamey as needed
- Team Dinner & Cultural Gathering Night
- Small group meetings and field visits in Niamey as needed
- Team Dinner & Cultural Gathering Night
Monday, February 27
Recorded video - Day 5
- Opening Remarks, Introductions, & Meeting Purpose
- McKnight Foundation CCRP West Africa Project Portfolio
- 2 minute Project “Elevator” Speeches - Introduce Questions for Networking time: Opportunities for SMIL/McKnight Foundation Team Collaborations
- Networking Time
- Testimonies x 2 Participants (1 village chief/maire, 1 farmer representative or processor)
- Plenary: Group Feedback on Collaboration Opportunities
- Closing Remarks
- Opening Remarks, Introductions, & Meeting Purpose
- McKnight Foundation CCRP West Africa Project Portfolio
- 2 minute Project “Elevator” Speeches - Introduce Questions for Networking time: Opportunities for SMIL/McKnight Foundation Team Collaborations
- Networking Time
- Testimonies x 2 Participants (1 village chief/maire, 1 farmer representative or processor)
- Plenary: Group Feedback on Collaboration Opportunities
- Closing Remarks