The SMIL team traveled to Ethiopia for a week of collaboration, reflection, and identifying growth opportunities. We started with the team from EIAR reviewing project progress, then the SMIL Annual Meeting, and then a review of the Sorghum Value Chain Assessment for Ethiopia.

🌱Check the newly published paper “Differences in temperature responses among phenological processes in diverse Ethiopian sorghum germplasm can affect their specific adaptation to environmental conditions”, by Alemu Tirfessa and co-authors in Annals of Botany doi.org/10.1093/aob/mc… (1/9)

Fascinating visit to Melkassa Ag Research Center. I learned about how Feed the Future partners with Ethiopian and U.S. researchers to preserve the biodiversity of sorghum and breed varieties resistant to disease and climate change. -MM USAID Ethiopia

Briefing about the Ethiopian Sorghum Program and collaboration with SMIL-USAID projects in Ethiopia to high-level U.S. Government delegates and U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia USAID in Africa USAID Ethiopia Global Collaboration on Sorghum and Millet🌾 DR Feto Esmo

and Dr. Yirgalem Gebremeskel, USAID Program Management Specialist. Additionally, the delegation learned about the importance of Ethiopia's sorghum biodiversity preservation and utilization to accelerate plant breeding to develop climate-adapted improved sorghum seed.

.USAID Ethiopia was honored to have the Melkassa Ag. Research Center receive us last week, to see how Feed the Future partners with Ethiopian and U.S. researchers are preserving the biodiversity of sorghum and breed varieties resistant to disease and climate change.

The deadline for applying to the CSHL Frontiers and Techniques in Plant Science is coming up soon (March 15) - check out the great lineup for this foundational corse in plant biology - please retweet!

This is really how it feels right now 🤣

Over 100 individuals gathered in Niamey, Niger, at the SMIL West Africa Annual Meeting. It was co-hosted by K-State-based SMIL & Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. Sorghum & millet research & best practices were shared by participants from 9 countries, including Senegal, Madagascar, Haiti & Ethiopia.

A very nice field visit to Ambahitrbiby, Madagascar Global Collaboration on Sorghum and Millet🌾

Beautiful morning in Satrokala,Madagascar.

The #GlobalSorghumConference is just around the corner! Our wide-ranging discussions will include agronomy & ecophysiology, including remarks from #GraemeHammer of QLD Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation. Special thanks to ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success for sponsoring this talk!

Have got a few more days to visit a beautiful Paris after the Global Sorghum conference in Montpelie 21centurysorghum 2023 Montpellier

Yesterday, President Joe Biden awarded the National Medal of Science to the Ethiopian-born distinguished professor of plant breeding & genetics, Dr. Gebisa Ejeta, for his outstanding contributions to the science of plant genetics. By developing sorghum strains that withstand

This made my day #Ethiopia, great inspiration for the next generation, Samrawit you should be proud. Look what you've done.

GCSM’s support of women farmers, researchers, industry professionals, and business owners is unwavering. We celebrate the women developing creative solutions to global challenges on International Women’s Day and every day. #IWD2024 #InspireInclusion

We had a wonderful visit to sorghum & peanut adaptation trails at Ihosy, Ambovambe & Mahajanga in Madagascar. APEMBA project is being implemented by FOFIFA, GCSM & Peanut Innovation lab supported by USAID Madagascar Feed the Future Global Collaboration on Sorghum and Millet🌾 K-State College of Agriculture Feed the Future Peanut Innovation Lab

Great day wth Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research-EIAR sorghum team working together to support their selection advancement decisions for the breeding pipelines with Alison Kelly Lealem T. Amenu David Jordan. Looking forward to seeing the impact in the field! Thanks Alemu Tirfessa and team for your hard work!

The end of a fantastic two days working on product advancement within the EIAR sorghum team. Its great to see the impact of breeding modernisation through the BMGF MERCI project on the quality of data and decision making. Emma Mace Alison Kelly

The Madagascar sorghum team recently wrapped its first field adaptation test plot harvest at 12 locations in six key regions across Madagascar. bit.ly/4cIC7pv #GCSM #Madagascar #sorghum #climatesmart #FoodSecurity #FOFIFA