The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2023 the International year of millets: "Millets are among the first plants to be domesticated and are considered nutri-cereals due to their high nutritional content. Their potential to address climate change and food security is not being realized in full." The SLU Breeding Network, the SLU Plant Protection Network and SLU Global organise a symposium dedicated to millets on 5 September 2023.
Welcome!
Programme
9:30 Registration with coffee and millet cookies
10 – 10:05 Welcome from the SLU Breeding Network, the SLU Plant Protection Network and SLU Global. Moderator Teun Dekker, researcher at the Department of Plant Protection Biology
10:10 – 10:45 An introductory talk about the role and importance of millets cultivation and breeding at a global perspective.
Patrick Okori from The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in Africa.
10:50 – 12.00 Breeding
12 – 13.15 MILLETS LUNCH from a green restaurant in Alnarp PlantKafeet
13:15 – 13:55 Climate change and millets
13:55 FIKA
14:25 – 14:45 The Millet Sisters - How Dalit women are changing the discourse on agriculture in India. Alexandra Klang från Svalorna
14.45 – 15:15 Q&A session moderated by Teun Dekker
15:15 – 15:30 Wrap up summary of the importance of our research on millets at SLU on a global scale.
Rodomiro Octavio Ortiz Rios, Professor at the Department of Plant Breeding
The last day for registration was Thursday 31 August.
NB The registration for the seminar is now closed. There is still an opportunity to participate online. Please send an email to anneli.adler@slu.se and you will get the zoom link.
More on millets
Find out more about SLU's research and activities on millets and other traditional crops on SLU Global's web here.
