Delivering new sorghum and finger millet innovations for food security and improving livelihoods in eastern Africa
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Presented by Prof. Masresha Fetene, Principal Investigator, Addis Ababa University at the Launching of Bio-Innovate Programme, ILRI, Nairobi, 16 March 2011.
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Delivering new sorghum and finger millet innovations for food security and improving livelihoods in eastern Africa
- 1. Delivering New Sorghum and Finger Millet Innovations for Food Security and Improving Livelihoods in Eastern Africa PI – Prof. Masresha Fetene, AAU Countries & Institutes: - Ethiopia (AAU, EIAR) - Kenya (MoiU, MasenoU) - Tanzania (MARI) - Uganda (MAK, SARRI) - CGIAR (ICRISAT) - USA (UGA)
- 8. 3. Develop and promote best management strategies for sorghum chaffer pest and anthracnose, and finger millet blast disease 4. Undertake marketing and value chain analyses of sorghum and finger millets in eastern Africa Objectives Cont…
- 10. 4. Environmentally friendly and sustainable sorghum chaffer and anthracnose and finger millet blast management options developed and adopted in chaffer, anthracnose and blast affected countries 5. Data and knowledge to strengthen and expand marker opportunities and value chains of sorghum and finger millet in targeted countries generated promoted
- 12. 5. Sorghum production through sustainable management of sorghum chaffer and anthracnose, and finger millet blast leading to improved food security in the region 6. Strengthened capacity of pest and diseases management research and development in the region 7. Production, utilization and market access of sorghum and finger millet enhanced in the region 8. Livelihood of sorghum and finger millet producers improved
- 13. 5. Core activities 1. Development, promotion and adoption of drought and multiple stress tolerant sorghum 1.1. On-farm evaluation & promotion of elite materials generated by BIO-EARN Phase III Category of germplasm Country of evaluation Nature of population 1. Drought, Striga, aluminium toxicity and P-use efficiency, earliness Kenya and Tanzania Staygreen F4-F5 derived materials, Early maturing types 2. Disease and staygreen Uganda F4-F5 derived materials 3. Stay green (new source - Sorcoll 163, Sorcoll 141, Sorcoll 146 Ethiopia Landrace 4. Stay green (B35) Uganda and Kenya BC 3 material
- 17. 3. Develop and promote best management strategies for sorghum chaffer pest and anthracnose, and finger millet blast disease 3.1. Screening and dosage formulation of new fungal isolates for bio control agent for sorghum chaffer 3.2. Evaluation of the performance of an auto-dissemination device for attracting chaffer 3.3. On-farm participatory evaluation of existing technology on anthracnose and blast management on sorghum and finger millet
- 19. Thank you