Thanks so much for all your efforts on this Don! Dipak, I hope you feel better soon. On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 3:12 PM Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org> wrote:
Hi Dipak, No worries, you didn’t miss anything. Sorry that you had health issues and hope you’ve recovered.
January has been a rough or at least very busy month for several of us. Personally I’ve had some shifts in schedule that have knocked me off my game, so to speak, and am only now catching up.
We have decided to pursue a less ambitious program of production (i.e., no monthly panels), but the idea of millet-specific or topic-specific panels with researchers and practitioners (farmers, processors, etc.) to discuss challenges & opportunities is still active.
More soon,
Don
Don Osborn, PhD (East Lansing, MI, US - +1 202-621-3911) North American Millets Alliance
On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 3:17 PM Dipak Santra <dsantra2@unl.edu> wrote:
I am sorry that I might have missed the proso millet one in January. January was hell for me both work and health (bad flu). I am sorry folks. Look forward attending the Feb. onwards.
Thanks
Dipak
Dipak Santra, Ph.D.
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President, International Broomcorn Millet Association
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
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*From:* Collab <collab-bounces@lists.millets2023.space> *On Behalf Of *Don Osborn *Sent:* Sunday, February 4, 2024 11:57 PM *To:* collab@lists.millets2023.space *Subject:* [Collab] Changes in the Millet-of-the-Month calendar
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There are some changes in the "Millet of the Month" calendar for 2024, but the idea behind it is the same - spotlighting one unique millet (or 2 closely related ones) per month, over the course of the year.
The changes: * Little millet has been moved up to February, which puts the Panicum species in adjacent months. Proso and little seem "big" enough to have their own months, and having them together facilitates discussion of this important genus. (Thanks to Prof. Dipak Santra for the suggestion.) * Finger millet is now in May, and fonio moves to August. * Raishan joins fonio in August, as these are both in the Digitaria genus, but from different continents.
The Millet-of-the-Month calendar for 2024 follows, in text (and attached as an image file): Jan. proso millet (Panicum miliaceum) Feb. little millet (Panicum sumatrense) Mar. foxtail millet (Setaria italica) Apr. pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) May finger millet (Eleusine coracana) Jun. sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Jul. barnyard millet (Echinochloa spp.) Aug. fonio & raishan (Digitaria spp.) Sep. browntop & Guinea (Brachiaria spp.) Oct. kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum) Nov. teff (Eragrostis tef) Dec. adlay/Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)
Don Osborn, PhD
(East Lansing, MI, US - +1 202-621-3911)
North American Millets Alliance
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