Thanks Joni and Joanna, Quick replies to each below...

Joni, it's great you'll be able to talk with Kevin Murphy. I'm particularly interested in what he can tell us about organization of the 2013 research symposium on quinoa in Pullman. Including how the USDA-NIFA got involved. I'm thinking more about the idea of a North American millets conference, not being aware of any efforts in that direction yet. (I'm assuming at least one major event is being organized internationally by FAO and partners, so timing not to conflict would be among the considerations.) Will post more on this separately.

Joanna, thank you for sharing this info on the effects of IYQ. I somehow had missed the Bioversity report, and am glad to see the other links. Some interesting and important issues to be considered.

At the same time it seems to me that since IYM involves several grains - that in some cases are grown in multiple places, and have potential to be added to crop mixes in certain new regions - the picture is more complex (multidimensional?) than quinoa.

You are certainly ahead of me on all that follows, but just to lay out the case on this list...
Fonio, for example, might be more like quinoa, in that increased demand outside of West Africa might negatively affect smallholder farmers in that region.

On the other hand, teff is already established in the US (apparently grown in 25/50 states as forage, and in a handful of those also for grain), so that any increased demand may not have so much impact on Ethiopian farmers (where there is a horrible drought, almost lost in the world news).

The big 4 millets - pearl, foxtail, proso, and finger - would seem to be relatively well-placed to meet increased demand. (In the US there is significant work already being done on proso). That leaves the smaller millets of Asia (plus fonio, already mentioned) that might be more susceptible to the quinoa effect.

Anyway you would be more than welcome to join us on a call, Joanna. Please let's communicate about that off-list.

All the best,

Don

"Those little millets sure are a big deal!"



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On Sunday, May 15th, 2022 at 6:04 PM, Joanna Kane-Potaka <joanna.kanepotaka@outlook.com> wrote:

I would love to put my hand up to join any group call on this topic! Thanks Joni and Don.

Also, here is data I had collected in the past about IYQ:

Journal article: Global expansion of quinoa and challenges for the Andean region 

 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211912420300833?via%3Dihub 

https://agritrop.cirad.fr/596996/1/Alandia%20et%20al%20-%202020_GFS_Global%20expansion%20of%20quinoa%20and%20challenges%20for%20the%20Andean%20region.pdf (pdf downloaded) 

negative impacts in Bolivia (including before the international year) https://web.colby.edu/st297-global18/2019/01/22/superfoods-dark-side-increasing-vulnerability-of-quinoa-farmers-in-bolivia/  

Evaluation of the IYQ https://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/user_upload/online_library/publications/pdfs/Worldwide_Evaluations_of_Quinoa_2092.pdf  


From: Collab <collab-bounces@lists.millets2023.space> on behalf of D. Joni Kindwall-Moore <joni@snacktivistfoods.com>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2022 3:47 AM
To: Don Osborn <donosborn@protonmail.com>
Cc: collab@lists.millets2023.space <collab@lists.millets2023.space>
Subject: Re: [Collab] Lessons from quinoa & the IYQ (2013)?
 
It would be really great to discuss this with Dr Kevin Murphy and Sergio de Nunez who both helped to pioneer the 2013 movement. Kevin is a WSU breeder, I will see him on Tuesday. 

On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 10:06 AM Don Osborn via Collab <collab@lists.millets2023.space> wrote:
The experience with the rise in popularity of quinoa in international markets, and the specific lessons from the International Year of Quinoa (IYQ) in 2013, may have important lessons for our efforts for millets and IYM in 2023.

In an earlier post on this list, Joni mentioned potential synergisms with what has already happened with quinoa. What might these be? What should we know about IYQ as we plan for IYM in North America?

One obvious place to look is the website of FAO, which coordinated IYQ just as it is coordinating IYM. Their main page for IYQ is at https://www.fao.org/quinoa-2013/

There's quite a bit of material there, but of note is the short (4½ pp.) "Assessment of the International Year of Quinoa 2013" at https://www.fao.org/3/mk172E/mk172E.pdf . It noted
* a traveling exhibition, "From the Andes to the World," which visited 7 countries, including the US
* "tasting events" in a number of countries, including Canada and the US
* several conference or symposium events, including the following in North America (I've added dates  where I could find them, plus a URL about the Pullman event that has some info):
** Scientific technical meeting on food security and quinoa – New York (20 Feb 2013)
** International Quinoa Research Symposium – Pullman, Washington (12-14 Aug 2013; held by Washington State University & the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture) https://na.eventscloud.com/ehome/quinoa/ 
** III International Forum of Quinoa at La Mar – San Francisco

There does not appear to have been any particular initiative for quinoa in the region comparable to NAMA during IYQ, and it's not clear that there was any IYQ steering committee for any of the countries of the region.

Will follow with any additional info as appropriate, and of course, if anyone has more or different info, please let us know.

DO, EL, MI, US




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