Thank you, Zdravka. I dialed into the last couple of your webinars, but will see about logging in by computer for this one on Tuesday (5 Sept.). All the best, Don DO, EL, MI, US NAMA On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 4:53 AM Dimitrova, Zdravka (NSP) < Zdravka.Dimitrova@fao.org> wrote:

Dear Don,

Thank you for your interest in the IYM webinar series and raising these very pertinent questions.

If you can attend, I encourage you to directly pose them during the Q&A session to make the discussion as most practical and insightful as possible.

More information about the event are available at https://www.fao.org/millets-2023/events/detail/third-webinar-of-the-iym-glob... and registration is ongoing at https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wcR6D0mmR4aZQmQ9bhGprA#/registration .

Kind regards,

Zdravka

*From:* Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org> *Sent:* Saturday, August 19, 2023 2:50 AM *To:* Dimitrova, Zdravka (NSP) <Zdravka.Dimitrova@fao.org> *Cc:* collab@lists.millets2023.space *Subject:* Re: [Collab] SAVE THE DATE - IYM 2023 Global Webinar Series::::Climate Resilience of Millets, 5 September 2023 14:00 - 15:00 (CEST)

Thank you, Zdravka. Looks like a very interesting webinar.

A couple of quick thoughts:

1. While the main focus in talking about climate resilience and millets is the ability of so many of these small grains to produce crops even under high heat and minimal water conditions, which are the millets can withstand temporary waterlogging? With climate extremes, some areas are getting high rainfall events, and some semi-arid areas, rainfall patterns and topography might mean some fields might be temporarily under water.

2. Altho the theme is climate resilience, are there any situations where one might choose to crop a millet instead of a major cereal on prime agricultural land, where high heat or very low rainfall are not typically at issue? Asking as there is a narrative about millets as crops for extremes (marginal land, heat, low rainfall) that parallels the narrative of millets as food for special needs (non-gluten, low GI, maybe a good weaning food) that seems like it might crowd out consideration of these crops as options in more optimal situations (just as millets are good food even for the healthiest among us). The adaptation of millets to extremes is important, of course, but could these C4 crops also have advantages where major cereals prevail?

Regarding #2, I understand that some millets, notably proso, are grown in parts of the US as cover, catch, or relay crops - i.e., as part of a rotation with major cash crops. Again, per my understanding, one question in at least some cases is whether these uses might also yield a useful grain or forage harvest.

So maybe more broadly, millets expand our agricultural potential - to grow food (and forage), and to manage soil resources in a range of environments, with particular importance in marginal lands and in the face of climate change?

Don

DO, EL, MI, US

NAMA

On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 5:19 AM Dimitrova, Zdravka (NSP) < Zdravka.Dimitrova@fao.org> wrote:

<https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wcR6D0mmR4aZQmQ9bhGprA#/registration>

*S A V E T H E D A T E*

5 September 2023 | 14:00-15:00 CEST

*International Year of Millets Global Webinar Series *

*3rd Webinar: “Climate resilience of millets”*

*REGISTER HERE <https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wcR6D0mmR4aZQmQ9bhGprA#/registration>*

The United Nations General Assembly at its 75th Session in March 2021 declared 2023 the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023) <https://www.fao.org/millets-2023/en>. As part of the IYM2023 celebration, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing a “*IYM Global Webinar Series” *to shed light on the various environmental, social and economic benefits of millets, their rich heritage and their vast potential.

Millets can be grown in high temperatures and with little water, and are known to yield grain when other staple crops fail in extreme weather. This means millets can help stave off food insecurity as the climate becomes more erratic while the sustainable cultivation of millets can support climate-resilient agriculture and decent employment opportunities.

Join this webinar to learn more about the climate resilience characteristics of millets, the FAO Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZ) modelling framework developed for millets and farmers’ experience in growing millets in drylands.

*AGENDA*

*Time*

*Agenda item and presenter*

*14:00–14:05*

Opening remarks by *Mr Ravi Khetarpal*, Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institution (APAARI)

*14:05-14:15  *

*Climate resilient characteristic of millets *by *Ms Damaris Odeny*,

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Kenya

*14:15 –14:25*

*Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZ) modelling framework and millets *by *Mr Matieu Henry */ *Ms Federica Chiozza, *FAO Land and Water Division

*14:25 –14:35*

*Millets production in dry zone areas *by *Ms* *Megha Desai*, Self employed women’s association (SEWA), World Rural Forum

*14:35 –14:55*

Q&A session

*14:55 –15:00*

Closing remarks by *Mr Fenton Beed*, FAO Plant Production and Protection Division

The webinar will be moderated by *Mr **Fenton Beed*, Agricultural Officer, FAO

Stay tuned for the upcoming IYM 2023 webinars:

- 19 September 2023 14:00-15:00 CEST – *Opportunities for processing millets* <https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C3Orq0J4QgSHBhqYZgoZ1A#/registration>

*For more information, please contact: * *International-Year-Millets@fao.org* <International-Year-Millets@fao.org>

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