N2Africa rhizobiology planning Mar.2016
ILRI-N2Africa Rhizobiology Team Annual Planning Meeting 25 March 2016 Sofomer Hall, ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa
Contents
Introduction to the Meeting
N2Africa, a large scale R4D project, aims to bring benefits for smallholder farmers in Africa through application of effective grain legumes production technologies. In this process, rhizobial inoculants play a pivotal role to enhance grain yield and close yield gaps. Thus, rhizobiology research constitute an essential element for the project.
Strain improvement above existing strains is a process of screening and incremental improvement so any significantly better strain that is robust and stable under laboratory and field conditions can be moved along the development pipeline towards production. Previous research efforts have been sporadic, and coordinated rigorous screening of large numbers of isolates and widespread field trials is therefore necessary. A regular annual rhizobiology team meeting and planning is vital for increased performances and sustainability of impacts.
Objectives of the Meeting
- To highlight rhizobiology activities in institutions collaborating with the project on this specific subject
- To develop rhizobiology annual work plan
- To discuss on quality control issues, location specific non-responsiveness to inoculants and challenges To ensure common approaches to compile Annual Report;
Expected outputs
- Rhizobiology undertakings in partner institutions will be highlighted
- Annual rhizobiology work plan will be developed and agreed among the rhizobiology team
- Experiences with location specific results/problems will be discussed
- Concerns on QC (quality control) issues at different levels in the supply chains will be discussed
Process to meet expected outputs
- Presentations, plenary and group discussions. Groups will come up with their respective brief joint PowerPoint presentations – (collections/bioprospecting - elite strains symbiotic effectiveness test - specific researches), QC issues and issues to stipulate discussions)
Program
Participants arrive at their respective Hotels by 24th January 2016. | ||||
Date: Friday, 25th January 2016 | ||||
Time | Activity | Presenter | Facilitator | Rapporteur |
8:00 - 8:30 | Arrival and Registration | - | Simret | |
9:00 – 9:10 | Welcome & Introduction to the workshop | Endalkachew | Tamiru | |
Rhizobiology activities- highlights by collaborating institutions | ||||
9:10 – 9:20 | HwU | Tulu | Endalkachew | Birhan/Tamiru |
9:20 – 9:30 | HARC | Abere | ^ | ^ |
9:30 – 9:40 | DZARC | Sofia | ^ | ^ |
9:40 – 9:50 | MBI | Asnake | ^ | ^ |
9:50 – 10: 15 | General Discussions | ^ | ^ | |
10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee/Tea Break & Group Photo | Organizers | ||
10:45 – 11:00 | Outline and preparations for planning, partners break into groups (HwU, HARC and MBI) | Endalkachew | Endalkachew | Birhan/Tamiru |
11:00 – 12:30 | Group work (group assign chairperson and Rapporteur) | |||
12: 30 – 13:30 | Lunch Break | Organizers | ||
13:30 – 15 30 | Group work continue | |||
15:30 – 15:45 | Coffee/Tea Break | Organizers | ||
15:45 – 16:30 | Group presentation | Group | Endalkachew | Birhan/Tamiru |
16:30 – 17:00 | General discussions | ^ | ^ | |
17:15 | Closing | TBA |
Meeting Materials
- Program
- N2Africa Rhizobiology Plan Outline with milestones
- N2Africa Rhizobiology Master Plan v1.1
- Presentations
ILRI-N2Africa Rhizobiology Overview HWU Highlights EIAR-HARC Highlights EIAR-DZARC Highlights MBI /span Highlights
Pictures
Participants
- List of participants
- Participant Institutions
EIAR [Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research] HWU [Hawassa University] MBI [Menagesha Biotech Industry]