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Dual
Purpose
Millet
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SENEGALImpacts:
Number of Technologies: 8
Long-term Training: 6 Ph.D; 7 MS
Short-term Training: >500
+40%Yield; +30% Income
Natural Resources
- Agroforestry Systems
- Biochar
- Nutrient Cycling
Cropping Systems
(Millet/Cowpea/Peanut)
- Fertilizer
- Genotypes
- Agronomy
Livestock Systems
- Animal Feeding
- Nutrition
- Manure Management
Human Condition
- Nutritional Value
- Human Drudgery
Mechanization
- Manure Application
- Planter and Fertilizer
Geospatial
- Weather Stations
- UAVs
- Modeling G x E x M
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Gender • Youth • Environment • Data Management

Dual-
Purpose
Millet
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Natural Resource Management:
Agroforestry Systems: (Faidherbia albida; Guiera senegalensis) - Reverse Phenology (does
not compete for resources with crops – opposite seasons); Hydraulic Lift (supplies water
during the off-season); Nutrient Recycling (sheds leafs; cattle rest in shade and provides
manure); Biochar: Organic soil amendment; helps improve soil quality. Significant changes
and improvements observed in soil pH.
Cropping Systems Management:
Dual-Purpose Pearl Millet (Genotype and Fertilizer): Developing new fertilizer management
practices across different agro-ecologies. Evaluating dual-purpose millet genotypes (with high
biomass, grain yield and nutrient density); Pearl Millet / Cowpea and Peanut Intercropping:
Evaluating species interaction, and integrated soil fertility management.
Livestock Systems Management:
Animal Feeding: Evaluating impact of dual purpose millet on productivity of livestock.
Manure Management: Improving methods of manure management and systems.
Human Condition:
Human Nutrition: Millet varieties with improved micronutrients; Bio-fortification: Bio-
fortification of millet flour (processing) with added nutrients.
Mechanization:
Manure Application: Improving ways to incorporate manure in the soil; Planter and Fertilizer
Applicator: Efficient planting and fertilizer application.
Geospatial Tools:
Weather Stations: Online weather stations across agro-ecologies of Senegal.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Monitoring plant health and biomass during cropping season.
G x E x M: Understanding and modeling genotype (G) x environment (E) x management (M).
Technologies / Innovations:
Sustainable Intensification and
Systems Approaches

SENEGALLong-termTraining: 6 Graduate Students
Thierno Ba (Ph.D.)
Animal Science
University ofThies
Awa Faye (Ph.D.)
Agronomy
University of Dakar
Marie-Therese Mofini (Ph.D.)
Agronomy
University of Dakar
FatouTine (Ph.D.)
Agronomy
University of Dakar
Coly Wade (Ph.D.)
Soil Fertility
University ofThies
Aida Maganda (Ph.D.)
Human Nutrition
University ofThies