Scaling up on-farm testing and performance data in Africa
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1000FARMS Trials Platform retweeted
The #Tricot approach from @1000farms empowers farmers as co-researchers 👩🏾🌾
By testing three varieties at once, they share data that drives innovation in breeding 🌾
@cgiar_breeding is now making on-farm trials a crucial step in the breeding process ⤵️
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1000FARMS Trials Platform retweeted
Now you can create ODK forms in multiple languages, making surveys easier for both field teams and respondents. Switch between languages as needed. 🌍✨ #ClimMob #LocalLanguages #ODKForms
🚦Next webinar: Thursday, June 5th | 15:00 CET
📣Speaker: David Brown, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate at Cornell University’s EQUAL-LAB
🔖Topic: Synthesis of tricot data to support decision-making in crop variety evaluation
✍️Register here: bit.ly/1000FARMS_June05
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🚦Next webinar: Thursday, Apr 3rd | 14:00 CET
📢Speaker: Bolanle Adebayo, PhD candidate at Virginia Tech
💻Topic: Phenomenological exploration of participation in #CitizenScience and #FoodSystems leadership
✍️Register here: bit.ly/1000FARMSwebinars
#tricot #agriculturalresearch
ALT Sharifa Juma digs terraces to stop soil erosion. Lushoto, Tanzania. ©2014CIAT/GeorginaSmith
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🚦Next webinar: Tuesday, Mar 4th | 14:00 CET
🗣️ Speaker: Marilyn Manrow (@ClimMob)
💻Topic: ClimMob Updates: Enhancing usability, organization, and collaboration
✍️Register here: bit.ly/1000FARMS4thWebinar
#OnFarmTesting #tricot #DataAnalysis #AgriTech #CitizenScience
ALT Credit: ©2014CIAT/GeorginaSmith
🚦Next webinar: Thursday, Feb 20 | 15:00 CET
🎤 Speaker: Tessy Madu (@nrcri_umudike)
🌾 Topic: Participatory crop evaluation: Tricot trials on cassava & sweet potato.
✍️Register here: bit.ly/1000FARMS3rdWebinar
#Cropvarieties #yield #OnfarmTesting #citizenscience
1000FARMS Trials Platform retweeted
Submitting Excel templates? ClimMob now detects any data issues, providing clear messages to help you correct specific rows and columns. Your data accuracy made simple! ✔️📑 #DataValidation #UserSupport #ClimMob
1000FARMS Trials Platform retweeted
Along with the main report, you can now download all project outputs in a single .zip file from the Downloads section. Extra resources vary based on your collected data! 📊📁
#ClimMob #ProjectReports
🚦Our second webinar of the year is happening next Tue Feb 4th @ 14h CET!
Violet Lasdun, visiting researcher at the @BiovIntCIAT_eng will give a presentation on "Engaging Rural Youth in Data-Driven Plant Breeding" 🌱
Register here: bit.ly/1000FARMS2ndWebinar
#breeding #tricot
ALT 5Q using tablet. Using a picture as identification of the farmer and it's plot is something many farmers have told us they like. This way he feels proud and engaged with farming practices all around the world. Credit: ©2015CIAT/ManonKoningstein
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🚦Our first webinar of the year is happening next Tue 21st Jan @ 15h CET!
A presentation on "Social dynamics associated with implementing mother-baby and #Tricot participatory trials on selected #cassava varieties in #Nigeria"
✔️Register here: bit.ly/3DW4iVP
ALT A man and a woman stand behind three different varieties of Cassava in Daudu, Benue State, Nigeria. Credits to Abolore Bello
🌟 Exciting news in cassava breeding! 🌟
IITA and NRCRI presented 2 top cassava varieties using tricot data to the Nigerian Variety Release Committee and it was approved for release !
📢 Stay tuned as we pave the way for more resilient and productive crops future in Africa!
ALT The IITA and NRCRI cassava breeding team (Photo: Béla Teeken).
ALT Variety release committee going trough our request for release document (Photo: Béla Teeken).
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1000FARMS Trials Platform retweeted
Prof. Olakojo member of the variety release committee advocates for integration of tricot and re-establishment of NCRP trails during tricot stakeholder workshop in Abuja @ncribadeggi @IITA_CGIAR @RTB_CGIAR @1000farms @Cipotato
1000FARMS Trials Platform retweeted
Bayer representative Jamlick Mwathi illustrating their use of Tricot in Kenya @IITA_CGIAR @1000farms @Cipotato @nrcri_umudike @NihortNG @RTB_CGIAR
1000FARMS Trials Platform retweeted
Elysé Tuyishime from the One Acre Fund, a community enterprise, sharing One Acre’s fund experience with tricot. @IITA_CGIAR @Cipotato @OneAcreFund @1000farms @RTB_CGIAR @nrcri_umudike @NihortNG
🌱 REMINDER: Calling all NARES, plant breeders & farmers! 🌱
Passionate about #onfarm testing & accelerating #foodsecurity in #Africa?
Get up to $20,000 to kick-off your project! Apply for our catalytic small grants by June 30th! ➡️ 1000farms.net
ALT Diverse seeds show by Pauline Odera, a farmer who also runs the seedbank at Vihiga, Kenya. Researchers at the Alliance worked with partners. Credit: ©2019 CIAT/Georgina Smith
😞Did you miss our webinar on the 2024 call for proposals?
🤩Worry not! You can watch the video here: youtube.com/watch?v=BHkH96Mx…
❓If you have any questions, just log into our community site and let us know community.1000farms.net/
#tricot #breeding #agriculture #testing #onfarm
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🫘 Attention to all tricot aficionados
🎟️ Do not miss our webinar today at 3pm (CET) / 4pm (EAT) where we will provide additional details on our latest call for proposal as well as answer your questions
✏️ You can still register & join here: bit.ly/3WGfn4Q
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📢 New tricot funding opportunity
✍️Do you want to learn more about our latest call for proposals?
📅Register & join our webinar this Wed, May 15th at 3pm (CET) / 4pm (EAT) here: bit.ly/3WGfn4Q
Together, let's unlock tricot's potential for a more food-secure Africa!
ALT A man and a woman doing a consumer testing in Cameroon - Photo taken by Bela Teeken
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🌱 Funding opportunity !
📢 1000FARMS is excited to announce a new call for proposals to support 5 catalytic small projects that leverage the tricot approach for on-farm testing of late-stage breeding materials!
🖥️ For more information visit 1000farms.net
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1000FARMS Trials Platform retweeted
Step 10: Power of Iteration 🔁
Tricot's journey doesn't end! Knowledge grows with every cycle. Multiple projects amplify data strength. Repeat participants and agents, expertise elevated. Starting projects lay the foundation for evolving ones.#IterativeInnovation #TricotJourney
