10 November 2025
Join speakers Dr Rekiya O. Abdulmalik and Dr Maryam A. Dawud as they share how the tricot approach engaged farmers to evaluate elite sorghum, pearl millet, and groundnut genotypes across Nigeria’s drylands. Spanning five states, 30 communities, and 900 farmers, trials used a balanced incomplete block design with digital data collection using ODK and ClimMob. Preferences were driven mainly by yield and grain size, underscoring tricot’s power to align breeding targets with farmer priorities and speed up adoption.
Date: Thursday 13 November
Time: 15:00–15:30 (CET)
Summary
In this webinar, you will learn:
- How to design farmer-led tricot trials using ODK/ClimMob
- Practical lessons from 900 farmers across five states/30 communities
- The most-preferred sorghum, groundnut, and millet genotypes/hybrids from the trials
- Why yield and grain size dominate farmer preferences – and what that means for breeding pipelines
- How to turn farmer preference data into breeding decisions that accelerate uptake
About the speakers
Dr Rekiya O. Abdulmalik is a sorghum breeder and Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Agricultural Research. Dr Maryam A. Dawud is a pearl millet breeder and Chief Research Officer at the Lake Chad Research Institute. Together they bring 10+ years of collaboration with national and international partners, focusing on high-yielding, nutrient-rich, and stress-tolerant sorghum and pearl millet varieties.
About the 1000FARMS webinar series
Our webinars will highlight the varied projects carried out by our partners, featuring experts, farmers, groundbreaking studies, and discussions on the overall impact of tricot and other farmer-led trials.
The webinars will take place every two weeks, usually on Tuesday or Thursday afternoons (CET), and are open to anyone. The format is a 15-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes of open discussion.
Missed a previous webinar? Find the catch-up videos in the 1000FARMS Community.
