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Day 1: Tuesday ǀ 21 February 2023

Time	Program
*0730 onwards*	REGISTRATIONS Venue: Near Anniversary Lawns
*0830-1010*	INAUGURAL SESSION Venue: Anniversary Lawns
0830-0850	Getting the house in order	Ramon Peachey & Agathe Diama, Master of Ceremony
0850-0900	Inviting guests to the dais	Ramon Peachey & Agathe Diama, Master of Ceremony
0900-0905	Welcome Address by the Conference Chair and Deputy Director General- Research, ICRISAT	Arvind Kumar
0905-0910	ICRISAT Video
0910-0925	Golden Jubilee Address, Director General, ICRISAT	Jacqueline Hughes
0925-0930	Address by the Guest of Honor	Ramesh Chand, NITI Aayog, India
0930-0945	Address by the Chief Guest	S Niranjan Reddy, Hon’ble Agriculture Minister, Govt. of Telangana
0945-0950	Opening of Exhibition (Virtual)	Chief Guest
0950-1000	Presentation of mementos to the guests	Jacqueline Hughes
1000-1005	Vote of Thanks	Victor Afari-Sefa, ICRISAT
*1005-1045*	*Group photo and High Tea/coffee*
*1050-1250*	*INAUGURAL PLENARY: INNOVATIONS TO TRANSFORM DRYLANDS* *Venue: Anniversary Lawns* *Chair: Jacqueline Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT* *Co-Chair: Abiola Afolayan, Co-Director, Policy, and Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA* *Rapporteurs: Manish Pandey, ICRISAT and Himabindu Kudapa, ICRISAT*
1050-1110	*Plenary 1:* Transforming the food systems: emerging role of tropical drylands	Prabhu Pingali, Chair, ICRISAT Governing Board, USA
1110-1130	*Plenary 2:* Transforming Africa towards sustainable and resilient food systems: what does it take?	Aggie Asiimwe Konde VP, Programme Innovation and Delivery, AGRA
1130-1140	*Plenary 3:* The role of international agricultural research in dryland agri-food systems transformation	Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Chair, CGIAR System Board
1140-1200	*Plenary 4:* Managing dryland soil health and water resources	Yemi Akinbamijo, Executive Director, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana (virtual)
1200-1220	*Plenary 5:* Challenges and opportunities in dryland agriculture: Special Address	Ramesh Chand, NITI Aayog, India
1220-1225	Presentation of mementos to the inaugural plenary speakers	Jacqueline Hughes
1225-1235	Signing of MoU between ICRISAT and Eagle Genomics	Jacqueline Hughes, DG, ICRISAT and Anthony Finbow, Chief Executive Officer, Eagle Genomics
*1235-1350*	*LUNCH*
*PLENARY SESSIONS I & II* *Venue: Anniversary Lawns* *Chair: AK Singh, Vice Chancellor, RLBCAU; Co-Chair: Ian Givens, University of Reading* *Convenor: Shalander Kumar, ICRISAT; Rapporteur: Gajanan Sawargaonkar, ICRISAT*
*THEME 1: DRYLAND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: IMPROVING THE LIVELIHOODS OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS*
1350-1410	*Plenary 1:* Role of livestock for achieving sustainable, healthy, and equitable food systems in the global south	Iain Wright Deputy Director General, ILRI, Kenya (virtual)
1410-1430	*Plenary 2:* Sustainable food system transformation in the drylands of Africa: challenges and opportunities	Ramadjita Tabo Regional Director, WCA, ICRISAT
*THEME 2: SEED SYSTEMS: ELEVATING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs) IN ASIA AND AFRICA*
1430-1450	*Plenary 1:* New improved variety commercialization toolkit: best practices for practitioners and investors in the seeds sector	Thieblemont Herve Head of Seeds2B Asia, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Switzerland
1450-1510	*Plenary 2:* Local participation and sustainability in dryland agriculture	Anjali Makhija Sehgal Foundation
*1510-1540*	*HEALTH BREAK*

*PARALLEL SESSIONS*
*THEME 1: DRYLAND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: IMPROVING THE LIVELIHOODS OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS*
*1540-1645*	*Sub-Theme 1.1: Dynamics of smallholder livelihood systems and levers of sustainability*	*Sub-Theme 1.2: Dryland agriculture for sustainable and inclusive development and world peace*	*Sub-Theme* *1.3:* *Lock-ins, trade-offs, and opportunities for rural livelihoods across dryland agri-food systems*
*Venue*	212 CFB Conference Hall	PTTC Conference Hall	Ralph Cummings Auditorium
Chair	PL Patil, Vice Chancellor UAS-Dharwad	M Raghunandan Rao, IAS Govt. of Telangana	OP Yadav Director, ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur
Co-Chair	R. Jagadeeshwar, Director of Research, PJTSAU,	C V Ratnavathi, ICAR-IIMR	M Prabhakar ICAR-CRIDA
Convenor	S Nedumaran, ICRISAT	Ashok Kumar Are, ICRISAT	Shalander Kumar, ICRISAT
Rapporteur	Ramesh Singh, ICRISAT	D Kumara Charyulu, ICRISAT	Mohd. Irshad, ICRISAT
*1540-1555* *KEYNOTES*	*Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming systems. The way forward for more productive, sustainable, and resilient smallholder livelihoods* Santiago LÓPEZ RIDAURA Senior Scientist, CIMMYT, Mexico	*Mechanization in Drylands for sustainable and inclusive development* Shailendra Jagtap Managing Director, John Deere	*Navigating opportunity spaces and trade-offs while avoiding lock-ins for smallholder dryland farmers* Jeroen Groot Associate Professor, WUR, Netherlands
	*LEAD PRESENTATIONS*
*1555-1605*	*Enhancing climate resilient agriculture through agronomic practices in rainfed agroecosystems* BV Asewar, VNMKV, Parbhani	*Farming systems diversification for income enhancement and sustainability of resources* Pasha ML, PJTSAU	*High profitability options in dryland agri-food system: a case of rapeseed mustard sector* RK Yogi, ICAR-DRMR
*1605-1615*	*Improving the Livelihood of Smallholder farmers through small ruminant production in dryland regions of India* SY Mukartal, UAS Dharwad	*Energy budgeting and carbon footprint for castor Production in the rainfed province of Ananthapuram* Pavan Kumar Reddy, ANGRAU	*The adoption of improved climate-smart crop varieties increases agricultural production and smallholder commercialization in West Africa* Tabe-Ojong MPJ, IFPRI, USA
*1615-1625*	*Forage options for transforming the livelihood of livestock keepers in dryland areas* Amaresh Chandra, ICAR-IGFRI	*Genetically elite Pongamia to transform dryland agriculture* MVR Prasad, Ex-Director, ICAR-IIOR	*Farmers’ heterogeneous preferences for traits of improved varieties: Informing demand-oriented crop breeding in Tanzania* Mequanint B. Melesse, ICRISAT
*1625-1635*	*Simulating the impacts of soil and crop management strategies on sorghum and pearl millet in the semi-arid region of Nigeria: An approach for scaling climate-smart technology* Folorunso M. Akinseye, ICRISAT	*DHAN’s Model of Enhancing the Livelihoods of Rainfed Smallholders* Palanisamy M, Dhan Foundation	*Demand-driven breeding of pearl millet to enhance the efficiency of diverse agro-food systems in drylands* SK Gupta, ICRISAT
*1635-1645*	Q&A	Q&A	Q&A
*THEME 2: SEED SYSTEMS: ELEVATING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs) IN ASIA AND AFRICA*
*1655-1800*	*Sub-Theme 2.1: Scaling the adoption of new seeds through strategic partnerships, capacity building, and policy reforms*	*Sub-Theme 2.2: Strengthening formal and informal seed systems to create new distribution pathways for sustainable delivery*	*Sub-Theme 2.3: Strengthened product testing and seed delivery networks for rapid variety replacement*
*Venue*	212 CFB Conference Hall	PTTC Conference Hall	Ralph Cummings Auditorium
Chair	NP Singh Vice Chancellor, BUAT, UP	Sanjay Kumar Director, ICAR-IISS	RK Mathur Director, ICAR-IIOR
Co-Chair	Ashok Kumar Are ICRISAT	Moinuddin Haroon Managing Director, HYTECH SEED INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED	Bijendra Pal Deputy Director Research, BIOSEED RESEARCH INDIA; and Chair HPRC
Convenor	Manzoor Dar, ICRISAT	Janila P, ICRISAT	SK Gupta, ICRISAT
Rapporteur	Sobhan Sajja, ICRISAT	Prakash Gangashetty, ICRISAT	M Vetriventhan, ICRISAT
*1655-1710* *KEYNOTES*	*Seed systems for the adoption of improved seeds in Asia & Africa* K. Keshavulu, MD, TSSC and President ISTA, TS	*Centre of excellence for seed systems in Africa; towards innovations to transform drylands* Jane Ininda Head, Seed Research & Systems Development [PID], AGRA, Kenya	*Seed systems: elevating public-private partnerships in Asia and Africa* Gubba Kiran Chief Executive Officer and Director Gubba Cold Storage Ltd.
	*LEAD PRESENTATIONS*
*1710-1720*	*Technologies of Nath Biogene and impact in selected countries in Africa* Venkatesh Kulkarni, Nath Bio-Genes India Pvt. Ltd.	*Improving the livelihood of dryland’s smallholding farmer sustainable and inclusive development through Castor (Ricinus communis)* Ravindra B G, Navbharat Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	*Using genetically engineered seeds to manage insect pests in cotton* Suhas Vyavhare, Texas A&M University
*1720-1730*	*Scaling the adoption of new seeds through strategic partnerships, capacity building and policy reforms* Manzoor Dar, ICRISAT	*Transforming drylands through interlinking of rivers or water bodies – Bio Canal system to bring the barren and drylands into agriculture* Laxmanan M, ITC	*Diversity and utilization of pearl millet genetic resources for nutritional security* CVCM Reddy, ANGRAU
*1730-1740*	*Seed systems for sustainable intensification of agri-food systems opportunities and challenges* C V Sameer Kumar, PJTSAU	*Driving market linkages using Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in dryland agriculture* Venkata Rao, MANAGE	*Investigation on the efficacy and management of seed-borne diseases in chickpea* Ashok Sajjan, UAS-Dharwad
*1740-1750*	*Seed system innovations for rapid delivery of improved varieties* Ashok Kumar Are, ICRISAT	*Enhancing the yield and nutritional quality of certain rainfed crops viz maize and oilseed by using effective and simple crop nutrition solutions* Prakash Gowda, Smart Chem Technologies Pvt. Ltd (Deepak Fertilizers)	*Plasma waters – the next green revolution in a sustainable way* Roger Pennell, Plasma Waters
*1750-1800*	Q&A	Q&A	Q&A
*1800-1900*	*Poster presentation for themes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8; Venue: Academic Court*
*1900-2100*	*CULTURAL PROGRAM AND DINNER (Venue: Anniversary Lawns)*

Day 2: Wednesday ǀ 22 February 2023

*PLENARY SESSIONS III, IV & V*			*Venue: Anniversary Lawns*
*Chair: Mangala Rai, Former Secretary, DARE & DG, ICAR; Co-Chair: Katrien Devos, Distinguished Research Professor University of Georgia* *Convenor: Ashok Kumar A, ICRISAT; Rapporteur: D Kumara Charyulu, ICRISAT*
*THEME 3: REGENERATIVE / NATURAL FARMING SYSTEMS FOR DRYLANDS*
*0830-0850*	*Plenary 1:* Reviving millets in farms & plates: the Odisha millets mission experience		Arabinda K Padhee Principal Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment, Govt. of Odisha
*0850-0910*	*Plenary 2:* Regenerative agriculture for building the resilience of drylands: discovery to delivery		ML Jat Global Research Program Director- RFFS, ICRISAT
*THEME 4: MANAGING DRYLAND SOIL HEALTH AND WATER RESOURCES*
*0910-0930*	*Plenary 1:* Transformative innovations for strengthening water security and yields in drylands		V Praveen Rao Vice Chancellor, Kaveri Agri. University and Ex VC, PJTSAU
*0930-0950*	*Plenary 2:*Water budget-based cropping systems designs and scaling strategies for specific cropping-zones diversification, sustainable intensification and resource conservation in India		Arvind Kumar Deputy Director General-Research, ICRISAT, India
*THEME 5: STRENGTHENING NUTRI – SENSITIVE FOOD SYSTEMS FOR THE DRYLANDS*
*0950-1010*	*Plenary 1:* We all demand sustainable foods, but do they always provide sustainable nutrition?		Ian Givens Director, IFNH, Professor of Food Chain Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Policy, and Development, University of Reading, UK
*1010-1030*	*Plenary 2:* The worlds food system needs to change strategies and actions to make that happen		Sujatha Jayaraman, Head R&D- Beverages, Unilever Nutrition
*1030-1100*	*HEALTH BREAK*
*PARALLEL SESSIONS*
*THEME 3: REGENERATIVE / NATURAL FARMING SYSTEMS FOR DRYLANDS*
*1100-1205*	*Sub-Theme 3.1: Scope of regenerative (sustainable) dryland farming methods and standards*	*Sub-Theme 3.2: Economic analysis of regenerative (sustainable) dryland farming versus conventional/other farming methods*		*Sub-Theme 3.3: Environmental safety and sustainability of regenerative (sustainable) dryland farming*
*Venue*	212 CFB Conference Hall	PTTC Conference Hall		Ralph Cummings Auditorium
Chair	Sanjay Kalia DBT, GoI	Andrew McDonald Cornell University, USA		Adegbola Adesogan, Director, GFSI, UFL, USA
Co-Chair	CA Rama Rao ICAR-CRIDA	E Revathi Director, CESS		M Malla Reddy Assoc. Director- Research, PJTSAU
Convenor	Rajan Sharma, ICRISAT	Martin Moyo, ICRISAT ESA		Mamta Sharma, ICRISAT
Rapporteur	Prasad Kamdi, ICRISAT	GV Anupama, ICRISAT		Jaba Jagadish, ICRISAT
*1100-1115* *KEYNOTES*	*Communities of practice-The importance of collective viewpoints for sustainable Agri-food system* Shannon Olsson Global Director, The Eco network	*Economic evaluation of insect-pest management strategies in water-deficit cotton production systems* Megha N Parajulee Professor, Texas, A&M university		*Can organic agriculture be sustainable in the drylands?* CLL Gowda (Virtual) Co-Founder, GRSV Consulting Services, and Former DDG- ICRISAT
	*LEAD PRESENTATIONS*
*1115-1125*	*Mainstreaming the agrobiodiversity of drylands for climate resilience and nutrition* Jai Rana, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT	*Natural farming: a tool for sustainable agricultural development* Shivendra Mishra, Banda Agriculture University		*Landscape resource management for sustainable crop intensification: a case study of tribal dominated areas of eastern India* K H Anantha, ICRISAT
*1125-1135*	*Agroforestry regenerates ecosystem services in degraded dryland* Biswas B, BCKV	*Sustainable horticulture in semi-arid regions* Neeraja Prabhakar, VC , SKLTSHU		*‘ARAKUNOMICS, A Syncretic Solution’* Anupama Sreeramaneni, NAANDI Foundation
*1135-1145*	*In-vitro evaluation of bio-agents against Claviceps fusiformis causing ergot of pearl millet* Kumar ST, VNMKV, Parbhani	*Building resilience at production system level through adoption of integrated management practices* Gajanan Sawargaonkar, ICRISAT		*Application of pheromone trap is boon for maize crop against fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda* Pandey U, HCL Foundation
*1145-1155*	*Soil fertility constraints and its management in the dryland farming* Firdous S, VIT	*Climate change and farmers’ migration in the semi-arid tropic and eastern regions of India: role of irrigation and local non-farm income diversification* Gauri Sreekumar, IIT-M		*Dryland production system: improving productivity and climate resilience* Vinutha BB, UAS-B
*1155-1205*	Q&A	Q&A		Q&A
*THEME 4: MANAGING DRYLAND SOIL HEALTH AND WATER RESOURCES*
*1215-1320*	*Sub-Theme 4.1:* Managing soil health for sustainable agriculture in dryland areas	*Sub-Theme 4.2:* Landscape-based resource conservation: Linking land, water, agriculture, and rural livelihoods		*Sub-Theme 4.3:* Land use planning and management under changing soil and water scenario
*Venue*	212 CFB Conference Hall	PTTC Conference Hall		Ralph Cummings Auditorium
Chair	Ch Srinivasa Rao Director, NAARM, India	HS Sidhu Dean , College of Agri Engg., PAU		Gyanendra Singh Director, ICAR-IIWBR
Co-Chair	PK Swain NRAA, GoI	HS Jat, Director, ICAR-IIMR		Rao Mylavarapu University of Florida, USA
Convenor	Birhanu Zemadim Birhanu ICRISAT ESA	Sreenath Dixit, ICRISAT		Folorunso M. AKINSEYE ICRISAT, WCA
Rapporteur	Pushpajeet Choudhari, ICRISAT	Aviraj Datta, ICRISAT		Kapil Raje, ICRISAT
*1215-1230* *KEYNOTES*	*Data quality and uncertainty in decision making: the contribution of the Global Soil Laboratory Network to sustainable soil management* (Virtual) Lucrezia Caon, Coordinator, Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN), FAO	*Integrated approaches for effective utilization of residual biomass: Enhancement in soil quality, Value added functional chemicals in a sustainable way* Bhaskar Thallada, HoD, Professor, (AcSIR) CSIR, Indian Institute Of Petroleum, India		*Farming systems modelling to inform crop management decisions* Alison Laing Deputy Director, CSIRO, Australia
	*LEAD PRESENTATIONS*
*1230-1240*	*Effect of conservation tillage on soil biological properties in rainfed condition* MA Sneha, UAS-B	*Sustaining crop productivity and improving livelihoods of rainfed regions through resource conservation watershed management in SAT of south India* SL Patil, ICAR-IIPR		*Implication of water scarcity on agriculture and land use pattern: A case study of Maharashtra, India* Anbukkani Perumal, IARI
*1240-1250*	*Investigating the relationship between groundwater augmentation and groundwater quality at micro-watershed scale* Mukund Patil, ICRISAT	*Role of groundwater irrigation in mitigating the impact of climate change on wheat production: a district level analysis in India* Aryama Sarkar, IIT- M		*Impact of natural resource management interventions on hydrological processes and ecosystem services: Case study of Parasai-Sindh watershed, Central India* Kaushal K Garg, ICRISAT
*1250-1300*	*Biomass and nutrient flow dynamics from households to farm fields: an experimental study in southern Mali* Hamma Kasse, ICRISAT	*Predicting soil erosion using land use change and projected climate change scenarios (cmip6) in Mali* Sanogo K, ICRISAT		*Land suitability assessment and management options for cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) production in the Cote d’Ivoire cotton basin* Kone I, WASCAL, Ghana
*1300-1310*	*Optimizing dose of organic manure for sustainable sorghum production* Guindo M, ICRISAT	*Rejuvenation of traditional rainwater harvesting (Haveli) for transforming smallholders agri-food system: A case study from Central India* Ramesh Singh, ICRISAT		*Estimating soil nitrogen balance with respect to Tamil Nadu* Paramasivam, MSDS
*1310-1320*	Q&A	Q&A		Q&A
*1320-1420*	*LUNCH*
*PARALLEL SESSION*
*THEME 5:* *STRENGTHENING NUTRI – SENSITIVE FOOD SYSTEMS FOR THE DRYLANDS*
*1430-1535*	*Sub-Theme 5.1: Strategies to address global agriculture for nutrition challenges*	*Sub-Theme 5.2: Mainstreaming agriculture for nutrition: understanding the drivers, interactions among different components of food systems and role of stakeholders (Industry, MSME, etc.)*		*Sub-Theme 5.3: Leveraging science and technology to strengthen inclusive nutrition-sensitive food systems: challenges and opportunities*
*Venue*	212 CFB Conference Hall	PTTC Conference Hall		Ralph Cummings Auditorium
Chair	BR Kamboj Vice-Chancellor, CCSHAU, Hisar	AK Shukla VC, RVSKVV, Gwalior, MP		Parbodh Chander Sharma Director, ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal
Co-Chair	Bikram Gill Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University, USA	Sujatha Jayaraman Unilever Nutrition		Rupa Dawane JSW Foundation
Convenor	R Padmaja, ICRISAT	S Aravazhi, ICRISAT		Rakesh Srivastava, ICRISAT
Rapporteur	Tamilselvi N, ICRISAT	Harshvardhan Mane, ICRISAT		Purushotham Rudraraju, ICRISAT
*1430-1445* *KEYNOTES*	*A food systems approach to tackling livestock productivity problems in developing countries* Adegbola Adesogan, Director, Global Food Systems Institute, Director, Livestock Systems Innovation Lab, University of Florida, USA	*Interdependence of Nutrient and Water Management for Nutrition-Oriented Goals in Dryland Agriculture* Rao Mylavarapu, Director of IFAS Analytical Services Laboratories, Soil & Water Sciences Department, University of Florida, USA		*Essential agricultural data for decomposing crop yield gaps and setting adaptation priorities in stress-prone environments* Andrew McDonald Professor of International Cropping Systems, Cornell University, USA
	*LEAD PRESENTATIONS*
1445-1455	*Strategies and approaches to promote Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in irrigation Development Project Regions of Rajasthan* R Gopinath , MSSRF	*Mitigating protein malnutrition through intercropping paddy straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) in maize cropping system* DVSC Reddy, TNAU		Millets in Indian Knowledge Systems – An Analysis of Pharmacological Properties & Recipes of Millets Based on Deep Mining of Classical Dietetics Literature to Curate Opportunities for Food Plates of Today’s World Shridevi Gothe, UTDHST
1455-1505	*A convergence model for promoting nutri-sensitive local food system to address malnutrition and anemia in the Tribal regions of Telangana State, India* Saikat Datta Mazumdar, ICRISAT	*Performance of foxtail millet (Setaria italica* L.) under varying sowing environments in semi-arid regions of Andhra Pradesh in India K Ashok Kumar, ANGRAU		*Predictive modelling to identifying suitable varieties of “Smart Food” for formulating Indian flatbread and biscuits with superior nutritional and sensory traits* Priyanka Durgalla, ICRISAT
1505-1515	*Nutrient-dense millets germplasm to develop biofortified cultivars for addressing the nutritional security of poor and smallholder farmers in the drylands* Vetriventhan, ICRISAT	*Development and optimization of the questionnaire for Knowledge Assessment with Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture scale (KANSAS)* Shirisha Junuthula, Tufts University		*Pearl millet grains: a storehouse of valuable phenolics* Roopa Banerjee, Cynteny Solutions
1515-1525	*Sustainable intensification of agrifood systems to ensure* food and nutritional security Jat HS, CSSRI	*Promoting a sustainable local ecosystem linking “agriculture-nutrition entrepreneurship” towards achieving community development* Aravazhi Selvaraj, ICRISAT		*Extending the Food Application Landscape of Millets – Opportunities & Challenges* Gurmeet Singh, UTDHST
1525-1535	Q & A	Q & A		Q & A
*1535-1605*	*HEALTH BREAK*
*1605-1705*	*Poster presentation for Theme 6; Venue: Academic Court*
*1800-1900*	*EXPERT PANEL DELIBERATION* *Transforming Dryland Agriculture for smallholder farmers of Africa and Asia* *Mangala Rai, Abiola Afolayan, Ian Givens, Jane Ininda, Herve Thieblemont* *Moderator: Rekha Rao; Venue: Anniversary Lawns*
*1900-2100*	*DINNER*

Day 3: Thursday ǀ 23 February 2023

*PLENARY SESSIONS VI, VII & VIII*			*Venue: Anniversary Lawns*
*Chair: Arun Baral, CEO, HarvestPlus; Co-Chair: Madhur Gautam, The World Bank* *Convenor: Damaris Odeny, ICRISAT; Rapporteur: Jana Kholova, ICRISAT*
*THEME 6: IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND NUTRITION IN DRYLANDS – TECHNOLOGIES AND APPROACHES*
*0830-0850*	*Plenary 1:* Applying genomic tools to fast track the improvement of climate-resilient crops: Finger millet as a case study.		Katrien Devos University of Georgia, USA
*0850-0910*	*Plenary 2:* The importance of nutritional traits for climate-resilient crops		Sean Mayes Global Research Program Director- ACI, ICRISAT
*THEME 7: INCLUSIVE DEMAND-DRIVEN VALUE CHAINS FOR THE DRYLANDS*
*0910-0930*	*Plenary 1:* Integrating key enablers for enhancing agri-food systems transformation in the drylands		Victor Afari-Sefa Global Research Program Director- EST, ICRISAT
*0930-0950*	*Plenary 2:* Policies and strategies to promote the development of inclusive value chains and sustainable markets for supporting food and nutrition security in the drylands		Thomas Reardon Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University, USA (Virtual)
*THEME 8: INTEGRATING GENDER YOUTH AND SOCIAL INCLUSION IN DRYLAND AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS*
*0950-1010*	*Plenary 1:* From the World Food Programme to Africa’s Farms: Connecting and feeding Africa through women in agriculture		Abiola Afolayan Co-Director, Policy, and Research Institute, USA
*PARALLEL SESSIONS*
*THEME 6:* *IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY, CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND NUTRITION IN DRYLANDS – TECHNOLOGIES AND APPROACHES*
*1020-1150*	*Sub-Theme 6.1:* Genetic enhancement for productivity, climate resilience, and nutritional quality	*Sub-Theme 6.2:* Cutting-edge genomic and gene-editing tools		*Sub-Theme 6.3:* Digital agriculture – technologies and platforms
*Venue*	212 CFB Conference Hall	PTTC Conference Hall		Ralph Cummings Auditorium
Chair	Amaresh Chandra, Director, ICAR-IGFRI	Raman Babu Corteva		Krishnan Pallassana Country Director India, Digital Green
Co-Chair	Tara Satyavathi Director, ICAR-IIMR	RM Sundaram Director, ICAR-IIRR		Suseela Chintala Chief General Manager, NABARD
Convenor	Ephrem Habyarimana, ICRISAT	Kuldeep Singh, ICRISAT		Srikanth R, ICRISAT
Rapporteur	Manish Pandey, ICRISAT	Rakesh Srivastava, ICRISAT		Mukund Patil, ICRISAT
*1020-1035* *KEYNOTES*	*Enhancing the Impacts of Breeding and Genetic Innovations through Demand-led Plant Breeding* Hussein Shimelis Chair- Crop Science Deputy Director- ACCI, UKZN, South Africa	*Chromosomal and extra-chromosomal genetic element structure and behavior informed crop genome manipulation for dryland agriculture* Bikram Gill Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University, USA		*Plant pests and diseases: a holistic approach to prevention and control* Adam Kleczkowski Chair for Global Talent, Department of Mathematics, University of Strathclyde, UK
*1035-1100*	*HEALTH BREAK*
	*LEAD PRESENTATIONS*
*1100-1110*	*The role of m6A RNA methylation in plant abiotic stress responses* Ramanjulu Sunkar, Oklahoma State University, USA	*Improving the quality of pearl millet reference genome assembly and its deployment in breeding* Punna Ramu, Corteva, India		*Satellite remote sensing to support digital agriculture* Armando Marino, Senior Lecturer, Earth Observation University of Stirling, UK
*1110-1120*	*Unraveling cell wall structure and function in symplasmic intercellular transport for the design of strategies to improve food security and sustainable living* Yoselin Benitez Alfonso, Univ. of Leeds, UK	*AgriSeq Targeted GBS and Axiom Microarrays – Modern genotyping tools for improving crops across the continuum* Srinivas Chadaram Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA		*Scale-independent precision agriculture* Raj Khosla Kansas State University, USA (recorded)
*1120-1130*	*Morpho-physiological & molecular mechanisms for development of drought tolerant chickpea using gab: success story of PUSA 10216 and PUSA JG 16* C Bharadwaj, IARI, India	*Identify, validate and routinely screen genotypes in translational agrigenomics* Pankaj Khanna, Imperial Life Sciences		*SERVIR West Africa Phase 2: Building a regional earth observation marketplace* Paul Bartel, Chief of Party SERVIR West Africa
*1130-1140*	*Genomic toolkit for Fusarium wilt resistance breeding in castor (Ricinus communis L.)* Senthilvel Senapathy, ICAR-IIOR, India	*Harnessing the Bioeconomy* Yvonne Pinto Eagle Genomics, UK		*Scaling AI to millions of farmers – A collaborative journey of ICRISAT & Plantix* Simone Strey, CEO Rob Strey, CTO Plantix, Germany
*1140-1150*	Q & A	Q & A		Q & A
*THEME 7: INCLUSIVE DEMAND-DRIVEN VALUE CHAINS FOR THE DRYLANDS*
*1200-1305*	*Sub-Theme 7.1: Digitalization and disruptive innovations that build transparency, feedback loops and demand into the last mile*	*Sub-Theme 7.2: Enabling policy and institutional environments that protect and promote inclusive and sustainable value chains*		*Sub-Theme 7.3: Small is the big picture: predicting consumer trends, behaviors and financial levers for local agro-industrialization in relevance to MSMEs & food processing industry*
*Venue*	212 CFB Conference Hall	PTTC Conference Hall		Ralph Cummings Auditorium
*Chair*	D Rama Rao Ex-Director, NAARM	B Dayakar ICAR-IIMR, Hyderabad		K Kareemulla ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad
*Co-Chair*	Shaik N Meera, Director, ATARI, Hyderabad	Ranjit Kumar ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad		R Srikanth, ICRISAT
Convenor	Wricha Tyagi, ICRISAT	S Nedumaran, ICRISAT		KH Anantha, ICRISAT
Rapporteur	Pranuthi G, ICRISAT	Purushotham Rudraraju, ICRISAT		GV Anupama, ICRISAT
*1200-1215* *KEYNOTES*	*Digital tools for improving smallholder farming* Krishnan Pallassana Country Director India, Digital Green	*Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Public Support to transform the Food System* Madhur Gautam Lead Economist, World Bank		*Contribution of smallholder farmers in value chain development* A Amarender Reddy, ICAR-CRIDA
	*LEAD PRESENTATIONS*
*1215-1225*	*Drones for sustainability of agri-ecosystem* Vinod Kumar, Senseacre	*Understanding the dynamics of the sorghum value chain in India: Contrasting aspirations and outcomes* Shalander Kumar, ICRISAT		*Sensitivity Analysis of SAR data for monitoring of Pearl Millet Crop* Dharanya T, IIRS, ISRO
*1225-1235*	*Building equitable e-marketplaces to enable discovery and price parity* Venu Margam, Kalgudi Digital	*Production performance, instability and decomposition analysis of pulses in hot arid western India* Ravindra Singh Shekhawat, CAZRI		*SAI Tribal Tradition: Local to Global* Jitendra Sinha, Sai Tribal
*1235-1245*	*Detection of the 2018-19 invasion of Fall Armyworm in India by mobile technologies: A statistical analysis* Amani Al-Rubkhi, University of Strathclyde	*Inclusive, market-oriented and nutri-sensitive agricultural value chain for enhancing livelihood and nutrition in rural areas of drylands* S Nedumaran, ICRISAT		*Creating an efficient ecosystem for demand-driven value chains* NV Ramana, Advisor, Samunnathi Financial Intermediation &Services P ltd.
*1245-1255*	*The digital agriculture opportunity: applying machine learning to identify and manage water risk* Michael Ferrari, Climate Alpha	*Conservative agricultural practices at scale in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana* S Suman, Dr Reddy’s Foundation		*Agricultural Cropland products of South Asia using earth observation data and machine learning algorithm* Murali Gumma, ICRISAT
*1255-1305*	Q & A	Q & A		Q & A
*THEME 8:* *INTEGRATING GENDER YOUTH AND SOCIAL INCLUSION IN DRYLAND AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS*
*1305-1510*	*Sub-Theme 8.1:* Advancing gender equity and social inclusion in food systems transformation	*Sub-Theme 8.2:* Making agricultural technology development more gender-sensitive and socially inclusive		*Sub-Theme 8.3:* Strengthening gender equity and social inclusion for enhancing transformative capacity
*Venue*	212 CFB Conference Hall	PTTC Conference Hall		Ralph Cummings Auditorium
Chair	Veenita Kumari, MANAGE	Suneetha Rani, University of Hyderabad		Deepthi Ravula, WE-HUB
*Co-Chair*	Amrita Datta, IIT-Hyderabad	Alison Baker, University of Leeds, UK		Srinivas Surisetti, TISS-Hyderabad
Convenor	Mequanint M, ICRISAT	R Padmaja, ICRISAT		K Kavitha, ICRISAT
Rapporteur	Himabindu K, ICRISAT	P Sudhakar, ICRISAT		Anupama, ICRISAT
*1305-1320* *KEYNOTES*	*Advancing Gender Equity and Social Inclusion in food system’s transformation* Gyan Mudra Professor, TISS, Hyd, Chairperson – School of Gender Studies	*Exploring Alternative Livelihood Avenues in Dryland Regions* Rupa Dawane Head- Water, Environment and Sanitation, JSW Foundation		*Strengthening gender equity and social inclusion* Aparna Rayaprol Professor and Former Head, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad
*1320-1420*	*LUNCH BREAK*
	*LEAD PRESENTATIONS*
*1420-1430*	*Agriculture Mechanization and Gender Influence: A Case Study for the Adoption of Machine* Harvestable Chickpeas in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India (recorded) Jialu Li, Cornell University	*Assessment of Gender-responsive Technologies in Drylands for Inclusive Agriculture* Rudraraju P, ICRISAT		*Determinants of Diet Diversity: A case study on tribal women from Adilabad and Kumaram Bheem, Telangana* (recorded) Ravneet Kaur, Catalyst Group India
*1430-1440*	*Analyzing gender differentials in dietary diversity across urban and peri-urban areas of Hyderabad, India* (recorded) Kiran Marla, UCLA	*Inclusive Participation in Integrated Watershed Development Programmes: Insights from Bundelkhand, Central India* (recorded) Ananya Chakraborty, WRI		*Food Insecurity and Diet Diversity: A case study of the tribal community from Adilabad and Kumaram Bheem, Telangana* (recorded) Pellissery S, National Law University
*1440-1450*	*Sorghum for increased food security and improved livelihood in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs)* (recorded) Nelly Chebet, Egerton University	*Time Preferences of Women in Non-farm work: Evidence from rural Indian households* Disha Bose, IIMA		*Evaluating nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practices among the vulnerable population in selected tribal locations in Telangana, India* Kavitha Kasala, ICRISAT
*1450-1500*	*Gender differentiated farmers’ perception of climate risk, access to climate information and adaptation strategies: A systematic review* Soniya Ningombam, ICRISAT	*Gender Participation in Dryland Restoration: Challenges and Perspectives for Sustainable Land Management in the North Region of Cameroon* (recorded) Eponle Usoh Sylvie, University of Buea/CIFOR-ICRAF		*Impact of Obesity: Health, Economic and Gender Perspectives* Deepthi Harkar, Independent Consultant, Public health
*1500-1510*	Q & A	Q & A		Q & A
*1510-1540*	*HEALTH BREAK*
*1540-1700*	*WAY FORWARD*
*TITLE: ROADMAP FOR TRANSFORMING DRYLAND AGRICULTURE* *Panelists: Jacqueline Hughes, Mangala Rai, Sanjay Agarwal, P. Chandra Shekara; Arun Baral,* *Iain Wright* *Moderator: Arvind Kumar, DDG-R, ICRISAT; Venue: Anniversary Lawns*
*1700-1805*	*CLOSING PLENARY* *Chair: Mangala Rai, Former Secretary, DARE & DG, ICAR; Rapporteur: S. Nedumaran*
*1700-1705*	*Welcome of the dignitaries to the dais* Agathe Diama, ICRISAT
*1705-1715*	*Conference Sessions Report* Ramon P, Director Communications, ICRISAT
*1715-1735*	*Prize Distribution Ceremony* Jacqueline Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT
*1735-1740*	*Address by the Director General, ICRISAT* Jacqueline Hughes
*1740-1745*	*Address by the Chair, CGIAR System Board* Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Chair, CGIAR System Board
*1745- 1750*	*Address by the Chair, Governing Board, ICRISAT* Prabhu Pingali
*1750-1755*	*Closing Remarks* Conference Chair, Arvind Kumar

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No	Date	Time	Topics	Venue
1	21 Feb 2023	1800-1930	Scale-appropriate mechanization for the drylands Coordinator: ML Jat	307 Conf Hall
2	21 Feb 2023	1800-1930	Water-use efficiency and conjunctive water use in drylands: Case of Plasma Waters Coordinator: Victor Afari-Sefa	306 Conf Hall
3	22 Feb 2023	1630-1800	Regenerative agriculture in the drylands: Challenges and opportunities (Echo network) Coordinator: Victor Afari-Sefa	307 Conf Hall
4	22 Feb 2023	1630-1800	International Year of Millets 2023 Coordinator: Aravazhi Selvaraj	306 Conf Hall
5	22 Feb 2023	1630-1800	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences -ICRISAT Urban Sprawl Project Scientific Workshop Coordinator: S Nedumaran/ Padmaja R	EST Conf Room
6	22 Feb 2023	1200-1400	Celebrating 50 years of ICRISAT with dryland farmers (Visit of around 100 progressive farmers) Coordinator: Hari Sudini/ V Sudha Rani	Conf. Exhibition Area

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