IYOM2023 in Spanish: ¿Los mijos?

3rd in series on translation & the International Year of Millets The Spanish version of the name of the planned 2023 International Year of Millets (IYOM) in the UN General Assembly resolution uses the singular: Año Internacional del Mijo instead of Año Internacional de los Mijos. The Spanish version of the 2019 FAO planning document mentioned in the …

IYOM2023 in French: Mils et/ou millets?

2nd in series on translation & the International Year of Millets The French version of the name of the planned 2023 International Year of Millets (IYOM) in the UN General Assembly resolution is Année internationale du mil. Interestingly, a 2019 FAO planning document referred to it as Année internationale des millets,1 and this name also appears …

Translation problems ahead of the International Year of Millets (IYOM2023)?

Diversity of millets. Clockwise from top left: Finger plant, grain; logo; foxtail grain, plant; pearl grain, plant; display; proso plant, grain. On 3 March 2021, the UN General Assembly approved a resolution proposed by India and fifty-one other countries, with association of the FAO, declaring 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYOM). The declaration …

Seven International Years & two Decades

As we close out the year 2021, I'd like to catch up and look ahead at a number of UN calendar observances. Seven of those are International Years: 4 that are coming to a close; 2 that will begin next year; and one that was declared earlier this year for 2023 - the International Year …

[LI] Beyond vertical farming?; biodiversity of millets; plant-based plastic

Two replies and a post on LinkedIn about topics related directly or indirectly to agriculture. Reply to a post by Rohit Talwar of a short video entitled "City Farming—Beyond Vertical Solutions," and comment "Is the future of farming beyond vertical?" (Fast Forward Publishing, 6 October, 2018) (posted April 2020) This teaser doesn't say as much …

International Year of Millets, 2023

Early last year I noted India's proposal to make 2018 the International Year of Millets (IYOM) and its subsequent rolling out of its own National Year of Millets in the same year. Apparently that IYOM proposal, submitted to FAO too late in 2017 to realistically have a chance, has been working its way through the …

An International Year of Millets?

India is celebrating 2018 as its National Year of Millets. This follows a proposal by the government of India to the United Nations (UN) in late 2017 to make 2018 the International Year of Millets (which I'll abbreviate IYOM). The purpose of IYOM would have been to highlight the importance of diverse millets for for …