1) The document summarizes the agenda for a two-day dialogue on maize CRP research and development, including prioritizing research, supporting partnerships, flagship projects, outcomes-focused performance, impact pathways, and regional assessments.
2) It provides an overview of MAIZE CRP partners and criteria for prioritization, highlighting that 40% of total funds flow through partners and MAIZE ranks highly on partnership criteria.
3) Key topics on the agenda include the nine flagship projects, innovation platforms, demand for maize germplasm, and output-outcome mapping for measuring impacts on yields, nutrition, incomes and other system-level outcomes.
Influence of innovation platforms on information sharing and nurturing of sma...ILRI
Presented by K.M. Kago, J.J. Cadilhon, M. Maina and A. Omore at the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), Milan, Italy, 9-14 August 2015
LIVES dairy value chain development: Distinguishing between fluid milk and bu...ILRI
Presented by Dirk Hoekstra, Azage Tegegne, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Aklilu Bogale and Yasin Getahun at the 21st Annual Conference of Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP), Addis Ababa, 28-30 August 2013
Influence of innovation platforms on information sharing and nurturing of sma...ILRI
Presented by K.M. Kago, J.J. Cadilhon, M. Maina and A. Omore at the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), Milan, Italy, 9-14 August 2015
LIVES dairy value chain development: Distinguishing between fluid milk and bu...ILRI
Presented by Dirk Hoekstra, Azage Tegegne, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Aklilu Bogale and Yasin Getahun at the 21st Annual Conference of Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP), Addis Ababa, 28-30 August 2013
Strengthening developing-country seed systems and markets. Policy trade-offs,...IFPRI-PIM
Presentation by David Spielman (IFPRI) at the PIM Webinar held on 25 October 2017. See more here: http://pim.cgiar.org/2017/09/29/webinar-strengthening-developing-country-seed-systems-and-markets-policy-trade-offs-unintended-consequences-and-operational-realities/
Farm to Home, a 'freemium' app, is a revolution in the way farm products are sold to the ultimate customers. It not only caters to the needs of farmers, but also the customers by offering fresh farm products as well as advice on nutrition, health and fitness. The premium version of the app provides dietary plan exclusively for every family type.
The above presentation is a Marketing Plan of the App. This presentation is done as part of Marketing Internship conducted by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.
Prepared by:
Lead Authors
Walter de Boef, Marja Thijssen, Boudy van Schagen, and Tom van Mourik
Contributors
Tofa Abdullahi, Godwin Atser, Isabelle Baltenweck, Jens-Peter Barnekow Lillesø, Zewdie Bishaw, Elohor Diebiru-Ojo, Carlo Fadda, Alessandra Galie, Sita Ghimire, Lars Graudal, Aynalem Haile, Jon Hellin, Ramni Jamnadas, Alpha Kamara, Karen Marshall, Margaret McEwan, Adamu Molla, Baloua Nebie, Kwame Ogero, Chris Ojiewo, Lucky Omoigui, Michael Peters, Srinivasulu Rajendran, Cristiano Rossignoli, Lateef Sanni, Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku, Reuben Solomon, David Spielman, Abiro Tigabie, and Aboubacar Toure
Collection of electronic poster submissions from the Knowledge Fair component of the 2020 Conference on "Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security," May 15-17, 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
ICRISAT pleased to share this five-year Strategic Plan 2021-2025 which builds on our extensive partnerships, networking and our understanding of the needs on the ground and sets out our current expertise with our vision for the next five years of a streamlined, targeted research for development institution, working closely with our partners and stakeholders in the private and public sectors.
Roles of Commodities in Poverty Alleviation and Strengthening Landscape Manag...CIFOR-ICRAF
Prof. Dr. Bustanul Arifin
Professor of Agricultural Economics and UNILA
Board of Founders and Senior Economist with INDEF
Chairman, Indonesian Society of Agricultural Economics
Presentation by Catherine Mungai from the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) at the workshop on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa Region: Case studies and lessons from 02 to 04 November 2016, Nairobi, Kenya
Inclusive and Efficient Value Chains: Innovations, Scaling, and Way ForwardIFPRI-PIM
In the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), market and related aspects have been mostly addressed by PIM Flagship 3: Inclusive and Efficient Value Chains. The team has been focusing on the evolving international, regional, and local contexts for agricultural markets, and investigating how value chains (VC) can be strengthened to generate more benefits for smallholders and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with differentiated opportunities for women, men, and youth. In this webinar on 22 November 2021, the team presented key findings from the Flagship’s work in 2017-2021 in three areas: 1) value chain innovations, 2) use of value chains for scaling CGIAR solutions, and 3) interactions between research and practice for value chain development.
For more information about this webinar and to access the full recording, visit https://bit.ly/3c6siV5.
White gold - Opportunities for Dairy Sector Development Collaboration in East...Jan van der Lee
This report presents findings from desk studies and country visits on the six East African countries (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) made on request of the Inter-Agency Donor Group on Pro-poor Livestock Development, as per study terms of reference. It includes recommendations on areas of donor support and collaboration, a regional dairy sector analysis, country dairy profiles, and current donor programs in the dairy sector.
Presentation by Dr. Nicolas Ozor from African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), at the workshop on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa Region: Case studies and lessons from 02 to 04 November 2016, Nairobi, Kenya.
Utilization of Value Chain Analysis in the Livestock Development Sectorcopppldsecretariat
Presentation from the Livestock Inter-Agency Donor Group (IADG) Meeting 2010. 4-5 May 2010 Italy, Rome IFAD Headquarters.
The event involved approximately 45 representatives from the international partner agencies to discuss critical needs for livestock development and research issues for the coming decade.
[ Originally posted on http://www.cop-ppld.net/cop_knowledge_base ]
Rogers Revised Presentation For Cali WorkshopPatriciaJRogers
Presentation to "Rethinking Impact: Understanding theComplexity of Poverty and Change", 26 - 28 March 2008Cali, Colombia. It oulined four key tasks for impact evaluation and sets out some methods that can be used for each of these.
Strengthening developing-country seed systems and markets. Policy trade-offs,...IFPRI-PIM
Presentation by David Spielman (IFPRI) at the PIM Webinar held on 25 October 2017. See more here: http://pim.cgiar.org/2017/09/29/webinar-strengthening-developing-country-seed-systems-and-markets-policy-trade-offs-unintended-consequences-and-operational-realities/
Farm to Home, a 'freemium' app, is a revolution in the way farm products are sold to the ultimate customers. It not only caters to the needs of farmers, but also the customers by offering fresh farm products as well as advice on nutrition, health and fitness. The premium version of the app provides dietary plan exclusively for every family type.
The above presentation is a Marketing Plan of the App. This presentation is done as part of Marketing Internship conducted by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.
Prepared by:
Lead Authors
Walter de Boef, Marja Thijssen, Boudy van Schagen, and Tom van Mourik
Contributors
Tofa Abdullahi, Godwin Atser, Isabelle Baltenweck, Jens-Peter Barnekow Lillesø, Zewdie Bishaw, Elohor Diebiru-Ojo, Carlo Fadda, Alessandra Galie, Sita Ghimire, Lars Graudal, Aynalem Haile, Jon Hellin, Ramni Jamnadas, Alpha Kamara, Karen Marshall, Margaret McEwan, Adamu Molla, Baloua Nebie, Kwame Ogero, Chris Ojiewo, Lucky Omoigui, Michael Peters, Srinivasulu Rajendran, Cristiano Rossignoli, Lateef Sanni, Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku, Reuben Solomon, David Spielman, Abiro Tigabie, and Aboubacar Toure
Collection of electronic poster submissions from the Knowledge Fair component of the 2020 Conference on "Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security," May 15-17, 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
ICRISAT pleased to share this five-year Strategic Plan 2021-2025 which builds on our extensive partnerships, networking and our understanding of the needs on the ground and sets out our current expertise with our vision for the next five years of a streamlined, targeted research for development institution, working closely with our partners and stakeholders in the private and public sectors.
Roles of Commodities in Poverty Alleviation and Strengthening Landscape Manag...CIFOR-ICRAF
Prof. Dr. Bustanul Arifin
Professor of Agricultural Economics and UNILA
Board of Founders and Senior Economist with INDEF
Chairman, Indonesian Society of Agricultural Economics
Presentation by Catherine Mungai from the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) at the workshop on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa Region: Case studies and lessons from 02 to 04 November 2016, Nairobi, Kenya
Inclusive and Efficient Value Chains: Innovations, Scaling, and Way ForwardIFPRI-PIM
In the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), market and related aspects have been mostly addressed by PIM Flagship 3: Inclusive and Efficient Value Chains. The team has been focusing on the evolving international, regional, and local contexts for agricultural markets, and investigating how value chains (VC) can be strengthened to generate more benefits for smallholders and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with differentiated opportunities for women, men, and youth. In this webinar on 22 November 2021, the team presented key findings from the Flagship’s work in 2017-2021 in three areas: 1) value chain innovations, 2) use of value chains for scaling CGIAR solutions, and 3) interactions between research and practice for value chain development.
For more information about this webinar and to access the full recording, visit https://bit.ly/3c6siV5.
White gold - Opportunities for Dairy Sector Development Collaboration in East...Jan van der Lee
This report presents findings from desk studies and country visits on the six East African countries (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) made on request of the Inter-Agency Donor Group on Pro-poor Livestock Development, as per study terms of reference. It includes recommendations on areas of donor support and collaboration, a regional dairy sector analysis, country dairy profiles, and current donor programs in the dairy sector.
Presentation by Dr. Nicolas Ozor from African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), at the workshop on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa Region: Case studies and lessons from 02 to 04 November 2016, Nairobi, Kenya.
Utilization of Value Chain Analysis in the Livestock Development Sectorcopppldsecretariat
Presentation from the Livestock Inter-Agency Donor Group (IADG) Meeting 2010. 4-5 May 2010 Italy, Rome IFAD Headquarters.
The event involved approximately 45 representatives from the international partner agencies to discuss critical needs for livestock development and research issues for the coming decade.
[ Originally posted on http://www.cop-ppld.net/cop_knowledge_base ]
Rogers Revised Presentation For Cali WorkshopPatriciaJRogers
Presentation to "Rethinking Impact: Understanding theComplexity of Poverty and Change", 26 - 28 March 2008Cali, Colombia. It oulined four key tasks for impact evaluation and sets out some methods that can be used for each of these.
Social Reporting from Conferences, Workshops and Other Events: A practical ...cgxchange
How to organise social reporting from events: an extended practical guide for organisers. March 2011 version.
Have an idea on how to improve the guide? Comment on the ICT-KM site at:
http://ictkm.cgiar.org/tutorials/organise-social-reporting-from-events/
ICRISAT Global Planning Meeting 2019: Modernising Crop Improvement II (AVISA...ICRISAT
Most public breeding programs in the developing world are 20-30 years behind state-of-art private sector programs due to: Lack of engineering support for mechanization and automation; Primitive data collection, management, and decision support systems; Obsolete and expensive genotyping capacity unsuited to forward breeding; Inadequate selection pressure for yield in multi-location trials; Breeders are not trained, incentivized, or supported to optimize pipelines; Reliance on visual selection; Lengthy breeding cycles, excessive backcrossing, No selection of parents for high breeding value; Obsolete dissemination models designed for the Green Revolution
Dawn Robinson - Successes in Other CommoditiesJohn Blue
Successes in Other Commodities - Dawn Robinson, Regional Director, Latin America, Proforest, from the 2014 Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), November 2 -5, 2014, São Paulo, Brazil.
More presentations at http://trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2014-global-roundtable-sustainable-beef
Reducing food waste and spoilage through postharvest management activities an...africa-rising
Presentation by Christopher Mutungi about the activities and achievements of the post harvest management team in the Africa RISING - NAFAKA project during the 2017/18 season. This presentation was made at the the annual review and planning meeting for the Africa RISING - NAFAKA project on 26 - 27 June 2018.
GFAR COSA GLF webinar on "Effective Tools for Understanding, Managing and Acc...GCARD Conferences
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Effective Tools for Understanding, Managing and Accelerating Impact"
This webinar was co-organised by GFAR, COSA and GLF and is part of a wider series on agricultural research & innovation,eco-systems management and sustainable development.
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/10/13/join-cosa-gfar-impact-webinar/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: Effective https://youtu.be/RtYlWo_Ok5o
With thanks to our co-hosts in this webinar: (COSA) Global Landscapes forum (GLF) and Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) -
https://thecosa.org/
http://landscapes.org
Dr Jean-Marcel Ribaut, IBP Director, gives the concluding lecture at the 5th International Conference on Next Generation Genomics and Integrated Breeding for Crop Improvement (NGGIBCI-V), which was held on 18-20 February 2015 at ICRISAT Campus, in Hyderabad, India.
See also:
the day in photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/130732617@N02/sets/
Strategic Framework to Foster Grain Legume and Dryland Cereal Seed Systems In...ICRISAT
Millions of smallholders in the drylands continue to use non-improved seed with lower productivity. About half of these farmers live below the poverty line with only US $1.90 per day or less sustaining them. This Grain Legume and Dryland Cereal (GLDC) crops seed systems strategy has been put together to deliver realized genetic gains to these farmers’ fields.
Strategic framework to foster gldc seed systems innovations (002)AVISAPROJECT
Millions of smallholders in the drylands continue to use non-improved seed with lower productivity. About half of these farmers live below the poverty line with only US $1.90 per day or less sustaining them. This Grain Legume and Dryland Cereal (GLDC) crops seed systems strategy has been put together to deliver realized genetic gains to these farmers’ fields.
Presentation made by the GCP Director during the CGIAR Fund Council (FC) visit to CIMMYT (GCP's host), on the sidelines of the FC meeting in Mexico in May 2014.
Gathering a room of Senior Scientists and Heads of Pharmaceutical Engineering, the 6th annual show provides an ideal forum to discuss the latest advancements in pharmaceutical lyophilisation, welcoming regulatory guidance from the NIBSC-MHRA and expertise from the likes of Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, GSK and more!
More info available online: https://bit.ly/2s5bjvJ
Similar to Maize - Presentation for Discussion with Donors and Partners - June 2013 (20)
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
5. Flagship Products
1.Socioeconomics and policies for maize futures
2.Sustainable intensification and income
opportunities for the poor
3.Smallholder precision agriculture
4.Stress tolerant maize for the poorest
5.Towards doubling maize productivity
6.Integrated postharvest management
7.Nutritious maize (with CRP4)
8.Seeds of discovery
9.New tools & methods for NARS & SMEs
1-9. Strengthening local capacities
6. Todays Agenda
• Prioritizing MAIZE CRP Research 4 Development
• Partners and Prioritization
• Supporting Partnerships
• Flagship Projects
• Outcomes-focused Performance
• MAIZE Impact Pathways & Theories of Change, IDOs & KPIs
• Partnerships for Performance
• Regional assessments of the maize situation and outlook
• SIMLESA and MasAgro
• DTMA , Maize Lethal Necrosis, Doubled Haploid Breeding
• AflasafeTM
• The Way Forward
10. Taking stock of innovation platforms:
Understanding how best to mobilize
science and technology for
development
KIT
11. Todays Agenda
• Prioritizing MAIZE CRP Research 4 Development
• Partners and Prioritization
• Supporting Partnerships
• Flagship Projects
• Outcomes-focused Performance
• MAIZE Impact Pathways & Theories of Change, IDOs & KPIs
• Partnerships for Performance
• Regional assessments of the maize situation and outlook
• SIMLESA and MasAgro
• DTMA , Maize Lethal Necrosis, Doubled Haploid Breeding
• AflasafeTM
• The Way Forward
12. MAIZE CRP: Output-Outcome Mapping
Cutting-edge data and
knowledge on maize
genetic diversity and
sources of new allelic
variation are utilized by
public and private sector
Research
Outputs:
products
OutcomefacilitationOutcomefacilitation
Increased
productivity and
stability of farming
systems
Better targeting
and support of
new technologies
and institutional
innovations.
Smallholder
farmers adopt
post-harvest
technologies
Intermediate
Development
Outcome
Smallholder farmers adopt
improved maize varieties
(high-yielding, stress tolerant,
nutrient enhanced)
NARS and SMEs
utilize novel tools to
accelerate maize
breeding gains for
smallholder farmers
Profitable, resource
efficient maize-based
farming systems and
value-chain innovations
locally adapted by
NARES and promoted
by public, NGO, and
private sector
Post-harvest
technologies are
promoted by
NARES, NGO, and
private companiesResults of ex-ante
and ex-post
analysis utilized by
policy and
decision-makers.
Improved maize
varieties (high-yielding,
stress tolerant, nutrient
enhanced) adapted and
promoted by NARES,
NGO, and private seed
companies.
Maize breeding gains are
achieved more quickly and
efficiently by public and
private sector breeders with
a broader genetic base
Immediate
Development
Outcomes
Result
Strategy 3
Result
Strategy 2
Result
Strategy 2
Result
Strategy 2
Result
Strategy 2
Result
Strategy 2
Result
Strategy 1
Result
Strategy 1
Knowledge, tools, and
methods for better targeting of
interventions and policy and
institutional innovations for
enhancing maize technology
adoption, inclusiveness,
gender equity, market
access, and reducing
vulnerability
Integrated and scalable
innovations that improve
market access and
increase the productivity,
sustainability, and
resilience of maize-based
farming systems
Sustainable
precision maize
management
advice and
practices
Integrated
approaches for
reducing post-
harvest losses
and mycotoxin
contamination
High
yielding and
stress
tolerant
maize lines
and
varieties
Maize lines and
varieties that are
bio-fortified for
pro-vitamin A,
zinc, or essential
amino acids.
International
consortia for
maize
improvement.
Data on the
characterization of
international maize
landrace collections
and valuable
haplotypes
available.
Genomics and
bioinformatics tools,
breeding and
phenotyping
approaches for
NARS and SMEs.
Strategic
Goals
Positive sustainable change
in the natural environment
Enhance nutrition
and improved health
Enhanced
livelihoods
Enhanced
food security
Smallholder farmers
adopt mycotoxin
mitigation technologies
System
Level
Outcomes
Reducing rural
poverty
Increasing food
security
Improving nutrition and
health
Sustainable management
of natural resources
Profitable, resource efficient
maize-based farming systems
and value-chain innovations
adopted by smallholder farmers
Increased income of
smallholder farmers
Reduced aflatoxin in
maize value chain
Increased yields of maize
for smallholder farmers
Increased
nutritional diet
Reduced post-
harvest losses
25 %19 % 55 % 5 %
13. Research and
Engagement
with
Policy makers
Private sector
NARS
Communities
Theory of Change for Results Strategy 2: New Maize varieties for the Poor
Research and
Engagement
with
Policy makers
Research and
Engagement
with
individuals
households
System-level Impacts
Assumptions
Public (NARS) and Private (SME seed companies) are willing and able to test new germplasm.
Germplasm originating from MAIZE CRP is better than commercial checksImplementation Theory
New or
better
functioning
institutions,
markets and
maize value
chains
New policies/
instruments
External factors
Natural events
Trends
New
knowledge,
tools and
methods
knowledge on
socioeconomic
dynamics and
drivers of
agrarian change
Institutional,
market and
maize value
chain
innovations
Household
& farm-
level data
used for
targeting
maize
varieties
Assumptions
Seed companies & NARS are willing & able to put new maize varieties NPT testing &/or DUS
Assumptions
Public (NARS) and Private (SME seed companies) are willing and able to test new germplasm.
Germplasm originating from MAIZE CRP is better than commercial checks
Assumptions
Seed companies & NARS have capacity (technical/financial) to produce breeders & basic seed.
Improved SLOs
Outputs
Programme Theory
Regional adoption
New high yielding, stress
tolerant and nutrient
enhanced maize varieties
Regional on-station
testing
Regional on-farm
testing
Variety Registration
Seed Production
Smallholder farmers
adopt improved
maize varieties
Increased yields of
maize for
smallholder farmers
Increased
nutritional
diet
Increased income
of smallholder
farmers
Assumptions
Farmers’ are convinced of the value of new maize varieties and are willing and able to purchase.
Seed companies deliver quality seed ,at a competitive price ,in a timely manner.
New maize varieties are more profitable than existing commercial varieties or confer greater
fitness for the farmers’ environment.
Assumptions
Seed companies & NARS have capacity (technical/financial) to produce breeders & basic seed.
Improved market opportunity for farmers
Assumptions
National government, INGOs and private sector scale-out the new varieties
15. ResearchStrategy1:SustainableIntensification
andincomeopportunitiesforthepoor
•System-Level
Outcomes
•SLO1 Reducing Rural
Poverty
•SLO4 Sustainable
management of
natural resources
•Intermediate
Development
Outcomes
•IDO 1. Increased
productivity and
stability of farming
systems
•IDO 2. Increased
income of small
holder farmers
ResearchStrategy2:NewMaize
VarietiesforthePoor
•System-Level
Outcomes
SLO1 Reducing Rural
Poverty
SLO2 Increasing
Food Security
SLO3 Improving
Health & Health
•Intermediate
Development
Outcomes
•IDO 2. Increased
income of small
holder farmers
•IDO3. Increased
yields of maize for
smallholder farmers
IDO4. Increased
nutritional diet
ResearchStrategy3:IntegratedPost-
HarvestManagement
•System-Level
Outcomes
SLO2 Increasing Food
Security
SLO3 Improving
Health & Health
•Intermediate
Development
Outcomes
•IDO5 Reduced post-
harvest losses
•IDO6. Reduced
aflatoxin in maize
value chain
16. Todays Agenda
• Prioritizing MAIZE CRP Research 4 Development
• Partners and Prioritization
• Supporting Partnerships
• Flagship Projects
• Outcomes-focused Performance
• MAIZE Impact Pathways & Theories of Change, IDOs & KPIs
• Partnerships for Performance
• Regional assessments of the maize situation and outlook
• SIMLESA and MasAgro
• DTMA , Maize Lethal Necrosis, Doubled Haploid Breeding
• AflasafeTM
• The Way Forward
20. SeeD
Incentives for Seed
Companies to improve
quality standards and to
produce improved seed
and vegetative material
IMIC
- SINAREF: National
System of Genetic
Resources for Food
and Agriculture
- INIFAP: National
Genetic Resources
Center
- CINVESTAV, IPN
TTF
•Increase in
yield/ha
•Increase in
production
•Increase in
farmers
income
MasAgro
Policy commitment: Linking maize R & D
MAIZE
PROMAF Intensification in
medium to high potential
zones
Less than 3 ha Program:
SINAREFI: Incentives for
farmers that conserve
maize landraces
Extension Services:
Training and promotion of
MasAgro technologies
21. Sustainable intensification of maize-
legume systems in E&S Africa
Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania,
Malawi and Mozambique
>> Botswana, Rwanda,
South Sudan, Uganda,
Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Partners include: NARS,
CIMMYT, ICRISAT, Australian
organizations, ASARECA
Target: > 500,000 farm
families
30. Promising CIMMYT inbreds and
pre-release hybrids
identified
MLN-resistant lineMLN-susceptible line
MLN-resistant line
MLN-susceptible lineMLN-resistant line
33. • Development and field testing
of aflasafe™ 2009 to 2012
• Significantly reduces aflatoxin
contamination of maize
• Adoption of aflasafeTM by
extension agencies in Nigeria
• Low-cost manufacturing
facility
AflasafeTM
34. Todays Agenda
• Prioritizing MAIZE CRP Research 4 Development
• Partners and Prioritization
• Supporting Partnerships
• Flagship Projects
• Outcomes-focused Performance
• MAIZE Impact Pathways & Theories of Change, IDOs & KPIs
• Partnerships for Performance
• Regional assessments of the maize situation and outlook
• SIMLESA and MasAgro
• DTMA , Maize Lethal Necrosis, Doubled Haploid Breeding
• AflasafeTM
• The Way Forward
35. The Way Forward
• Strong impact & delivery orientation in many MAIZE projects
• Streamlining: ToC, IDOs, KPIs … across diverse regions, projects
• More realism is needed:
• “Assessing germplasm impact annually at a global level”
• Role of IAR and CRPs versus role of partners – They are at the interface of
farm level impact
• Test robustness of impact pathways, ToC, IDOs, KPIs – consultancies in
2nd half of 2013
• Develop Partnership and Capacity-Building Strategy
• Invest in performance partnerships (i.e., those that deliver)
MAIZE developed by more than 342 (179) partners. Identification of Priority Topics (refinement) of MAIZE R4D needs during launch of MAIZE CRP in 2012.• Partners are highly supportive of the operationalization of the MAIZE CRP; especially key features such as rapid responsiveness to MLN and the MAIZE Competitive Grants Initiative.• 85% of MAIZE CRP is bilateral – constantly re-prioritized by funders and doers – Fingers on the donor and partner pulse.• Increased gender transformation focus being encouraged internally and by bilateral donors and CO. Learning lessons from new bilateral projects.• Increased outcomes focus being encouraged internally and by bilateral donors and CO. Focus more on aggregate CRP change – What are the needs of the CRP? Everything is going well – only 1.5 years in operation. SI
40% of total funds flowing through to partners• Currently 146 partners: 39 funded through Windows 1&2 and 107 funded through bilateral projects• Showcase CO Partnership Survey results o Third position after GRiSP and WHEATo Ranked either 1st or 2nd on 12 partnership criteria (out of a total of 26 criteria) Accountability = 2nd Capacity Development = 1st Nurturing skills and knowledge 2nd Facilitating access to knowledge = 2nd Insightful communications 1st Timely external communications 2nd Global experience = 2nd Local expertise 2nd Sector specific knowledge 1st Research into significant outputs 2nd Distribute funding fairly = 2nd (with GRiSP) Working effectively with partners 1st
Development of nine Strategic Initiative (SIs) or Flagship Projects• Follow-up/refinement of R4D during MAIZE launch in 2012.o Priority R4D Topics identified during launch workshop Incorporation into Windows 1&2 funded component of work plan Windows 1&2 funds payroll MAIZE CGI partners (37 in 2012)Flagships capture strategic areas research – unlikely to change significantly within next 6 - 9 years. MAIZE StAC will review and revise SIs as necessary. Development of Strategic Thrusts – Example (Aflatoxin Mitigation), MLN, Small-scale mechanization, heat and drought tolerance etc. New Strategic Thrusts are likely to materialize within the 6 - 9 year time frame; others are likely increase or decrease in priority
Currently 75 operational Innovation Platforms (learning platforms, technology dissemination platforms and hybrids)• Another 12 coming through the AfDB SARD-SC Project• Opportunities for combining innovation platformso SIMLEZA + SARD-SC + Africa Rising (in Eastern Province –Zambia)
Three pathways:o Research Strategy 1: Sustainable Intensification and income opportunities for the poor o Research Strategy 2: New maize varieties for the pooro Research Strategy 3: Integrated post-harvest management• Each research Strategy delivers/contributes to delivery of:o Output(s) e.g., High yielding and stress tolerant maize lines and varietieso Immediate Outcome(s) e.g., Improved maize varieties (high-yielding, stress tolerant, nutrient enhanced) adapted and promoted by NARES, NGO, and private seed companies.o Intermediate Development Outcomes(s) e.g., Smallholder farmers adopt improved maize varieties (high-yielding, stress tolerant, nutrient enhanced) or Increased yields of maize for smallholder farmers, Increased income of smallholder farmers and Increased nutritional diet.o Strategic Goal(s) e.g., Enhanced food security, Enhanced livelihoods and Enhance nutrition and improved healtho System Level Outcomes e.g., Increasing food security, Reducing rural poverty and Improving nutrition and health
• Output: New high yielding, stress tolerant and nutrient enhanced maize varieties• Immediate Development Outcome: Regional on-station testing• Immediate Development Outcome: Regional on-farm testing• Immediate Development Outcome: Variety Registration• Immediate Development Outcome: Seed Production• Intermediate Development Outcome: Smallholder farmers adopt improved maize varieties• Intermediate Development Outcome: Increased yields of maize for smallholder farmers, Increased income of smallholder farmers and Increased nutritional diet• Impact: Regional adoption• Impact: Improved SLOs
Eastern and Southern Africa – KARI• Western and Central Africa - University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria• Latin America – IICA• South Asia -National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (India)• Discuss MAIZE CGI – First regional (compared to traditional national) coordination by national partners (KARI, NAARM, IICA and ObafemiAwolowo University, Nigeria)
• W 1&2 - Innovation network analysis for improved technology delivery and out-scaling in maize-based systems – two in-house innovation systems experts and Wageningen University.• W 1&2 - Assess the performance of maize following promiscuous soybean and cowpea varieties and quantify N benefits to maize – IITA and national partners.• W 1&2 - Identification of biomass management constraints and implications for adoption of CA practices in mixed crop livestock systems • Promote local adoption of soybean in maize-based systems that reduce the need for synthetic nitrogen fertilizer – ZARI – MAIZE CGI.• Build local capacity to better understand maize-legume interactions and promote local adoption of soybean and/or cowpeas in maize-based CA systems – IIAM - MAIZE CGI• Decision guides for nutrient management – Eastern Africa – IPNI - MAIZE CGI
DTMA project 13 countries• 30,000 MT of commercial DT seed in 2012• Commercialization of DT maize varieties in South Asia via IMIC• Support for commercialization of DT maize varieties through MAIZE Competitive Grants Initiative (Windows 1&2 performance- focused grants to partners)• 11 private sector seed companies• Somalia, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Angola, Ghana & Nepal. (MAIZE CGI)• Stronger (and formal) partnerships with relevant entities• AGRA/PASS• IMAS/IRMA/WEMA/SIMLESA• SARD-SC/ISMA/AFRICARISING/National Initiatives
• 91 breeders from developing countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia received training on Doubled Haploid breeding• A Doubled Haploid facility has been established at CIMMYT HQ, Mexico.• A second facility is under development in sub-Saharan Africa.• All funded through W 1&2