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Strategic
Goals

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change in the natural
environment

Intermediate
Development
Outcome

Immediate
Development
Outcomes

Increased
income of
smallholder
farmers

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

Result
Strategy 1

Enhanced
food
security

Increased yields of
maize for
smallholder farmers

Sustainable
precision
maize
management
advice and
practices

High
yielding
and stress
tolerant
maize lines
and
varieties

Result
Strategy 1

Result
Strategy 2

International
consortia for
maize
improvement.

Reduced postharvest losses

Result
Strategy 2

Smallholder
farmers
adopt postharvest
technologies

Maize breeding gains
are achieved more
quickly and efficiently
by public and private
sector breeders with a
broader genetic base

Result
Strategy 2

Reduced aflatoxin
in maize value
chain
Smallholder farmers
adopt mycotoxin
mitigation
technologies

Post-harvest
technologies are
promoted by
NARES, NGO, and
private companies
NARS and SMEs
utilize novel tools
to accelerate
maize breeding
gains for
smallholder
farmers

Cutting-edge data and
knowledge on maize
genetic diversity and
sources of new allelic
variation are utilized
by public and private
sector
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and varieties
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and promoted by
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private seed
companies.

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innovations locally
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private sector

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resilience of maizebased farming
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and health

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varieties (high-yielding,
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enhanced)

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systems and value-chain
innovations adopted by
smallholder farmers

Results of exante and ex-post
analysis utilized
by policy and
decisionmakers.

Research
Outputs:
products

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livelihoods

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productivity and
stability of
farming systems
Better targeting
and support of
new
technologies
and institutional
innovations.

Increasing food
security

Reducing rural
poverty

Outcome facilitation

Sustainable
management of natural
resources

Outcome facilitation

System
Level
Outcomes

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.

Result
Strategy 2

Result
Strategy 2

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approaches
for reducing
post-harvest
losses and
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Reduced postharvest losses Result Strategy 2 Smallholder farmers adopt postharvest technologies Maize breeding gains are achieved more quickly and efficiently by public and private sector breeders with a broader genetic base Result Strategy 2 Reduced aflatoxin in maize value chain Smallholder farmers adopt mycotoxin mitigation technologies Post-harvest technologies are promoted by NARES, NGO, and private companies NARS and SMEs utilize novel tools to accelerate maize breeding gains for smallholder farmers Cutting-edge data and knowledge on maize genetic diversity and sources of new allelic variation are utilized by public and private sector Maize lines and varieties that are biofortified for provitamin A, zinc, or essential amino acids. XT  %8<,7)3,8)7!3*0,!48!N.?P/,0!]*6/.40!@N]H!),=-8./.:[!).! *==,/,1*),!)-,!0,<,/.63,8)!.I!7)1,77S1,74/4,8)!3*4Z,!<*14,9,7T! W6,848:!.I!2%##FGSA$B%!I*=4/4)[!).!7?66.1)!*//!$I14=*8! P1,,0,17T! 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Research Outputs: products Enhanced livelihoods Increased productivity and stability of farming systems Better targeting and support of new technologies and institutional innovations. Increasing food security Reducing rural poverty Outcome facilitation Sustainable management of natural resources Outcome facilitation System Level Outcomes 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. 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