1. What’s so big about MAIZE?
Brown Bag Seminar
CIMMYT HQ
June 18th, 2012

2. Structure of Presentation
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Summary of challenges facing MAIZE
What is MAIZE trying to achieve?
Targeting of MAIZE
Operationalisation of MAIZE
Management of MAIZE
Progress to date

3. MAIZE:
Global Alliance for Improving Food Security and
Livelihoods of the Resource-Poor in the Developing World

4. Challenges for MAIZE 1
 Demand for maize in the
developing world will double by
2050
– Population growth
– Livestock revolution: meat & dairy
– Use of maize for biofuel
 Maize imports for developing
country will increase 24% by 2050
– equalling USD 30 billion
 World Market export prices for
maize are expected to almost
double over the next 20 years
http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/rrexploring-food-price-scenarios-010611-en.pdf

5. Challenges For MAIZE 2
“In the next 50 years we will need to produce as much food as
has been consumed over our entire human history.”
Megan Clark, CEO of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
(CSIRO), Australia

6. In Summary
• To double the [crop] productivity, and significantly increase the incomes
and livelihood opportunities from more productive, resilient and
sustainable maize-based farming systems on essentially the same land
area, and as climates change and the costs of fertilizer, water, and labor
increase.

7. What are we
aiming to do?

8. • Increase the productivity of the target groups by:
– 7% by 2020
– 33% by 2030
• Reach:
– 40 million smallholder farm family members by 2020
– 175 million by 2030
• Provide enough maize to meet the annual food
demand of:
– An additional 135 million consumers by 2020
– An additional 600 million by 2030

9. Where are we
aiming to do it?

10. Targeting
Focus
1. Technology and market-limited farmers
in stress prone areas
2. Technology-limited smallholder
farmers with leverage to strongly
increase maize productivity
Areas not targeted by the private sector
Estimated reach
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Based on Hyman et al (2008)
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64% of the maize area in low and
middle income countries
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660-830 million (>90%) maizedependent poor
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62 million (1/3 of all) stunted children

14. How are we
aiming to do it?

15. Ten point action agenda for MAIZE
“Strategic Initiatives”
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 – tackling the black
box of genetic diversity
9. New tools and methods for NARS and
SMEs
1-9. Strengthening local capacities

16. Wow!!

17. Can it be done?

18. The good this is: We’re not alone
 Inter-governmental organisations
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WB
AfDB
ADB
CAADP etc)
 National Governments
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Mexico (MasAgro – first of many)
Indian Government (BISA)
Agricultural research 4 development is back on the agenda
ARIs – more resources for agricultural R4D
 Private sector:
 Corporate (post-2008 food crisis)
 Domestic
 Philanthropic donors
 BMGF
 Carlos Slim

19. MAIZE as a Multi-layered Platform
• Global Platform:
– SI 8 Seeds of Discovery (genetic potential)
– SI 9 Novel Tools and Methods
– IMIC
• Regional Platforms:
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West and Central Africa
Eastern and Southern Africa
Asia and CWANA
Latin America and Caribbean
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MasAgro (Mexican Government)
SARD-SC (AfDB)
DTMA (BMGF)
SIMLESA (ACIAR)
SIMLEZA (USAID)
CSISA (IRRI-BMGF)

21. Management
of MAIZE

23. Conceptualization of MAIZE:
Mission
CRPs
SI’s
Projects

24. Relationship between CRP and existing program
management (CIMMYT)
Inputs = Institutional dimension & majority involvement
CRP
Outputs = Interdisciplinary teams
CRP 3.1
WHEAT
Led by
CIMMYT
CRP 3.2 MAIZE
CIMMYT
Genebank
IFPRI
CRP 4
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Management
Socioeconomics
Systems
NUE & WUE
Wheat varieties
Diseases & pests
Heat & drought
Yield barrier
Seed
Seeds of Discovery
Capacities
Management
Socioeconomics
Systems
Yield gap
Stress environments
Double yield
Postharvest
Nutrition
Seeds of Discovery
Tools
Maize
Wheat
Policies
Institutions
Markets
Value chains
Biofortification
Diseases
Integrated Programs
Policies
Adaptation
Managing Risk
Mitigation
Decisions Making
Bilateral
Projects
CAP
CC
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DG's office
IP
KM
CIMMYT
GMP
PMU
ICARDA
GRP
CRIL GRC
GWP
SEP
IITA
Others

25. How can MAIZE help to make this happen?
• CGIAR Windows 1&2 funding
– Linking existing and new bilateral projects
(cement)
– Expanding areas of R4D (upstream and
downstream)
– Competitive Grants Initiative

26. How can MAIZE help to make this happen?
• Working more strategically with both new and
existing partners
– Private sector
– INGOs
– National Governments
• NARES

27. Progress to
date

28. What has been done so far?
• Highlights:
– Strategic R4D
• Workplan
• Competitive Grants Initiative
– Project Management
• Tools and Techniques (complement ICT developments)
• Project Administrators
– Partnerships
• Partner survey and MoU

29. What has been done so far?
• Highlights:
– Communication
• MAIZE Website (MAIZE.ORG)
• Strategy and Plan
• Co-development with IITA
– Knowledge Management
• Senior Knowledge Management Specialist
• Knowledge Management Strategy and Plan
• Capacity-Building
– Monitoring and Evaluation
• M&E Strategy and Plan
• Co-development with IITA

30. What has been done so far?
• Highlights:
– Outcomes and Impact
• Performance Management
• Participatory Impact Pathway Analysis (PIPA/RIPE)
– Outputs to Outcomes to Impact
• KIT
– Analysis of past and present interventions to frame the
strategy for future action
– Implementation and capacity-building
– Knowledge development on the facilitation of innovation
• Wageningen
• CO – Strategy and Results Framework Action Plan
– Performance Management System.

31. What can YOU
contribute?
You TELL me!

32. Thank You