Tamale maize2

9-12 January 2012, Modern City Lodge, Tamale, Ghana

Maize Systems Working Group 2

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Starting from the ideas in the concept note:

• For your specific farming/production system, WHAT SPECIFIC IMPACTS and OUTCOMES (targets, quantifiable, timeframe) do we want to achieve, directly by our project, or through the actions of others. What problems will you solve?
• For your chosen impacts and outcomes, specify HOW you would achieve these, with major timelines. What are your IMPACT or OUTCOME PATHWAYS?

For YOUR impact or outcome pathways:

• Identify, as precisely as possible, WHO in terms of organizations, initiatives or other processes must be involved in your project, and how. Indicate what would be necessary to motivate them to fully engage in the project. What partners are needed to achieve your impacts?

Notes from Maize Group (Baffuour/Mashark group) Participants: Robert Asiedu- IITA Harry Addor- World Vision Mashark Abdullai- SARI Nocholas Denwar- SARI Baffour Badu-Apraku - IITA Karelyn Cruz (note taker) – USAID

High-level Impacts: 1) Increased household income by X% 2) Decreased household food insecurity by X% by the end of the project lifespan (security= quantity, quality, availability) 3) Improved nutritional level among women and children under 5 years old by X%

Outcomes	Outputs	Activities
1) Double productivity of the system.	1) Land, water and natural resource management technologies (identified and promoted). 2) Increase cropping systems (identified and promoted)	1) Identify, evaluate and adopt technologies and promote for adoption. 2) Promote selected technologies for adoption (demonstration, farmer field school ect) 3) Identify and evaluate existing sub-systems. 4) Promote selected technologies and promote for adoption.
2) Reduce gender inequalities in various sectors of the system	1) Women empowerment 2) Increase access to production factors 3) Involved in decision making process 4)	No time to provide activities.
3) Increased utilization of diverse and quality foods	1) Increase nutritional awareness 2) Increase availability of diverse and quality foods	1) Identify and promote adoption of nutrient-rich and diverse crops. 2) Organize nutritional awareness campaign and conduct food demonstrations. 3) Analyze crop-tree-livestock integration status and recommend improvements.
4) Decrease post-harvest losses and improve food safety.	1) Availability of appropriate post-harvest technologies.	1) Identify, evaluate and promote appropriate storage facilities and processing. 2) Create awareness to train farmers in prevention of aflatoxin contamination. 3)Identify appropiate technologies for prevention of aflatoxin contamination.
5) Increase access to markets	1) Market information systems (MIS). 2) Increase value chain of key commodities.	1) Conduct value chain analysis. 2) Analyze available MIS and services that facilitate linkages of partners. 3) Develop strategies to upgrade value chain.
6) Improve agricultural policy environment with respect to: - Access to land and tree tenure - Inputs - Credits - Market and trade	1) Prepare a policy brief and present to appropriate institutions	1) Analyze existing policy regulation and administration procedures. 2) Draft results of analyses and communicate recommendations to appropriate stakeholders and policy makers. 3) Prepare annual policy briefs.
7) Enhanced institutional capacity of maize systems and R&D	1) Increase human resource capacity 2) Increase infrastructural capacity	1) Degree-related training 2) Short-term training for technicians, farmers groups, seed producers, women groups, NGOs ect. 3) Upgrade research (labs, screen houses, cold rooms, field structures, irrigation and technology centres). 4) Improve transportation for research and technicians.

Partners:

Activity	Who?	How?
Research	NARS, SARI, ARI, NGOs, MoFA, CGIAR centers, Universities
Extension	NARS, MoFA, NGOs, CBOs, Universities
Processing and Storage	FRI, MoFA, WIAD, Private sector
Capacity Building	CGIAR centers, NARS, MoFA, Universities, NGOs,
Seed production, breeding stocks and plantings mats	SARI, CGIAR, seed companies, CBOs, GLDB, MoFA, ARI