Strengthening Seed Marketing Incentives in Southern Africa to Increase the Impact of Maize Breeding Research |
Summary
The “Strengthening Seed Marketing Incentives in
Southern Africa to Increase the Impact of Maize Breeding Research”
project was undertaken by CIMMYT during the period 2003-2005; as part
of a larger seed marketing project, this baseline study used data collected
from 1,200 farm households in 12 districts in Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
and Zimbabwe to construct indicators that could be used in future to measure
the impacts of the adoption of improved maize varieties in the four countries.
Districts surveyed included Lilongwe, Mzimba and Mongochi in Malawi; Manica,
Sussundenga and Chokwe in Mozambique; Katete, Mkushi and Sinazogwe in
Zambia; and Masvingo, Makoni and Guruve in Zimbabwe. Financial support
was provided by the Rockefeller Foundation through the Associate Director,
Food Security, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina.
Baseline Survey Spatial Database
Geo-referenced baseline survey data from the “Strengthening Seed Marketing Incentives in Southern Africa to Increase the Impact of Maize Breeding” project has been incorporated into a spatial database. Approximately 50 layers of spatial data have been included, covering a range of agricultural, biophysical and socio-economic / demographic themes. All data are presented in GIS format (ESRI shapefiles or DIVA grids) and have been coupled to the free GIS viewing tool – DIVA-GIS(http://www.diva-gis.org/).
Funding for this project was through The Rockefeller Foundation (Eastern & Southern Africa Program), with acknowledgement to Dr. A.A. Adesina
Principal Contact: Dr. Augustine Langyintuo
(a.langyintuo@cgiar.org)
Spatial Database Contact: Dr. David Hodson (d.hodson@cgiar.org)
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