1. Data Availability for IMAGINE Project in Ethiopia
Kindie Tesfaye
CIMMYT
Kickoff workshop on
Integrated assessment of the determinants of the MAize yield Gap in Sub-Saharan Africa: towards farm INnovation and Enabling policies (IMAGINE))
10-12 March 2015
Wageningen, the Netherlands

2. List of exiting maize projects that could contribute to IMAGINE project in Ethiopia
Global Yield Gap Atlas (GYGA) project ( )
Implemented in Ethiopia on maize and wheat
Data collected:
daily historical weather/climate
dominant soil types
crop management practices
actual yield
yield at experiment stations

3. Project regions and districts
List of projects…
Project regions and districts
Nutritious Maize for Ethiopia (NuME) Project ( )
implemented in three maize growing AEZs of Ethiopia:
drought-prone,
mid-altitude moist and
highland areas
collects data on variety improvement, agronomy, seed systems and nutrition

4. List of projects…
Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Legume cropping systems for food security in ESA (SIMLESA) ( )
Implemented in 5 ESA countries including Ethiopia and spill-over countries
Collects data on:
On-farm experiments (agronomy)
maize intercropping and crop rotation with legumes,
conservation agriculture and
seed systems

5. List of Projects…: SIMLESA in Ethiopia
The project in Ethiopia has two components:
Main SIMLESA-supported by ACIAR (Phase 1: ; Phase 2: )
SIMLESA expansion-supported by AusAID ( )
Being implemented by federal & regional research institute of the country with 8 research centres
Implemented in 17 districts
Different maize-legume agro-ecologies

6. List of projects… Drought Tolerance Maize for Africa (DTMA)
DTMA is implemented in 13 African Countries funded by the BMG foundation
CIMMYT is responsible in the ESA region for:
Developing and delivering drought tolerant genotypes
Develop DTM with increased heat tolerance
Targeting, adoption monitoring and impact study of DT varieties
Support NARES in seed production of varieties for Regional Trials
Identify farmer-preferred hybrids and open-pollinated varieties
Undertake training for breeding and variety testing in NARES and private seed companies
Support NARES in data management and seed storage

7. List of projects… Adoption Pathways Project (2012-2015)
Implemented in the five SIMLESA project countries
Collects gender disaggregated data on adoption of sustainable maize-legume systems
Collaborates with national partners in each country

8. List of projects…
Taking Maize Agronomy to Scale in Africa (TAMASA) ( )
Implementation countries are Ethiopia, Nigeria &Tanzania
To develop products/ tools that are needed to translate data to useful (agronomic) information/knowledge that can be acted upon & used at scale by different users

9. Other related projects on maize
Diffusion and Impact of Improved Varieties in Africa (DIIVA) Project ( )
Conservation Agriculture and Smallholder Farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa (CASFESA)
Farm Mechanization & Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification (CASFESA)

10. Data sources and contact points
Name of project
Data relevant for IMAGINE
Contact person
Institution
GYGA
Climate, soil, crop mngt., actual yield, exptl. yield, geospatial data
Kindie Tesfaye
CIMMYT
SIMLESA
Experimental and on-farm yield data on sustainable intensification practices (SIP)
Haekoo Kim
Survey data on adoption of SIPs
Menale Kassie
Adoption pathways
Drought tolerance maize for Africa
Variety trial data
Dagne Wegary
Tolera Keno
Gezahegn Ayele
CIMMYT, Bako ARC, Melkassa ARC
Adoption of DT maize varieties
Monica Fischer
DIVA and adoption pathways
National maize survey (panel data , 2011 & 2014)
Moti Jaleta
Menale K.
NUME
Variety trial data in the highlands
Dagne Wegary &
Adefris T.

11. Data sources and contact points…
Name of project
Data relevant for IMAGINE
Contact person
Institution
TAMASA
Maize experiment sites (to be selected soon by the project), attainable yield
Tesfaye Balemi
Peter Craufurd
CIMMYT
National partners
Experimental crop yield, soil and crop management information
Experts in the respective offices
EIAR
ATA
CSA
ARCs
Actual yield and socioeconomic data

12. Thank You!