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Annex 3. Impact pathways for MAIZE: factors involved in translating outputs into outcomes and impacts 16<br />
Main outputs of<br />
MAIZE SIs<br />
1. New germplasm:<br />
‐ High yielding<br />
variety<br />
‐ Nutritious and<br />
healthy grain<br />
Outcomes as factors that<br />
determine 1 st order impact<br />
(how, by whom and<br />
assumptions)<br />
NARS partners adapt the<br />
new HY varieties to local<br />
conditions.<br />
NARSs and NGOs integrate<br />
information and make it<br />
available to farmers.<br />
Seed companies and farmer<br />
organizations produce seed.<br />
Private sector provides<br />
fertilizer and other inputs.<br />
Farmers plant new HY<br />
varieties.<br />
First order impact<br />
(Adopter level changes)<br />
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Increased yields.<br />
Area expansion.<br />
Increase in maize production by<br />
farmers.<br />
Reduction in the cost of production.<br />
Increase in marketable surplus.<br />
Increased profitability.<br />
Factors that determine<br />
2nd order impact (how,<br />
by whom and<br />
assumptions)<br />
Increased participation<br />
of seed companies for<br />
production and wider<br />
diffusion of high<br />
yielding varieties.<br />
Improved market<br />
opportunity for<br />
farmers.<br />
Information flow and<br />
knowledge creation<br />
through extension.<br />
Scaling out/up of new<br />
HY varieties across<br />
impact target domains<br />
through public and<br />
private sector partners.<br />
Second order impact<br />
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Increased food security for<br />
smallholder farmers.<br />
Improved nutritional<br />
security for women and<br />
children.<br />
Increase in supply and<br />
reduced food prices that<br />
increase real incomes of the<br />
poor and make food more<br />
affordable to net‐buyers.<br />
Increase in production that<br />
contributes to local<br />
employment and income.<br />
Increased farm household<br />
income.<br />
Reduced poverty.<br />
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Outputs – first and most immediate results of maize research that will contribute to influence change by actors and final adopters.<br />
Outcome – external use adoption or influence of the maize research outputs by the next and final users that results in adopter level changes which are required to achieve the<br />
intended impact (NARS research, NARS extension, government, NGOs, farmers).<br />
Impact – Big picture changes in economic, environmental and social conditions at household, national, and regional levels attributable to maize research.<br />
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