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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 />

<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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