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As a result, agreement has been reached whereby technology development per se would be financed by
CRP3, but CRP7 would co‐finance the testing of these technologies through adaptive research and action
research with farmers. CRP7's commitment is to work with CRP3 partners to define phenotyping and
breeding targets for future climates and to offer opportunities for testing CRP3‐derived technologies in
the context of integrated adaptation‐mitigation strategies. This is reflected in the CRP7 proposal resubmitted
to the Consortium Board.
Figure 12. Predicted maize production impacts in 2030 from climate change expressed as a percentage
of 1998 to 2002 average yields. Boxes extend from the 5 th to 95 th percentile of projections and the
middle vertical lines within each box indicate the median projections (adapted from Lobell et al. 2008)
Monitoring and evaluation, impact indicators and assessment, priority setting
MAIZE will implement a framework for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of processes and impact targets
from proposed interventions. This will be undertaken at different levels, using established methods for
process evaluation and impact assessment (Baker 2000; Cobb‐Clark and Crossely 2003). Priority setting
will be informed by targeting and ex‐ante socioeconomic analysis of binding constraints and intervention
opportunities in each system. A social scientist with skills in M&E and gender analysis will be recruited, to
lead the M&E work as well as the institutional learning processes associated with it.
Process evaluation will determine to what extent MAIZE has been implemented as planned and identify
operational and strategic lessons for flexible and adaptive management. This will be done through
process monitoring and performance assessments that will require further analyzing and mapping of
activities and impact pathways, in collaboration with partners during inception workshops. These
actions will result in an improved definition of milestones, outputs, desirable outcomes and partner
roles.
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