Potential impact of investments in drought tolerant maize in Africa
This study was conducted in collaboration with HarvestChoice (IFPRI) and evaluates the potential impacts of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project run by CIMMYT and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in 13 countries of eastern, southern and West Africa, describ...
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| author | La Rovere, Roberto Kostandini, Genti Abdoulaye, Tahirou Dixon, John Mwangi, Wilfred Guo, Zhe Banziger, Marianne |
| author_browse | Abdoulaye, Tahirou Banziger, Marianne Dixon, John Guo, Zhe Kostandini, Genti La Rovere, Roberto Mwangi, Wilfred |
| author_facet | La Rovere, Roberto Kostandini, Genti Abdoulaye, Tahirou Dixon, John Mwangi, Wilfred Guo, Zhe Banziger, Marianne |
| author_sort | La Rovere, Roberto |
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| description | This study was conducted in collaboration with HarvestChoice (IFPRI) and evaluates the potential impacts of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project run by CIMMYT and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in 13 countries of eastern, southern and West Africa, describing cumulative economic and poverty-reduction benefits to farmers and consumers in those countries over 2007-16, from higher yields and from diminished season-to-season yield fluctuations, through the adoption by farmers of improved, drought tolerant maize varieties. At the most likely rates of adoption drought tolerant maize can generate US$ 0.53 billion from increased maize grain harvests and reduced risk over the study period, assuming conservative yield improvements. Assuming more optimistic yield gains, the economic benefit is nearly US$ 0.88 billion in project countries. If all current improved varieties were replaced with drought tolerant ones, this could help more than 4 million people to escape poverty and many millions more to improve their livelihoods. If as expected farmers who adopt drought tolerant maize continue to grow it beyond 2016, the returns on investments to this work will become even more significant. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1547762025-05-01T21:01:48Z Potential impact of investments in drought tolerant maize in Africa La Rovere, Roberto Kostandini, Genti Abdoulaye, Tahirou Dixon, John Mwangi, Wilfred Guo, Zhe Banziger, Marianne crop production resistance varieties investment cereals This study was conducted in collaboration with HarvestChoice (IFPRI) and evaluates the potential impacts of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project run by CIMMYT and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in 13 countries of eastern, southern and West Africa, describing cumulative economic and poverty-reduction benefits to farmers and consumers in those countries over 2007-16, from higher yields and from diminished season-to-season yield fluctuations, through the adoption by farmers of improved, drought tolerant maize varieties. At the most likely rates of adoption drought tolerant maize can generate US$ 0.53 billion from increased maize grain harvests and reduced risk over the study period, assuming conservative yield improvements. Assuming more optimistic yield gains, the economic benefit is nearly US$ 0.88 billion in project countries. If all current improved varieties were replaced with drought tolerant ones, this could help more than 4 million people to escape poverty and many millions more to improve their livelihoods. If as expected farmers who adopt drought tolerant maize continue to grow it beyond 2016, the returns on investments to this work will become even more significant. 2010 2024-10-01T14:03:47Z 2024-10-01T14:03:47Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154776 en Open Access International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center International Institute of Tropical Agriculture La Rovere, Roberto; Kostandini, Genti; Abdoulaye, Tahirou; Dixon, John; Mwangi, Wilfred; Guo, Zhe; Banziger, Marianne. 2010. Potential impact of investments in drought tolerant maize in Africa. |
| spellingShingle | crop production resistance varieties investment cereals La Rovere, Roberto Kostandini, Genti Abdoulaye, Tahirou Dixon, John Mwangi, Wilfred Guo, Zhe Banziger, Marianne Potential impact of investments in drought tolerant maize in Africa |
| title | Potential impact of investments in drought tolerant maize in Africa |
| title_full | Potential impact of investments in drought tolerant maize in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Potential impact of investments in drought tolerant maize in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potential impact of investments in drought tolerant maize in Africa |
| title_short | Potential impact of investments in drought tolerant maize in Africa |
| title_sort | potential impact of investments in drought tolerant maize in africa |
| topic | crop production resistance varieties investment cereals |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154776 |
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