CIMMYT’s Seed Security Initiatives in southern Africa John MacRobert

NSIMA, DTMA, IRMA and SIMLESA NSIMA AO LS CD ZA DTMA SZ NSIMA = New Seed Initiative for Maize in Southern Africa DTMA = Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa IRMA = Insect Resistant Maize for Africa SIMLESA = Sustainable Intensification of Maize and Legumes in Eastern and Southern Africa ZW ZM IRMA BW MZ MW SIMLESA

A comprehensive seed value chain that is developing and disseminating sufficient quantities of affordable quality seed of improved, adapted and appropriate maize varieties that will contribute to improving the livelihoods and food security of resource-poor small-holder farmers in southern Africa. NSIMA VISION:

Seed Value Chain Variety Testing and Registration Production and Processing Marketing and Sales Distribution Small Seed Ent. Large Seed Ent. Agro- dealers FARMER Regional, National & Mother-Baby Trials Data for Release Basic Seed Provision Seed Production Training Information Demonstrations NARS Variety Development (Breeding) NARS Breeding, Germplasm, Technical Backstopping Extension CIMMYT

FARMERSFARMERS Seed Informa- tion Agro- chems Tech- nology NARES NGOs Univer- sities Private sector Multi- stakeholder NCU NSIMA – CIMMYT Govt. National Structure of NSIMA-DTMA-IRMA

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