1. Promoting the Adoption of Improved Technologies
Presentation by
Donald Mavindidze and George Marechera
Evidence to Action Conference May 2017

2. Outline of Presentation
AATF the background
Improved Technologies Development - WEMA
WEMA Products
Private Partnership Model
Promotional Strategies
Adoption Study

3. AATF-Transforming Agriculture for Food Security and Prosperity
AATF & Partners (PPP approach)
Technological & Non Technological solutions to SSA farmers
CREATE WEALTH in SSA
Increase productivity, improve food security, strengthen agri-business through private sector
Happier Juliana

4. Water Efficient Maize for Africa
(WEMA Project)
A public-private partnership to develop & deploy royalty-free African drought-tolerant and insect- pest protected (climate-smart) white maize varieties to farmers
Aim: Increase yield stability, and protect and promote farmers’ investment in adopting best management practices (BMPs)
Under moderate drought, WEMA maize varieties expected to increase yields by 20– 35% over Year 2008 varieties

5. WEMA Partnership WEMA World leader in gene discovery Donated:
Monsanto
World leader in gene discovery
Donated:
3 transgenes (2Bt; CspB)
~700 global germplasm royalty-free
CIMMYT
World leader for breeding maize for African agro-ecological zones
AATF
African institution mandated to access, develop, & deliver appropriate agricultural technologies to smallholder African farmers royalty-free
NARS
Expertise in field trials
Breeding/Test DT maize
Adapted checks
Capacity building opportunities
WEMA
KALRO; NARO; ARC; COSTECH; & IIAM

6. WEMA Product Options for Farmers
Conventional Climate-smart (Drought-Tolerant) Maize Hybrids; trademarked DroughtTEGO® 94 Climate-smart TEGOs available for commercialization
Transgenic (GM) Climate-smart Maize with Insect- pest Protection (Bt-gene); trademarked TELA™ in East Africa

7. WEMA Research Pipeline
Entry
Pedigree
BLUE_GY
Increase over MC
BLUE_AD
BLUE_EarAsp
BLUE_PltAsp
BLUE_MOI
BLUE_EH
BLUE_nP 25
CKH160018
9.68
75.6
55.6
1.2
1.1
15.0
125 38 20
CKH160013
9.52
72.8
54.5
2.0
1.4
18.3
126 37 18
CKH160011
9.48
72.0
55.4
2.5
1.0
17.0 9
CKH160002
9.09
65.0
56.4
2.4
15.7
143 12
CKH160005
8.79
59.5
56.5
17.1
138 19
CKH160012
8.57
55.5
2.2
2.1
17.3
131 36 6
WM4262
8.55
55.2
51.0
1.3
15.3
100 23
CKH160016
8.52
54.6
55.0
1.5
16.7
134 28
CKH160021
8.48
53.9
53.5
20.6
122 35 8
CKH160001
8.44
53.1
57.5
14.4
137 51
Commercial CHK 1
6.96
52.6
16.8
129 52
Commercial CHK 2
4.39
50.0
3.6
3.0
12.8
109 41 53
Commercial CHK 3
4.25
3.7
3.8
12.7
127 54
Commercial CHK 4
6.17
52.4
2.8
2.9
13.7
106 34 55
Local Check 1 (DT)
5.77
59.6
1.9
16.0
Mean
5.51
53.64
3.01
2.72
14.40
119.28
36.80
Heritability
0.74
0.92
0.60
0.70
0.61
0.90
0.34
Grand Mean
7.08
53.7
15.8
115 CV
15.4
1.7
24.0
26.3
8.9
6.1
6.0

8. WEMA Products
2nd generation MLN resistant hybrid
Commercial check

9. WEMA Products

10. Private Partnership Model

13. Varieties awareness and adoption (% farmers)
Variety name
Aware
Adoption
Exposed adoption
WE1101
41.28
18.40
30.10
  WE2101
1.25
0.20
0.26
WE2104
0.50
0.77
WE2106
0.78
0.80
1.28
WE2107
0.31
WE2108
WE2109
WE2110
0.47
0.30
0.51
WE2111
WE3101
0.16
WE3104
WE3106
1.00
Average 62 26
42.35

14. Adoption by County

15. Cumulative adoption curve over time by county

16. Main source of information about Drought TEGO seeds

17. Recommendations to increase adoption for future programming
Better seed pricing strategy e.g. pricing like other competing varieties
The positive effect of age of the household head on adoption. Youth target
Train farmers on record keeping
Timely delivery of seeds

18. THANK YOU