Maize varieties developed and released with support from MAIZE

varieties by
grain color

varieties by
cultivar type

traits combined on
single variety

Percentage of varieties
released with given trait

25%
Drought Tolerance
100%
Gray Leaf Spot Resistance
13%
Highland Adaptation
13%
Maize Lethal Necrosis
25%
Maize Streak Virus Resistance
25%
Quality Protein Maize
100%
Turcicum Leaf Blight Resistance
  • Orange MaizeOrange
  • White MaizeWhite
  • Yellow MaizeYellow
  • HybridHybrid
  • Open Pollinated VarietyOpen Pollinated Variety
  • 11
  • 22
  • 3 - 53 - 5
  • + 6+ 6
research projects funded
the total budget granted
Demonstration promotion and evaluation of metal silo and supper grain bags post harvest technologies to small scale farmers in central Ethiopia
Budget$26,092 Years2012-2013
Part of UMB Ethiopia
Budget$10,500 Years2012-2019
Support to MAIZE and WHEAT strategic gender research initiative: Technical support and contributions to data analysis, drafting and outreach activities
Budget$10,500 Years2012-2013
Seed scale-up of three new FAWTH trhough release and dissemination in ETHIOPIA
Budget$21,000 Years2012-2013
Congo Ghana Kenya Malawi Mali Mozambique Niger Nigeria RwandaTanzania Uganda Zambia and Zimbabwe
African MAIZE yield gaps analysis
Budget$60,957Years2012-2015