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

74%
Drought Tolerance
49%
Gray Leaf Spot Resistance
6%
Heat Tolerance
2%
Increased Zinc
2%
Low P Tolerance
9%
Maize Lethal Necrosis
45%
Maize Streak Virus Resistance
4%
N Use Efficiency
2%
Striga Tolerance
53%
Turcicum Leaf Blight Resistance
  • Orange MaizeOrange
  • White MaizeWhite
  • Yellow MaizeYellow
  • HybridHybrid
  • Open Pollinated VarietyOpen Pollinated Variety
  • 11
  • 22
  • 3 - 53 - 5
  • + 6+ 6
Organizations worked with MAIZE

partners by type

research projects funded
the total budget granted
Identification, scale up and promotion of multiple stress tolerant,high-yielding, easy-to-produce and low cost hybrids for small holder resource poor farmers in Northern Tanzania.
Budget$12,602 Years2019
CongoEthiopiaGhanaKenyaMalawiMaliMozambiqueNiger Nigeria Rwanda Uganda Zambia and Zimbabwe
Identification of multiple stress tolerant,high yielding, easy to produce and low cost hybrids for smallholder farmers in mid-altitude zone of Northern Tanzania
Budget$32,478 Years2020
Malawi. Nigeria and Uganda
African MAIZE yield gaps analysis
Budget$60,957 Years2012-2015
Uganda
Food Production and nutriotion gaps
Budget$420,000 Years2012-2020
Nigeria
manage internally (savings used partly to cover patti and Diana)
Budget$116,000 Years2020-2021
Comparative analysis of four CRP MAIZE Gennovate case studies in Nigeriaand four in Tanzania
Budget$28,571Years2019-2020