The information in this publication is based on results of the maize trials carried out in 2009. For further details, contact D. Makumbi.

This publication is based on results of the maize trials carried out in southern Africa, in 2008. For further details, contact C. Magorokosho, B. Vivek and J. MacRobert.

This article, authored by B.Badu-Apraku and A. Fontem Lum was published in Agronomy Journal, Volume 102, Issue 2 (pp 381-394).

The study 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: Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe and Ghana.

This paper, published in Crop Science 50: 1-11, presents methodology to prove within a high level of confidence if two samples of seeds are the same genetic population or not, despite the difficulties involved in fingerprinting heterologous populations. In addition to heterogeneity within populations, difficulties can include sampling errors, differences in the fields or years in which the seeds were multiplied, and seed mixing. Despite these confounding sources of variation, the authors show the possibility to conclusively differentiate each of the populations used in this work. This methodology will allow breeders, seed companies, government agencies, and NGOs to ensure the purity and identity of high-yielding, locally adapted OPVs reach farmers, so they can generate the highest yields possible in their fields.