STMA Leadership

Dr. Cosmos Magorokosho

CIMMYT Project Leader

Cosmos Magorokosho is the Leader of STMA and CIMMYT-Zimbabwe representative. Cosmos is leading primary outcome 4, project management, monitoring, evaluation and learning. He is based in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Email: C.Magorokosho@cgiar.org


Dr. Abebe Menkir

IITA maize breeding Coordinator

Abebe Menkir leads STMA’s work at IITA. He is coordinating STMA operations in West Africa, in particular maize breeding and scaling up of stress tolerant maize varieties with gender-preferred traits by the sub-Saharan seed sector. He is based in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Email: A.menkir@cgiar.org


Dr. Abdoulaye Tahirou

IITA socio-economist Coordinator

Abdoulaye Tahirou is a senior agricultural economist at IITA in West Africa, looking at ways to increase commercialization of stress tolerant maize varieties with gender-preferred traits by the sub-Saharan seed sector. He is based in Ibadan, Nigeria. 
Email: t.abdoulaye@cgiar.org


Dr. Jill Cairns

Upstream Research Coordinator, CIMMYT

Jill Cairns is leading STMA primary outcome 1, which will focus on developing, adapting and utilizing innovative breeding tools and techniques to increase the rate of genetic gain for important multiple traits. She is Principal Maize physiologist, based in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Email: J.Cairns@cgiar.org


Dr. Dan Makumbi

Maize breeder, CIMMYT

Dan Makumbi is leading STMA primary outcome 2 at CIMMYT, focusing on breeding to develop stress tolerant varieties in eastern and southern Africa. He is maize breeder, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Email: D.Makumbi@cgiar.org


Dr. Arturo Hinojosa Silva

Seed systems Lead Africa and Latin America, CIMMYT

Arturo Hinojosa Silva is the leader of primary outcome 3, working in partnership with local seed companies and key stakeholders, to increase seed availability and farmer uptake of stress tolerant maize varieties in the target countries. He is based at CIMMYT Headquarters in Mexico.
Email: A.Silva@cgiar.org


Dr. Hugo Degroote

STMA senior socio-economist, CIMMYT

Hugo Degroote is leading STMA socio-economic research in Eastern and Southern Africa region, including participatory varietal selection and identification of adoption constraints along the seed value chain.  
Email: H.Degroote@cgiar.org


Dr. Rahma Adam

STMA Gender specialist, CIMMYT

Rahma Adam is STMA gender specialist. She is coordinating STMA gender research, looking at ways to integrate gender in breeding and marketing improved seeds.
Email: R.Adam@cgiar.org


Dominic Karanja

STMA project manager, CIMMYT

Dominic Karanja is STMA project manager, coordinating day-to-day project’s activities. He is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Email: D.Karanja@cgiar.org


Jerome Bossuet

STMA communications, CIMMYT

Jerome Bossuet is CIMMYT communications officer, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Email: J.Bossuet@cgiar.org


Dr. Yilma Kebede

STMA Advisory Board Member

Yilma Kebede is a renowned plant breeding expert, with extensive experience in the seed sector in Africa and USA, and leading agricultural research-for-development initiatives.
Email: yilmakebede70@gmail.com


Dr. Peter Freymark

STMA Advisory Board Member

Peter Freymark leads the Africa plant breeding team of a global agriscience company.
Email: peter@freymark.com

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