Presentation of the PhD project to project leaders and research staff in CIMM
Revise questionnaire for interviews with key actors in the maize seed industry - with research staff in CIMMYT
Start secondary data collection from local sources
Maize production - SIAP
Maize seed production statistics - SNICS
Variety release and foundation seed production figures – INIFAP
Revise questionnaire for interviews with key actors in the maize seed industry - with supervisors in U of Reading
Continue secondary data collection from local sources
Interview with INIFAP highlands breeders and seed production specialists in Mexico state:
1. Gustavo Velazquez - Highlands maize breeder/INIFAP Maize program director
Juan Virgen Vargas - Seed systems specialist
Assemble secondary data for the analysis of the maize seed industry
Interviews with seed companies’ representatives in Morelos:
2. Rafael Padilla Padilla - Agrícola El Caudillo
Continue to assemble secondary data for the analysis of the maize seed industry
Interviews with seed companies’ representatives in Oaxaca:
3. Humberto Castro García - Semillas Reycoll and subtropical maize breeder UACH
Continue to assemble secondary data for the analysis of the maize seed industry
Interviews with INIFAP tropical breeders and seed production specialists in Veracruz:
4. Mauro Sierra - Tropical maize breeder
Flavio Rodríguez - Seed systems specialist
Interviews with seed companies’ representatives in Puebla:
5. Aarón De La Rosa Garcilazo - Nutri Best
Interviews with seed companies’ representatives in Mexico state:
6. Juan Carlos Villaverde
Synthesize information from firsts interviews
Interviews with INIFAP research, innovation and marketing office in CDMX:
7. Manuel García García - Director of Research, Innovation and Marketing Office
Interviews with representatives of the ministry of Agriculture in CDMX:
8. Omar Mussalem and Francisco Mayorga
Interview with INIFAP subtropical breeders and seed production specialists in Jalisco:
9. Jose Luis Ramírez - Subtropical maize breeder
Santiago Ruiz Ramírez - Seed systems specialist
Interviews with seed companies’ representatives in Jalisco:
10. Oscar Alejandro Rivas Aguilera - Semillas Rica
Interviews with seed companies’ representatives in Colima:
11. Maximo Santos Santos - Semillas Proseso
Interviews with United Mexican Seed Producers (SEMOAC) in Querétaro:
12. Manuel Aurelio Razura Mendoza - SEMOAC Executive director
Interviews with CIMMYT breeders and seed system specialists in Texcoco Mexico state:
13. Felix San Vicente - Tropical maize breeder
14. José Luis Torres - Highlands maize breeder
15. Alberto Chassaigne - Maize seed systems specialist
Analize data from interviews:
Describe in detail the maize seed system before MasAgro, its problems and limitations
Identify the incentives of seed firms for participating/not participating in MasAgro
Describe the system with MasAgro, main changes and innovations, limitations and challenges
Good interview, analysis and writing skills