Opportunities

  • Wageningen University & Research in The Netherlands and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, CIMMYT, are offering a PhD fellowship in Gender-Responsive Innovation in Maize and Wheat. Innovation in agriculture and natural resource management is critical to reducing rural poverty, but gender norms and social restrictions often influence the ability of different groups of…

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  • The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) has set its calendar of trainings for the year. The events generally offer a discounted rate for early registration. Here are the trainings for 2017: May 8-12, Linking Farmers to Markets in Africa (English Edition), Accra, Ghana June 5-9, Developing Private Sector Agro-Input Markets: Designing and Implementing Targeted Input…

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  • Indepth Research Services (IRES), a Nairobi-based training and consultancy organization, is hiring seven employees to offer technical training and education services to individuals and organizations working in the agriculture, climate change and environment; disaster management; and other areas. The seven Learning Advisor positions are for experts in: Research, Data Management and Statistics Institute Project Management,…

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  • The American Peanut Research and Education Society has started accepting abstracts to present at the 49th Annual Meeting scheduled for July 11-13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. APRES members who wish to present original papers or posters at the 2017 APRES Annual Meeting, which will be held at the Hotel Albuquerque, should submit an abstract online…

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  • The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is surveying people across the globe on the state of policies addressing food and nutrition security and urbanization. The results of the survey will appear in the report “2017 Global Food Policy Report,” which will be published in March and available for free as a PDF download at…

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  • Do you have a winning photograph in your camera? Feed the Future is taking entries through this month for its annual global photo contest. Photos help tell the story of how Feed the Future is helping millions of farmers and their families build a better life through improved food security and nutrition. You can enter…

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  • The Horticulture Innovation Lab at UC Davis is looking for  a new program officer. The position is based at UC Davis and responsible for managing three international centers (in Honduras, Thailand, and Zambia) and one domestic demonstration center on the UC Davis campus. The deadline to apply is Jan. 13. The position is responsible for…

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