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Virginia Tech is looking for a doctoral candidate in crop physiology to work at the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Suffolk on a project related to drought tolerance in peanuts. The project, which runs through 2019, is in collaboration with a physiologist and peanut breeder at North Carolina State University and is focused…
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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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The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics is looking for a professional to join its team conducting research on food security supply chains and market systems in low- and middle-income countries. The position is based in Uganda with several weeks working on the MIT campus in Massachusetts each year. The position is based in the Humanitarian…
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The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in partnership with University of Dar es Salaam School of Business, the International Foundation for Science (IFS), and Regional Universities Forum (RUFORUM) is holding a course titled “Science and Leadership for Transforming Institutions” in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 27 February through 10 March 2017. This course is…
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Mastercard announced this week that the financial service company has developed a mobile technology specifically for farmers in East Africa. The platform, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will help farmers buy inputs and sell crop more efficiently, as well as create a credit history for future borrowing. The platform works from mobile…
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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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