Opportunities

Cavendish Farms is a quality producer of frozen potato products for grocery and restaurant. We have four potato production facilities and an appetizer facility in Canada, as well as one potato plant in the U.S. All grocery potato products are made with only premium potatoes. Being located near North America's prime potato growing regions allows Cavendish Farms to use only the best quality of potatoes. Our climate-controlled storage facilities ensure a year-round quality supply of potatoes, and allow us to handle them in a safe and healthy manner.

The positions are located at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office and FAO Shared Services Centre, Budapest, Hungary II.

The functions in the General Service include administrative, secretarial and clerical support.

Country: South Sudan
Location: Based in Juba with field assessments
Starting date: February 2017
Duration: 4 months (renewed potentially as a food security coordinator position if funding is secured)

The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) is an umbrella organization bringing together and forming coalitions of major stakeholders in agricultural research and development in Africa. FARA complements the innovative activities of national, international and sub-regional research institutions to deliver more responsive and effective services to its stakeholders. It plays advocacy and coordination roles for agricultural research for development, while the national agricultural research systems (NARS), advanced research institutions (ARIs) and international agricultural research centres (IARCs) develop and promote the adoption of improved technologies and policies along the research-to-development continuum in their respective countries and jurisdictions. Since it was established in 2002 FARA has been able to develop several African-wide initiatives through consultation with stakeholders. FARA is seeking to engage a Youth and Agribusiness long term Consultant to work closely with its core programmes in implementing its recast Medium Term Operation Plan (MTOP2R)

To develop and implement an agribusiness and youth strategy that will guide the inclusion and mainstreaming of youth and a business orientation in African agricultural research and development.

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture seeks suitable Nigerian for the position of a Project Technician (Ref:IITA-HRNRS2017-004B) at the Institute’s headquarters in Ibadan.

NIRAS is an international, multidisciplinary consultancy company with over 1400 employees located in offices in Europe, Asia and Africa. NIRAS business is to provide impartial consultancy in a variety of fields such as construction and infrastructure, public utilities, environmental and natural resources, climate change and energy, planning, and development consulting. 

NIRAS' fields of consulting includes: climate change, EU policies for transition countries, forestry, land administration, rural livelihoods, agriculture and food, agribusiness, agricultural policy and institutional reforms, rural livelihoods and food security, sustainable production and food safety, urban development, water, etc.

Every year, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) offers a limited number of university graduates a five-month traineeship.

Each trainee is assigned to a specific department of the CoR. The nature of the work depends largely on the unit. Some units are more politically oriented, others are more administrative. In general, the type of work assigned is equivalent to that performed by junior executive-grade officials.

Idea Wild is a nonprofit organization to provide equipment and supplies in support of biodiversity conservation in developing countries. Grants are to individuals of any nationality engaged in biodiversity conservation, education, or research in the developing countries. An application should include a detailed description of the requested equipment, as well as contact information for the company that sells each item of the equipment. Idea Wild provides internet links to suppliers of the most frequently requested equipment items in order to help applicants choose and identify the items. 

The Project Manager and Value Chain specialist is to be based in Awassa, Ethiopia and will report to the CIP Country Manager in Addis Ababa and the CIP Program Leader for sweet potato.

  The Swedish university of agricultural sciences (SLU) develops the understanding and sustainable use and management of biological natural resources. The university ranks well internationally within its subject areas. SLU is a research-intensive university that also offers unique degree programmes in for example rural development and natural resource management, environmental economics, animal science and landscape architecture.

SLU has just over 3,000 employees, 5,000 students and a turnover of 3 billion. The university has invested heavily in a modern, attractive environment on its campuses in Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala.

The Swedish university of agricultural sciences (SLU) develops the understanding and sustainable use and management of biological natural resources. The university ranks well internationally within its subject areas. SLU is a research-intensive university that also offers unique degree programmes in for example rural development and natural resource management, environmental economics, animal science and landscape architecture.

  The FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified individuals to join the team for the Mid-term Evaluation of the “Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation System” (CDAIS) Project.

The CDAIS project was conceived to realize the visions of Agrinatura, FAO and the “Tropical Agriculture Platform” (TAP – A G20 Initiative) on how to support Capacity Development (CD) in Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS), and improve global coherence of CD approaches for AIS. The aim of the project is to foster more demand driven and effective agricultural research and development investments, and that respond to specific capacity development (CD) needs and demands of local stakeholders in the countries. 

The International Livestock Research Institute - Accelerated Value Chains Development Program (AVCD) on behalf of USAID Kenya would like to engage a consultant to conduct a rapid needs assessment and provide recommendations for engaging youth in the AVCD program.

The AVCD Program being implemented by three CGIAR centres i.e. ILRI, ICRISAT and CIP, seeks to harness the wealth of knowledge,  technologies and innovations within the research system ‘to sustainably reduce poverty and hunger in the Feed the Future Zones of Influence in Kenya’. The development objective is ‘Increased inclusive agricultural growth and improved nutrition status of participants in the targeted value chains in the Feed the Future zones of influence in Kenya’. The value chains included in this program were selected from Feed the Future Strategy for Kenya to cover a range of ecosystems, including those that have been affected by severe drought over the years and resource poor farming communities.  These value chains are livestock, dairy, and staple crops (root crops and, drought tolerant)

The Swedish university of agricultural sciences (SLU) develops the understanding and sustainable use and management of biological natural resources. The university ranks well internationally within its subject areas. SLU is a research-intensive university that also offers unique degree programmes in for example rural development and natural resource management, environmental economics, animal science and landscape architecture.

Job Purpose

The Project Officer will be responsible for the management and implementation of an OSIEA

Applications are invited for Hungarian government internship for the year 2017. The interns will be assigned to different fields of work according to their profile and to the needs of the organization. Applicants must be recent graduates or students in a recognized university or graduate school programme and have completed at the very least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant to the work of FAO, or be participants in a governmental or academic programme sponsoring assignments of recent graduates or students.

The interns will be assigned to different fields of work according to their profile and to the needs of the organization. The interns will be involved in the work of the unit that has selected them and will carry out assignments relevant to their studies or interests.

The Faculty of Science of the University of Geneva invites applications for the position of assistant professor in molecular plant sciences (tenure track)

The successful candidate is expected to develop an ambitious, independent research program using molecular tools to address fundamental questions in plant biology. The position comes with a competitive package, including substantial yearly core funding for research, which should be supplemented by acquiring external financing. State-of-the-art facilities are available allowing innovative research with potential for high impact to be realized.

Opportunity

Abt Associates seeks a Health Economist to work on the five-year, $199 million USAID-funded Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Project. The Health Economist will provide HFG project technical assistance to countries undergoing health financing reform, and provide technical expertise on health economic analytical work within countries and with USAID centrally. The successful candidate will develop relationships in USAID/Washington, USAID missions, with major development partners, and with ministries of health and finance and other key stakeholders in countries. The Health Economist will strengthen the evidence base around successful approaches to improving health financing, particularly within the areas of insurance and provider payment, as a way of expanding access to essential health services in country. The Health Economist will also contribute evidence to build a compelling case for continuing global and bilateral donor funded projects to improve health finance and governance, and strengthen health systems to reach national and international sustainable development goals. S/he will also provide technical contributions to business development.

Chief of Party – Bangladesh Feed the Future