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PhD Student - Poverty and Water Security REACH Programme (Kenya)

Title: PhD Student
Based at: University of Nairobi
Institute/Department: Department of Geography & Environmental Studies or Institute for Development Studies
Location: Nairobi, with fieldwork visits to Turkana and Kitui
Stipend: £400 per month
Hour: Full time
Contract type: Fixed-term (3 years)
Restrictions: Open to Kenya citizens only
Reporting to : Dr. Maggie Opondo
Starting Date: 1 February 2017

The REACH Programme will offer supervision and all operational costs directly related to the research work. The position is supported by a grant from the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID).

The student will be based in University of Nairobi and will be engaged in the following research activities:

• Assembly, review and analysis of existing information and data on poverty assessments and monitoring. 
• Carry out well-designed socio-economic and poverty baseline surveys to gain a better understanding of the poverty-climate change-water insecurity nexus. 
• Using a suite of socio-economic and cultural scenarios affecting water insecurity. 
• Contributions to and authorship of top-quality peer reviewed manuscripts in leading journals. 
• Disseminate research findings by presenting results at conferences, participating in workshops or exhibiting work at other appropriate events, and providing material for the project web site and the sponsors, DFID.

Reporting to VP International Operations, The Country Director (CD) has the overall responsibility for the effective management of CARE International in country consistent with CARE International’s vision and mission, core values and program principals, global program strategy and operational code.

The Country Director has overall responsibility and leadership of the Country Office’s (CO) performance by representing the CO with key stakeholders, guiding program development and implementation consistent with CI’s global strategy, ensuring effective and timely humanitarian response capacity, leading strategy development, change management and operational planning, and overseeing financial, operations and human resource management, including the safety and security of all CO and visiting CARE staff. The CD reports to CARE Canada’s Vice President for International Operations and receives support and oversight from the International Operations team. 
The CD models and ensures systematic practice of CI values and new ways of working by fostering innovation, helping to build effective teams, coalitions and networks and encouraging on-going staff development to motivate and strengthen the organization’s resilience in the face of change. S/he promotes gender equality and diversity among CO staff and in programming.

The Association for AgriCulture & Ecology (Agrecol e.V.) in Germany offers internship placements and travel stipends for students enrolled in universities and colleges in German-speaking countries. In the coming year (2017), the Association can arrange two internship placements in ecologically oriented agriculture with the partner organisations Agrecol-Andes (Bolivia) and Agrecol-Afrique (Senegal).

The internship offers students an opportunity to acquire practical knowledge in sustainable agriculture and land management in a developing country. By living and working in another sociocultural environment, students can also gain valuable intercultural experiences.

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) invites applications for the internationally recruited position of Postdoctoral Fellow, Yam Agronomist. IITA is one of the world’s leading research partners in finding solutions for hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. Its award-winning research-for-development (R4D) approach addresses the development needs of tropical countries. IITA works with partners to enhance crop quality and productivity, reduce producer and consumer risks, and generate wealth from agriculture. IITA is a non-profit organization founded in 1967 in Nigeria and governed by a Board of Trustees. IITA works on the following crops: cowpea, soybean, banana/plantain, yam, cassava, and maize. It is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. Please visit http://www.iita.org/ for more information on IITA.

The tasks will include to:

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) invites applications for the internationally recruited position of Deputy Director General, Research for Development. 

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a non-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. Please visit http://www.iita.org/ for more information on IITA.

The Foundation is seeking a Program Associate to support the Yieldwise initiative in the Africa Regional Office.

The Rockefeller Foundation has a unique opportunity to play a central role in fixing food loss—an eminently fixable problem. Just as we deployed resources to increase production when there simply was not enough food to feed humanity, we now have an opportunity—and an imperative—to ensure that the food that is grown is consumed. This is why the Rockefeller Foundation launched the YieldWise Initiative in January 2016.

The selection criteria for the incumbent will encompass:

We are seeking to fill two separate but related roles.

Exceptional professional with 5+ years of work experience to coordinate One Acre Fund's overall nutrition, health, and WASH portfolio, and an exceptional professional with 3+ years of work experience to run field programming.  

Located in the Netherlands, UNESCO-IHE offers four accredited masters programmes in subjects of water resources, with a total of 17 specializations. The Institute collaborates with the Netherlands Fellowship Program (NFP) as a source of financial support. An NFP Fellowship (available in 51 developing countries) covers all costs associated with completing an 18-month MSc. at UNESCO-IHE. The deadline for applications to UNESCO-IHE is 31 January 2017. Link

The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) is seeking an inspiring and dynamic Upland Rice Breeder to lead its Genetic Diversity and Improvement Program (GDI). The position is based at AfricaRice’s 700ha experimental station at M’bé, near Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire. The incumbent will travel frequently to AfricaRice’s regional and country stations to provide scientific oversight to GDI program activities. 

AfricaRice is a CGIAR Research Center – part of a global research partnership for a food-secure future. It is also an intergovernmental association of African member countries. 

This 2-part internship opportunity is jointly supported by IICA Canada and 4-H Canada. Part one of the internship will be hosted by 4-H Canada, where you will play a leading role in the development of our global knowledge- sharing platform, 4-H LEARNS. You will gain project management experience by being responsible for the collection of resources, tools, best practice program models, curricula and other 4-H learning materials from more than 70 4-H organizations across the globe. The role will involve outreach to 4-H countries, promotion of 4-H LEARNS as a new knowledge-sharing platform and the collection and organization of resources within web- based platform.

For part two of the internship, you will report to the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Delegation in Canada and be responsible for identifying initiatives and best practices undertaken in the Canadian food sector to reduce food waste and assessing the applicability of the identified practices for adoption in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Deadline: asap
Open to: applicants with education in the field of food or bio-science
Internship: paid intern position, 4- 8 months, Reykjavík, Iceland

Please ensure your documents are in either Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format.

Job Location: Bungoma, Kenya and Zomba, Malawi

Duration: Minimum 2 years commitment, full-time job.

Are you an experienced multi-stakeholder director looking to initiate, shape, and drive the AMEA standard for professional farmers? 

The Agribusiness Market Ecosystem Alliance (AMEA) is an exciting new global initiative aiming to create more business opportunities for smallholder farmers through a standardized approach to professional farming businesses. They  believe that only professional farms and farming organizations are key to sustainability. They see an organized market system where professional farmers meet business opportunities. When farming is approached with business professionalism as focus, opportunities to create livelihoods, jobs and attractive investments increase.