CIMMYT Post-Doctoral Fellow Systems Agronomist Jobs 2022 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs. CIMMYT Ethiopia looking for “Post-Doctoral Fellow Systems Agronomist”. Applicants with a degree in PhD Degree may apply on or before 8th Aug 2022.
CIMMYT grew out of a pilot program sponsored by the Mexican government and the Rockefeller Foundation in the 1940s and 50s and aimed at raising farm productivity in Mexico. Under the scientific leadership of Norman E. Borlaug, the program developed higher yielding wheat varieties that were more resistant to diseases and provided stable yields in changing conditions for developing countries.
CIMMYT Post-Doctoral Fellow Systems Agronomist Jobs 2022
The CIMMYT has published a job vacancy announcement on 1st July 2022 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of Post-Doctoral Fellow Systems Agronomist to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| Recruiter | International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) |
| Position | Post-Doctoral Fellow Systems Agronomist |
| Location | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | PhD Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Five years |
| Application Deadline | 8th Aug 2022 |
CIMMYT Job Vacancy 2022
Specific Duties:
- Conduct a full review of existing methods on the application of cropping system modelling concepts for decision-support in agriculture.
- Develop new research questions that address core knowledge gaps, by leveraging new and emerging modelling methods, tools, and analytics.
- Develop scientific manuscripts and publish in high impact scientific journals.
- Contribute to agro-advisory systems across regions and EiA use cases.
- Contribute to the development and field evaluation of innovative soil health management strategies and extension recommendations.
- Use grided and remote sensing weather and soil data for modelling crop yields under different management and environmental scenarios.
- Design and conduct field experiments and collect spatially explicit data in formats that can be used for crop and environmental modelling.
- Contribute to on-going research programs in Ethiopia and East and Sothern Africa (ESA).
- Contribute to trainings and stakeholder engagement workshops.
- Provide guidance on applying farming system modelling frameworks to research for development that leads to more sustainable smallholder farming systems of target regions.
- Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Position in Organization:
- Post-Doctoral Fellow – Systems Agronomist (Crop Modelling)
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Qualification:
- PhD. in quantitatively oriented sciences such as Plant Sciences, Ecology, Agroecology, Agronomy, Soil Science, Economics, Statistics, or any related discipline with a strong background in crop modeling.
Experience:
- Minimum Five Years Experinece.
How to Apply CIMMYT Post-Doctoral Fellow Systems Agronomist Jobs 2022
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://www.cimmyt.org/careers/jobs/post-doctoral-fellow-systems-agronomist-crop-modelling/
The Closing Date: 8th Aug 2022.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
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| Official Website | www.cimmyt.org |
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