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Call for Papers: Institutions for Inclusive Climate-Smart Agriculture
Upcoming deadline: 31 March, 2012! CCAFS and the CGIAR program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) are now accepting abstracts on the topic of “Institutions for Inclusive Climate Smart Agriculture” for presentation at an international research workshop to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 2012. A growing recognition of agriculture’s central role in efforts to increase global food security, enhance farmers’ ability to adapt to a changing climate, and mitigate emissions of greenhouse gasses has led to a converging agenda of “climate-smart” agriculture (CSA). Climate-smart agricultural practices are those which contribute to all three of the above goals, thus offering “triple wins” in the areas of food security, adaptation, and mitigation. Such practices include techniques for soil and water management, pest control, conservation of genetic resources, and combining crops, trees, livestock, and fisheries into integrated production systems. The importance of CSA in addressing climate change was affirmed at the recent COP17/CMP7 meetings in Durban, South Africa. For more information visit the climate-smart agriculture webpage set up in collaboration with CCAFS, Food and Agriculture Ogranization (FAO), the World Bank among others. Read more »
Vacancy: Research Technician at ILRI
Deadline: 11 March, 2012. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality livestock science, communications and capacity building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development. ILRI is one of 15 centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). ILRI has campuses in Kenya (headquarters) and Ethiopia, with other offices located in other regions of Africa (Mali, Mozambique, and Nigeria) as well as in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka), Southeast Asia (Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam) and East Asia (China). Read more »
Vacancy: Research Technician - ILRI
Deadline: 11 March 2012. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality livestock science, communications and capacity building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development. ILRI is one of 15 centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). ILRI has campuses in Kenya (headquarters) and Ethiopia, with other offices located in other regions of Africa (Mali, Mozambique, and Nigeria) as well as in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka), Southeast Asia (Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam) and East Asia (China).
Call for articles: Improving Quantification of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases
Deadline: 31 August, 2012. The journal Environmental Research Letters (ERL) seeks contributions to an upcoming special issue entitled: "Improving Quantification of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases" edited by Lydia Olander (Duke University), Eva 'Lini' Wollenberg (CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security), Daniel Martino (Carbosur), Francesco Tubiello (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and Martin Herold (Wageningen University).
Vacancy: Research Fellow, financial and institutional mechanisms for agricultural climate change mitigation
Deadline: Open until filled. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks a Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow for a three-year, fixed-term, renewable appointment in its Environment, Production and Technology Division to work on research activities for the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). This position will report to the program leader at IFPRI, and will conduct research on the financial and institutional mechanisms that enhance the practice of climate change mitigation in agriculture and agricultural landscapes. Particular attention should be given to practices that have the potential to improve farmers' productivity and livelihoods and ecosystem services, the economics of mitigation practices, the role of the private sector and REDD finance and activities to sustainable agricultural intensification. Read more »
Vacancy: Senior Administrative Assistant
Deadline: 15 February 2012. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality livestock science, communications and capacity building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development. ILRI is one of 15 centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). ILRI has campuses in Kenya (headquarters) and Ethiopia, with other offices located in other regions of Africa (Mali, Mozambique, and Nigeria) as well as in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka), Southeast Asia (Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam) and East Asia (China). Read more »
Vacancy: Science Officer Pro-Poor Climate Change Mitigation
Deadline: 1 March, 2012. CCAFS seeks to find a new Science Officer within the theme 'Pro-Poor Climate Change Mitigation'. The Science Officer will help coordinate and conduct research contributing to the theme area. The position is based at the World Agroforestry Center's (ICRAF) headquarters in Nairobi.
Primary responsibilities will be:
- Manage, synthesize and report information on Theme budget, program and partners. Liaise with partners and administrative staff at ICRAF, CIAT, and and the CCAFS Coordinating Unit at the University of Copenhagen, as needed. (30%)
- Contribute to strategic research within Theme within own areas of expertise and facilitate partner development and regional research (50%).
- Coordinate communications among partners and potential research users in the design, implementation and evaluation of research projects. Coordinate related websites, workshops and capacity building events. (10%)
- Support fundraising, including preparation of proposals and reports to donors and other administrative support functions as needed. (10%)
The Science Officer will receive general supervision from the Theme Leader, but will exercise considerable independent judgment within flexible parameters.
Vacancy: Research Degree on the influence of climate change on the occurrence of crop pests and diseases
Deadline: 3 February, 2012. Climate-related variability in agricultural production affects billions of lives worldwide. Models exist that simulate the response of crops to climate variability and change by using direct climate model output (i.e. at the regional scale, ~100km). Climate is known to be a strong determinant of the yield of a number of crops, both directly and through intermediate drivers such as irrigation water availability and incidence of pests or diseases. Many of the processes associated with these intermediate drivers are understood. However, despite continued calls by the IPCC, climate models have not yet been used to assess the predictability implicit in these relationships. Read more »
Vacancy: Agricultural Systems/Climate Change Adaptation Post- Doctoral Fellow or Associate Scientist
Deadline: 15 December 2011. Achieving sustainable food security in a world of growing population and changing diets is a major challenge under climate change. The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is looking for an innovative, results-oriented young scientist with excellent skills in agricultural systems analysis and modeling. The scientist will work as a member of CIMMYT Global Conservation Agriculture Program (CIMMYT-GCAP), and will play a key role in a large multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional team. The selected scientist will work closely with CIMMYT’s research teams in the different regions where systems research is conducted, as well as partners in advanced research institutes, national research programs, and the CCAFS (CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security) community. He/she will be responsible for assessing the potential of conservation agriculture as an adaption measure to climate change in the Indo Gangetic plains and East Africa, in coordination with similar studies in South Asia region and in East Africa. The position is supported by the CGIAR Research Program (CRP7-CCAFS) and other donors.
Vacancy: Agricultural Systems/Climate Change Mitigation Post- Doctoral Fellow or Associate Scientist
Deadline: 15 December 2011. Achieving sustainable food security in a world of growing population and changing diets is a major challenge under climate change. The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is looking for an innovative, results-oriented young scientist with excellent skills in agricultural systems analysis and modeling. The scientist will work as a member of CIMMYT Global Conservation Agriculture Program (CIMMYT-GCAP), and will play a key role in a large multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional team. The selected scientist will work closely with CIMMYT’s research teams in the different regions where systems research is conducted, as well as partners in advanced research institutes, national research programs, and the CCAFS (CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security) community. He/she will be responsible for evaluating the potential impact, in the Indo Gangetic plains, of improved agricultural management practices, including conservation agriculture, to mitigate climate change. The position is supported by the CGIAR Research Program (CRP7-CCAFS) and other donors. Read more »
CCAFS Coordinating Unit - University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Rolighedsvej 21, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark, phone +45 35331046, email ccafs [at] cgiar [dot] org, EAN 5790000279012
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