Digital Innovations
JOB DETAIL
Job Description
- Support the development of climate risk and vulnerability analysis for agricultural value chains;
- Identify key issues constraining different Agri-Food Chains and subsectors in South Asia and Africa, and their Implications for Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems;
- Develop and assist in big data analytics for developing ICRISAT’s digital platform for climate information services (ISAT and Next-Gen Climate dashboard) to understand temporal and spatial dynamics and change in crop-based systems.
- Engage with national government and regional organizations, CGIAR Centres, private sector and other relevant stakeholders, to support development of effective climate information and agro-advisory services for farmers;
- Contribute to research and development of products on climate information services for the target regions
- Contribute to on-going research in climate risk management, assessing climate change vulnerabilities and impacts, and planning for adaptation.
- Research on climate and crop modeling to test and design climate smart agriculture technologies.
- Assist in developing and testing the decision support tools related to climate information services.
- Conduct capacity-building and awareness programs on digital tools for various stakeholders.
- Use spatial and quantitative modelling approaches to quantify the effectiveness of on-farm scale solutions at the landscape level;
- Prepare technical/research reports, scientific publications, policy briefs, and extension materials to disseminate findings and insights;
- Any other tasks assigned by Supervisor;
Key Skills
Crop/climate modeling,
Agronomy,
Computer programming,
Climate data analysis
Additional/Preferred Skills
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Data Visualization,
Machine Learning,
Big Data Analytics
Preferred Qualifications
PhD in Agriculture Science
Preferred Industry Experience
Research Associate or similar
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