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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Scientific Officer Mozambique ICRISAT Jobs 2024
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics looking for “Scientific Officer”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 29-Jul-24.
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics has published a job vacancy announcement on 08/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Scientific Officer to be based in , Mozambique. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org
Company Name: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Job Title: Scientific Officer
Duty Station: , Mozambique
Country: Mozambique
Application Deadline: 29-Jul-24
Scientific Officer
ICRISAT seeks applications from Mozambican nationals for the post of Scientific Officer-Plant Breeding and Seed Systems to plan and execute demonstration protocols and participatory variety selection trials for groundnut and pigeon pea, sorghum, pearl millet and chickpea. This position is based in Mozambique. This is a nationally recruited position.
ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.
ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit www.icrisat.org
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This is a contractual role for a period of 12 months (1 year)
How to apply:
Applicants should apply on or before 29 July 2024, with their latest Resume, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
ICRISAT is an equal-opportunity employer