The Organization The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) delivers researchbased solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people s lives.
Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition climate change biodiversity loss and environmental degradation.
The Alliance works with local national and multinational partners across Latin America and the Caribbean Asia and Africa and with the public and private sectors.
The Alliance is part of CGIAR a global research partnership for a foodsecure future dedicated to reducing poverty enhancing food and nutrition security and improving natural resources and ecosystem services.
With novel partnerships the Alliance generates evidence and mainstreams innovations to transform food systems and landscapes so that they sustain the planet drive prosperity and nourish people in a climate crisis.
The Alliance is part of CGIAR a global research partnership for a foodsecure future.
About the position Evaluating Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS) requires understanding the socioeconomic diversity of farmers and consumers and the agroclimatic variety of growing environments.
Current approaches often struggle with scaling participation and generating robust externally valid data.
To address this the BOLDER project will implement a multistakeholder network using the tricot approach a datadriven method validated in the Global South.
Tricot powered by the ClimMob platform ( ) scales the evaluation of NUS crops by engaging farmers and consumers in decentralized trials generating actionable data on technology performance and preferences.
This project aims to expand the use of tricot in Africa integrating NUS with existing staple crop efforts.
Reporting to Scientist I Digital Inclusion the consultant will develop and deliver Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for onfarm and consumer evaluation of NUS ensuring robust and scalable methodologies are documented and accessible.
Responsibilities Develop at least one SOP per crop for onfarm and/or consumer evaluation including: Recommendations for trial implementation (plot size number of seeds tool to select optimum number of participants).
Evaluation of guidelines for different crop stages and traits to evaluate at each stage.
Data linkage recommendations to Crop Ontologies.
Make SOPs available at least in two languages (English French and preferably Portuguese and Swahili).
Ensure SOPs are available online with a DOI link.
Incorporate SOPs as a chapter in the tricot user manual.
Create a trial template for ClimMob.
Analyze tricot data collected with ClimMob in collaboration with our partners at WorldVeg.
Contribute to scientific publications.
Requirements Essential Requirements PhD in Agriculture Plant Science Agronomy or related field.
Proven experience in developing SOPs and conducting agricultural trials.
Strong analytical and data management skills.
Proficiency in using R for data analysis.
Fluency in both written and oral English is essential.
Excellent communication and documentation skills.
Benefits Terms of employment This is a remote international consultancy opportunity until December 2024 renewable based on extended needs and requirements.
The total amount of the consultancy will be approximately USD 25000.
All consultancy fees and conditions will be administered in line with the Alliance approved policy for consultants.
Applications Please apply online through the website ( careers ) no later than 1 September 2024 attaching a curriculum vitae motivation letter (outlining your interest and suitability for the consultancy as well as your proposed consultancy fees for the period in USD ) both in English and contact information of at least three references we can contact (name organization and position relationship to you telephone number and email).
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Closing date for applications: 1 September 2024 We invite you to learn more about us at: Please visit our careers page at: careers