Main purpose of the position is to assist genebank manager on all field and laboratory activities related to genetic resources conservation, characterization and documentation.

The successful candidate will catalyze private sector engagement to strengthen the rice value chain, largely through contract grower schemes coupled to improved access for farmers to quality seed, advisory services, agricultural machinery services and market intelligence. The project will also enhance access for rice millers to improved processing machinery and to new specialty markets. The national food processing industry in general will increasingly deploy improved market knowledge and contract agricultural production to guarantee supplies of raw materials.

The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics is pleased to announce a specialized postdoctoral fellowship in the area of food, agriculture and nutrition ethics.

This two year post-doctoral fellowship seeks a new fellow to begin September 2016. The main goal of the fellowship is to launch the career of a bioethics scholar, with a focus on ethical issues and controversies of the global food system and its implications on food security, as well as human health and nutrition in developed and developing countries.

IMMANA Postdoctoral Fellowships on Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions are now open for applications under Round 2. 

IMMANA Fellowships aim to create a cadre of emerging leaders in agriculture, nutrition, and health research. The IMMANA programme offers six Fellowships per year as part of which the Fellows will be provided a 12-month stipend and will work under the supervision of two mentors.

More information: http://immana.lcirah.ac.uk/immana-fellowships