Bioversity International is a research-for-development organization working with partners worldwide to use and conserve agricultural and tree biodiversity for improved livelihoods, nutrition, sustainability and productive and resilient ecosystems. Bioversity International is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership for a food secure future. Bioversity International has more than 300 staff and scientists worldwide working with almost 700 partners.
Purpose of Role Under the supervision of the Agrobiodiversity and Ecosystem Services Programme Leader, the incumbent will conduct participatory research on ecosystem services utilized and provided by aquatic agricultural systems. The position includes broader representation of Bioversitys mission and objectives in Southeast Asia and will serve as the scientific focal point for Bioversitys work on Aquatic Agricultural Systems. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring open communication between multiple CGIAR research programs in the region, including CGIAR Research Programs in humid tropic farming systems (Humidtropics) health and nutrition (A4NH), roots tubers and bananas (RTB), and water land and ecosystems (WLE). The position will be based in Penang, Malaysia with active field sites in one or more of the following locations: Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Zambia.
Bioversity International is a research-for-development organization working with partners worldwide to use and conserve agricultural and tree biodiversity for improved livelihoods, nutrition, sustainability and productive and resilient ecosystems. Bioversity International is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership for a food secure future. Bioversity International has more than 300 staff and scientists worldwide working with almost 700 partners.
Job Description
Purpose of Role Under the supervision of the Agrobiodiversity and Ecosystem Services Programme Leader, the incumbent will conduct participatory research on ecosystem services utilized and provided by aquatic agricultural systems. The position includes broader representation of Bioversitys mission and objectives in Southeast Asia and will serve as the scientific focal point for Bioversitys work on Aquatic Agricultural Systems. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring open communication between multiple CGIAR research programs in the region, including CGIAR Research Programs in humid tropic farming systems (Humidtropics) health and nutrition (A4NH), roots tubers and bananas (RTB), and water land and ecosystems (WLE). The position will be based in Penang, Malaysia with active field sites in one or more of the following locations: Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Zambia.
Specific responsibilities:
- Facilitate and lead prototype development for field and farm agroecological intensification with research partners and stakeholders.
- Develop ecosystem service based indicators to analyze interventions and their impact on strategic livelihood outcomes.
- Design and lead high impact research projects and effective data collection on the potential for agroecological intensification and agrobiodiversity use.
- Develop complementary field and farm level models, both quantiative and qualitative, which explore alternative approaches to agroecological intensification bringing together farmer local knowledge and science-based agroecological frameworks and processes;
- While partipating in the AAS diagnostic approach, contribute to identifying research priorities with local partners and stakeholders by identifying issues that can be resolved through ecosystem services.
- Advise MSc and PhD students and collaborate with national scientists on the use of agrobiodiversity in agroecological intensification.
- Lead and collaborate in the development of proposals to fund research on agroecological intensification of farming systems.
- Author and publish articles in peer-reviewed international journals, prepare technical materials to make principles and practices of agroecological intensification more accessible and participate in training of diverse users on research tools and results.
- Contribute to other organizational and programmatic activities as and when required.
- Represent Bioversitys and AASs research activities in South East Africa and globally.
- Serve as Bioversitys scientific focal point for AAS. Represent Bioversitys research program and contributions in South East Asia and coordinating/communciating cross research program activities in the region.