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Job Description The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Project Assistant to support research within the Zoonoses in Livestock in Kenya (ZooLink) Project. He/she will provide project management and coordination support across the ZooLink Project, including co-ordination of personnel, field research logistics, project partner co-ordination, donor interaction, research deliverables, contributions to budget management and other key outputs.  It is 100% funded by a bilateral grant.  ZooLinK is a standalone bilateral project in which ILRI has a major co-ordination role, and this post will be dedicated to delivering that responsibility on behalf of ILRI. ILRI works with partners worldwide to enhance the roles that livestock play in food security and poverty alleviation, principally in Africa and Asia. The outcomes of these research partnerships help people in developing countries keep their farm animals’ alive and productive, increase and susta...

Job Description The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership of 15 centres working with many partners for a food-secure future. ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in East, West and southern Africa and South, Southeast and East Asia.  www.ilri.org . CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centres that are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations.  www.cgiar.org . DAAD is a German Academic Exchange service which is a publicly funded, self-governing organization of the institutions of higher education in Germany. DAAD promotes international academic exchange as well as educational co-operation with developing countries through a variety of funding and sc...

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit fifteen (15) highly motivated and capable trainees who are interested in delivering genome profiling and information management services for crop and animal improvement programs in Africa. This is a 5 year project, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to establish an Integrated Genotyping Service and Support (IGSS) to support African breeding programs with genome profiling and Information Technologies. The project is based at the Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Nairobi, in partnership with a private sector company, Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd (DArT PL), Australia. ILRI works with partners worldwide to enhance the roles that livestock play in food security and poverty alleviation, principally in Africa and Asia. The outcomes of these research partnerships help people in developing countries keep their ...

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a post-doctoral Scientist to work in Vietnam and Laos. The scientist will report to a senior scientist in ILRI’s Food Safety and Zoonoses team. His or her role will be to coordinate the project activities to ensure a good integration of work components, to strengthen research activities of FSZ program on agriculture related diseases forecast and to generate research and other outputs. The scientist will lead ILRI’s work component and support other work of other partners, and co-ordinate the project. ILRI works with partners worldwide to enhance the roles that livestock play in food security and poverty alleviation, principally in Africa and Asia. The outcomes of these research partnerships help people in developing countries keep their farm animals alive and productive, increase and sustain their livestock and farm productivity, find profitable markets for their animal products, and reduce the risk of livestock-r...

ILRI seeks to appoint two senior science leaders: Deputy Director General – Integrated Sciences Deputy Director General – Biosciences Working collaboratively to deliver on ILRI’s mission via the integration of the Biosciences and Integrated Sciences directorates, the DDGs will provide strategic scientific leadership, ensure institutional relevance and legitimacy, represent ILRI externally and articulate the role and impact of its research. These dynamic leaders in livestock research for development will bring scientific credibility and integrity as they contribute significantly to resource mobilisation, and manage change presented by renewed and high-level interest in agricultural development and a rapidly-changing livestock sector in developing countries. See advert on The Economist Full job particulars can be found at  www.renaudfoster.com . Please apply by  17 October 2014   directly to  Renaud Foster  at  tfoster@renaudfoster.com ...

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a research scientist to build the biosciences research capacity of scientists and graduate students in the east and central Africa region, in particular to support the many regional researchers who come to the BecA-ILRI Hub to conduct their own agricultural biosciences research projects. ILRI works with partners worldwide to enhance the roles that livestock play in food security and poverty alleviation, principally in Africa and Asia. The outcomes of these research partnerships help people in developing countries keep their farm animals’ alive and productive, increase and sustain their livestock and farm productivity, find profitable markets for their animal products, and reduce the risk of livestock-related diseases.  www.ilri.org ILRI is a not-for-profit institution with a staff of about 700 and in 2014, an operating budget of about USD83 million. A member of the CGIAR Consortium working for a food-se...

ILRI seeks to recruit an Analytical Chemist to provide support to the research projects of Forests, Trees and Agroforestry and Climate Change, Agroforestry and Food Security on estimation and mitigation of greenhouse gases in forest and forest transitions. ILRI works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI is a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Consortium, a global research partnership of 15 centres working with many partners for a food-secure future. ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in West and southern Africa and South and Southeast Asia.  www.ilri.org . The Centre’s headquarters are located in Nairobi, Kenya, and research is conducted in 31 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We are supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and receive funding from over 50 different donors. CGIAR is a global agricultu...

LRI seeks to recruit a Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Scientist to contribute to Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation activities in the framework of the 2nd Phase of the East Africa Dairy Development (EADD 2) project with a focus on collecting, analysing and dissemination lessons learned through the EADD2 MLE activities, at farm and hubs levels. The person will also provide farm level economic assessment skills and data collection inputs for the Innovation Lab on Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) project for the remaining of his/her time. The position reports to the Senior scientist and supervises three Research technicians in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania working in the EADD project. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership of 15 centres working with many partners for a food-secure future. ILRI has two main...

This scheme enables scholars to undertake up to three years of full-time research on a medical humanities topic leading to a doctoral degree at a university in the UK or Republic of Ireland. Strong preference is given to applicants intending to make a long-term academic career in the subject. Support is provided for  up to three years , and includes: the student's stipend a set amount to cover conference travel, research expenses and, where justified, the cost of overseas fieldwork all compulsory university and college fees at the UK/Irish home postgraduate student level. Fees at the overseas rate will not be provided. Institutions sponsoring candidates are expected to provide laptops and PCs as part of their postgraduate research-training infrastructure. All students receiving a three-year award are expected to complete their writing-up and submit their theses in the final year of Trust support. You should hold a  Master's degree in a subject that’s relevant...

VACANCY: SCIENTIFC OFFICER – GENDER RESEARCH (Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals) -  ICRISAT  About the organization.  ICRISAT is a non-profit, apolitical, international organization for science-based agricultural research for  development. Established in 1972, it is one of the 15 Centres of the Consultative Group for International  Agricultural Research (CGIAR), and supported by more than 48 governments, foundations, and development banks. ICRISAT with its Headquarters located in India has regional centres and research teams in Asia and  Sub- Saharan Africa. In the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), ICRISAT has country programs in Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and Ethiopia. For further details please visit our website www.icrisat.org. ICRISAT Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) is located in Nairobi, Kenya and is currently seeking a qualified candidate to fill the locally recruited position of a Scientific Offic...

The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (www.ciat.cgiar.org) works to reduce hunger and poverty, and improve human health in the tropics through research aimed at increasing the eco-efficiency of agriculture. CIAT is a member of the CGIAR Consortium (www.cgiar.org), a global research partnership working many partners for a food secure future. The Center’s research focuses on improving key crops (cassava, common bean, rice, and tropical forages); reversing soil and land degradation; and using information to foster better decisions about issues such as climate change and environmental management. Headquartered near Cali, Colombia, CIAT has regional offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and Hanoi, Vietnam, with staff posted in other developing countries as well. The Post-Doctoral Fellow in Breeding will be responsible for key objectives of the breeding program, including disease and pest resistance, tolerance to abiotic stress (especially heat and drought) and improved nutritional qualit...

Project:  Improved vaccines for the control of East Coast fever in cattle in Africa Location:  Nairobi (Kenya) Duration:  4 years (January 2014 to and December 2017) The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)  www.ilri.org  works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality livestock science, communications and capacity building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development. ILRI is one of 15 Centres of the CGIAR Consortium, a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secure future.  www.cgiar.org Infectious livestock diseases feature prominently among the constraints that impede livestock agriculture. East Coast fever (ECF) caused by the protozoan parasite  Theileria parva  ranks first among tick-borne diseases of cattle in Africa, and kills one animal every 30 seconds. It has a devastating impact on pastoralists and smallholder farmers because it can kill within 3-4 weeks of infection. EC...