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Biovision Africa Trust (BvAT) is a not-for-profit organization established in Kenya in 2009 by the Biovision Foundation for ecological development in Switzerland and supported by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) in Nairobi. The Trust’s goal is to alleviate poverty and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Ke...
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Start and Duration of the Consultancy:
12 working days between January 2019 until end of August 2019
Background:
Agroecology is gaining momentum and support by an increasingly wide range of experts within the scientific community, international organizations and countries as a farming and landscape approach to improve the resilience and sustainability of food systems. Despite its promise and proven relevance at practical level, research and development related to agroecology has been thought to command only a minimal share of public agricultural research funding.
The project “A4A – Advocacy for Agroecology” is implemented by Biovision in collaboration with re-nowned experts in field of agroecology and research investments such as IPES-Food and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS). The project aims to strengthen systemic research on agroecology by analyzing the current lock-ins and leverages, followed by advocating relevant decision makers from the donor and research communities. Analyzing investments in agriculture research for development of concrete case studies allows deepening the understanding of the current lock-ins and leverages. The case studies are Switzerland as a donor country, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as the biggest private philanthropic foundation involved in Agriculture Development and Kenya as a recipient country in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Biovision seeks to hire a qualified senior consultant who will facilitate access to and establish collaboration with relevant agricultural research institutes. Further, the consultant shall supervise and support a junior consultant who will be in charge of the main data analysis of the case study “Kenya”.
Goals of the Consultancy:
The overall aim of the consultancy is to provide strategic guidance, facilitate access and contact to agricultural research institutes in order to support the analysis of public and private funding for agriculture research for development conducted in Kenya.
Main Tasks:
Necessary Qualifications
Further necessary Skills
Please send your motivation letter and CV until 16 December 2018 to Stefanie Pondini, s.pondini@biovision.ch.
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