*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE **for sustainable production intensification* Dear Subscribers, For your kind information, a Vacancy Announcement: Cropping Systems Agronomist (IRS Position) to be based in Harare, Zimbabwe, with CIMMYT. *Amir Kassam **Moderator* Plant Production and Protection Division Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome Italy e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Christian Thierfelder <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:20 PM Subject: FW: Vacancy Announcement: Cropping Systems Agronomist (IRS Position to be based in Harare, Zimbabwe) / Ref. 12326... To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]> ** ** ** ** ** Dear Friends,**** ** ** Please find attached advert.**** Please distribute it widely to potential candidates.**** ** ** ** ** All the best,**** Christian**** ** ** ------------------------------ *From:* FLORES GRAJALES, Guillermo (CIMMYT) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *Sent:* 10 October 2013 16:20 *Subject:* Vacancy Announcement: Cropping Systems Agronomist (IRS Position to be based in ****Harare**, **Zimbabwe****) / Ref. 12326...**** ** ** *International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)***** *Texcoco, State of Mexico***** **** *Cropping System Agronomist***** *Post-Doctoral Fellow** ***** *(IRS position to be based in Harare, Zimbabwe)***** **** We are seeking an outstanding, highly-motivated candidate for the position of Cropping Systems Agronomist in the Global Conservation Agriculture Program. The position will work in the new COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) project, which will focus on climate smart agriculture in **Zimbabwe** and ****Malawi****.**** **** The International Maize and ****Wheat** **Improvement** **Center****, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYTŪ, is a not-for-profit research and training organization with partners in over 100 countries. Please refer to our website for more information: www.cimmyt.org **** The selected candidate will be based at the CIMMYT Southern Africa Regional Office in ****Harare**, **Zimbabwe****.**** *Specific duties of this position include: ***** **** Work closely with CIMMYT staff and assume the day-to-day management of agronomic research programs focused on sustainable intensification in southern Africa; Help develop innovation systems focused on the adaption CA practices to the circumstances of small-scale, resource-constrained farmers in southern Africa; Oversee and monitor the management of on-farm demonstrations established with partners under various projects and provide advanced analyses to study the effects of sustainable intensification on system productivity soil quality, water and nutrient use efficiency and pest and disease dynamics; Assist in surveys, farmer-to-farmer exchange and study tours to facilitate widespread adoption of CA technologies; Communicate research results to various audiences and in various forms; Provide practical training to local researchers and extension agents in the principles and practice of CA as well as CA equipment and machinery; Assist in field and farm modeling of long-term research results in southern Africa and through collaborative efforts with other farm simulation groups; Help and contribute to development new initiatives on sustainable intensification in the region and elsewhere.**** **** *Contact:***** Guillermo Flores, [log in to unmask] **** Human Resources/CIMMYT**** Reference Number: *12326***** Deadline: *Friday, 8 November, 2013***** **** *Announcement:***** We would greatly appreciate your assistance in bringing this announcement to the attention of qualified candidates.**** If you or the candidate needed more information on the position, please contact the Human Resources Department to Guillermo Flores [log in to unmask]*,***** *Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.***** *CIMMYT is an equal-opportunity employer and strives for staff diversity in gender and nationality.***** **** [log in to unmask] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);