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PhD Position With Wur And The Ccafs Program, Climate Change, Agriculture And Food Security

Job Title: Developing Climate-Smart Agriculture At Farm And Landscape Scale In East Africa – A Phd Position With Wur And The Ccafs Program (Climate Change, Agriculture And Food Security)

Location: Netherlands

Organization’s profile:

Wageningen University, part of Wageningen UR, is the only university in the Netherlands that specifically focuses on the theme healthy food and living environment.

Job Description:

Develop a framework to scale up land use decisions made by smallholder farmers to landscape and regional level to be able to better inform stakeholders, from policy makers to farmers.

Eligibility:

MSc in agro-ecology, environmental studies, or agronomy, or another topic that suits you to work on systems analysis and social dynamics.

How to apply: Visit their website from here

Last date for the application: 13 March, 2014

Reference:  http://www.wageningenur.nl/en.htm

Puskar Pande

Editor in chief @GreenCleanGuide.com

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