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Subject: Post doctorate position in modelling the management of agro-biodiversity
From: Francois Bousquet (f.bousquet@cgiar.org)
Date: Tue May 11 2004 - 04:40:35 CEST
Post doctorate position in modelling the management of agro-biodiversity
at CIRAD, Montpellier
Ref: Drh-754
Announced on 26 April 2004
Deadline for submission of applications: 27 May 2004
In partnership with the Institute of Rural Economy, Bamako, Mali and the
Ubon Ratchatani University in Thailand, the GREEN research unit at CIRAD is
offering a post doctorate position in the field of renewable resource
management and modelling of complex systems.
You are familiar with tropical cereal systems and interested by the
management of biodiversity. You are ready to work in an interdisciplinary
research team and to carry out short fieldwork assignments in Africa and
Asia. You like to interact with farmers, their organizations and
development-oriented institutions. If yes, you are encouraged to apply for
this post-doctorate position in the field of agent-based modelling and
agro-biodiversity management of cereal-based food crop systems in the
tropics.
Job description:
- Analysis and modelling of organizations dealing with the
production and exchange of cereal seeds.
- Key questions to be examined: What kind of agricultural
organisations provide suitable structures and dynamics to conserve and
possibly increase agro-biodiversity? What kind of production and exchange
systems allow to maintain suitable levels of agro-biodiversity while
ensuring seed quality? Is there a traditional seed system that could support
the in situ conservation of cereal biodiversity and increase the
dissemination of new varieties?
- Activities: (i) Literature review and preparation of a state of
the art paper on modelling of agro-biodiversity management (ii)
Documentation and comparative analysis of two case studies on sorghum in
Mali and rainfed lowland rice in northeast Thailand (iii) Design of an
agent-based modelling methodology to analyse and simulate organizations
managing agro-biodiversity.
Required qualifications:
- PhD in agricultural sciences or natural resource management,
previous experience in biodiversity management will be an important asset,
- Competence in data analysis, modelling of complex systems,
preferably agent-based modelling and multi-agent systems,
- Knowledge and skills in the analysis of social organizations,
field surveys in rural areas, and participatory approaches will be
appreciated.
Location: the position is based at GREEN Research Unit at CIRAD Baillarguet
campus in Montpellier, with 1-3 month-long field trips to Mali and Thailand.
Type of contract: Short-term post doctorate contract, 18 months.
Starting date: immediate.
For more information:
Jean-Pierre Müller tel 04 67 59 38 28 (jean-pierre.muller@cirad.fr)
Guy Trébuil (guy.trebuil@cirad.fr), Didier Bazile (didier.bazile@cirad.fr),
François Bousquet (francois.bousquet@cirad.fr )
How and where to apply:
[Contact address]
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le
développement
Cirad-Drh/Emploi
TA 174/04
34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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