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 ([log in to unmask])
Guy Trébuil ([log in to unmask]), Didier Bazile ([log in to unmask]),
François Bousquet ([log in to unmask] )
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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http://www.cirad.fr
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