About
the position: The selected candidate
will lead and implement the market development of root and tuber crops and
drive the integration of potato and sweetpotato innovations across value chains
through strategic public–private partnerships to accelerate scaling in South
Asia. The position will focus on enhancing the efficiency, competitiveness, and
sustainability of value chains by reducing post-harvest losses, improving
product quality and value addition, strengthening market access and business
linkages, and increasing returns for farmers and other value chain actors. With
minimal supervision, the successful candidate will work closely with
multidisciplinary teams across CIP and collaborate with public and private
sector partners, including seed and processing companies, Farmer Producer
Organizations (FPOs), Farmer Producer Groups (FPGs), agribusinesses, and other
value chain stakeholders, to strengthen potato and sweetpotato value chains in
South Asia. The role will also generate and translate market intelligence into
actionable insights to inform CIP's breeding,
seed systems, and
research-for-development programs, ensuring that innovations are aligned with
market demand and industry needs.
Key
responsibilities:
- Lead the development
and strengthening of potato and sweetpotato value chains in South Asia by
integrating CIP technologies and innovations through market-led approaches,
public-private partnerships, and commercialization strategies.
- Desing, develop and
implement market development strategies to strengthen aggregation, post-harvest
and supply-chain management, cold chain infrastructure, storage, processing,
branding, value addition, market access, and commercialization, improving value
chain efficiency and competitiveness.
- Build and strengthen
strategic partnerships with seed companies, processors, retailers, exporters,
FPOs, FPGs, financial institutions, government agencies, and development
partners to accelerate technology adoption, investmen
📌 Associate Scientist (Agra)
🏢 CGIAR
📍 Agra