Associate Scientist - Value Chain and Market Development Specialist

Aboutthe 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 cha...