Research Associate

Updated: April 25, 2024 05:11 PM GMT

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Lilongwe

The objectives of the project are: (1) To identify barriers to adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) practices, including biophysical, socioeconomic, and institutional and policy constraints; (2) To identify labor-efficient mechanization options for smallholder farmers; and (3) To identify approaches and strategies for inclusive scaling of CA practices. The project will go beyond bio-physical science (agronomic benefits) to encompass social and scaling science to understand not only the bio-physical performance but also the socio-economic and institutional drivers and barriers to adoption of CA technologies and practices.

Under the guidance of the Socio-economist for the ACASA project, the Research Associate will:
• Design and conduct household surveys.
• Conduct focus group discussions and key informant interviews.
• Develop a database and conduct a meta-analysis of available data from surveys and on-station/on-farm experiments on adoption and benefits of conservation... More Detail