{"id":275,"date":"2021-06-17T10:01:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T10:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/crop\/phd-scholarship-opportunities-under-the-evidence-based-scaling-of-improved-on-farm-storage-among-smallholders-in-tanzania-project\/"},"modified":"2022-02-19T22:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T19:19:06","slug":"phd-scholarship-opportunities-under-the-evidence-based-scaling-of-improved-on-farm-storage-among-smallholders-in-tanzania-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/crop\/news\/phd-scholarship-opportunities-under-the-evidence-based-scaling-of-improved-on-farm-storage-among-smallholders-in-tanzania-project","title":{"rendered":"PhD. SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES UNDER THE \u201cEVIDENCE BASED SCALING OF IMPROVED ON-FARM STORAGE AMONG SMALLHOLDERS IN TANZANIA\u201d PROJECT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deadline: 20 th<\/sup> June 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE (SUA)
DEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCE AND HORTICULTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n

PhD. SCHOLARSHIP (ONE POSITION)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The project<\/p>\n

\u201cEvidence-based Scaling of Improved On-Farm Storage among Smallholders in Tanzania\u201d<\/strong> (Evidence-based Scaling Up)<\/strong> is a collaborative project between the University of Zurich (Universit\u00e4t Z\u00fcrich; UZH) (leading institution), ETH Z\u00fcrich (ISTP), Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT), and Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Tanzania. The project is financially supported by \u201cLiechtensteinischer Entwicklungsdienst\u201d (LED<\/strong>), and a private charitable foundation.<\/p>\n

The project aims at sustainable improvement of food security and income of Smallholder farming households in Tanzania through the adoption of hermetic on-farm grain storage. The project builds on the first project phase (2017-2020), which analysed (i) whether and by how much improved on-farm grain storage can reduce seasonal food insecurity for smallholder farming households and (ii) reduce seasonal food price fluctuations in local markets. <\/p>\n

Phase II of the project (2021-2024) will focus on developing pathways to effectively and efficiently promote the adoption of hermetic storage among smallholder farmers in selected regions of Tanzania. The project also aims to analyse potential frictions that hinder smallholder farming households to invest in hermetic storage, including what kind of policies could be implemented to support the adoption of hermetic storage in ways that support rather than interfere with private sector-led efforts. A deeper understanding of smallholders\u2019 risk perception related to an investment in hermetic, along with an experimental analysis of ways that can help to build trust in the technology complements the research goals of the project.  <\/p>\n

Within this framework, the project Evidence-based Scaling Up Invites application for a three years PhD scholarship (2021 \u2013 April 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The project intends to recruit one PhD students between May, 2021 and December 2023. The PhD student shall be required to help in implementing the participatory field experiments, where different approaches to further the adoption of hermetic storage are tested. The candidate is expected to contribute to preparing and disseminating the results of the research such that insights are used to advocate for policy change or inform programmatic approaches by the private sector and development actors. Specifically, the PhD student will be required to;<\/p>\n