Two post doctorate positions: Understanding innovation capacity-livestock fodder in DC
Two post doctorate positions: Understanding innovation capacity in relation to
livestock fodder in developing countries
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and UNU-MERIT are jointly
implementing a project to explore ways of strengthening innovation capacity in order to
address the need to upgrade fodder use practices in different livestock production
systems in India and Nigeria. This is being conducted within the overall goal of
identifying ways of better using livestock related knowledge to achieve social and
economic development goals in sustainable ways in the poorest developing countries.
This is a three year project with substantial funding by the UK's Department for
International Development (DFID) and it seeks to appoint 2 post-doctoral positions.
The persons appointed will be required to have a Ph.D. in either natural or social
sciences, but with some understanding of systems perspectives on innovation.
Experience of agriculture, particularly livestock and developing countries would be an
advantage. Candidates from the South Asian and West African regions are strongly
encouraged to apply, but candidates from all regions will be considered equally.
The project offers the unique opportunity of exploring critical operational, policy and
theoretical questions concerning ways of operationalising the innovation systems
concept in agriculture and rural development interventions in developing countries.
This is at the cutting edge of the emerging field of innovation studies in development.
The project provides successful candidates with an excellent opportunity to conduct
field based research and there will be ample opportunities to publish and present this
work at international conferences.
Further details may be obtained from Dr Peter Bezkorowajnyj, ILRI c/o ICRISAT,
Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India 
or Dr Andy Hall, UNU-
MERIT, Hyderabad, India, .