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Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso

The PREMIO DANIEL CARASSO is an initiative from the Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso which was created under the aegis of the Fondation de France.

The Foundation is active in two areas: sustainable food systems and diets to sustain life and art to nourish the mind. The Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso believes that there has to be a paradigm shift in food systems. It is urgent to promote dialogue among players and researchers with various backgrounds and academic disciplines, and collaborations between them. New production and consumption practices need to be designed and tested. The Foundation aims to encourage a better understanding of the way food systems work and to identify realistic, viable solutions for feeding people adequately and sustainably in the future. To that end, the Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso:

• Funds and spearheads innovative projects in France and Spain, in order to try out and validate new approaches;

• Encourages international research on a multidisciplinary basis, in order to improve understanding of the way food systems work, through a yearly international call for research projects and the aforementioned Premio Daniel Carasso Prize;

• Helps to raise awareness among researchers and decision makers for sustainable food systems and dietary issues, and pioneer solutions.

The Premio Daniel Carasso is a high level international scientific award on the topic of sustainable food and diets for long-term health, given out first in 2012 then 2015 and from then on every two years. The Prize is open to research scientists coming from a variety of scientific fields, including (not exclusively) nutrition, food sciences, agriculture, agronomy, fisheries and aquaculture, agro-ecology, ecology, biodiversity, environmental sciences, sociology, anthropology, economics, etc.

Laureates of the Premio Daniel Carasso are rewarded for their interdisciplinary and multidimensional approach of sustainable food systems. Their research has to combine several of the environmental, economic, social and nutritional dimensions of sustainability that should necessarily be addressed together. The laureates also have to be recognized by their peers, particularly researchers. Eventually, the laureates are chosen for their capacity to think collectively and to cooperate with other researchers and professionals. The Prize is intended to give more visibility to a mid-carrier researcher and to help her/him inspire junior researchers to develop transdisciplinary approaches to study food systems and their sustainability.

The amount of the Premio Daniel Carasso is €100,000.

For information registration, eligibility and application procedures, please vist the Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso website.

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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the South African Department of Science and Technology, and the Foreign Ministry of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are seeking applications from eligible organizations for a program entitled “Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development Competition (Round 4)” with an aim to source and accelerate innovations that will enable the production of more food with less water and/or make more water available for food production, processing, and distribution in developing and emerging countries.

Securing Water for Food focuses on the water/food nexus. Through this program, the funding partners are seeking innovations that will improve water availability and efficiency along the food value chain, thus boosting food security, alleviating poverty, and stimulating inclusive growth. Innovators can come from anywhere in the world, but implementation must take place in a developing or emerging country.

Through Securing Water for Food, they hope to increase both the demand for and availability of innovative water technologies and approaches; increase adoption of those innovations at multiple levels (from small scale farms to large corporations); and improve the sustainability of innovations through robust partnerships and business-to-business relationships.

Focus Areas

  • Water Efficiency and Reuse: especially targeted at the food value chain. This will become a greater necessity as water availability is threatened by competition between industrial, agricultural, and energy uses. Improving water efficiency and reuse has tremendous potential water-saving benefits that may have multiplier effects at various levels of a country’s economy.
  • Water Capture and Storage: These systems are in high demand in many regions where rain occurs at limited times. With projected increases in rainfall variability due to climate change and increased demands for food production, capture and storage systems at various scales are needed to secure water supplies throughout the year and build resiliency to drought and floods.
  • Salinity and Salt Water Intrusion: In coastal areas, over-pumping and rising sea levels are leading to saltwater intrusion, forcing farmers to use marginal quality water for irrigation. With more than 30% of the world’s population living in coastal areas and drawing food supply from fertile deltas, urgent solutions are required to reduce the impacts of salinity on the quality of aquifers and food production.

Funding Information

  • The estimated ceiling for this RFA is $7.5 Million USD from Securing Water for Food.
  • Subject to the availability of funds, the individual Award(s) will range from $100,000 to $2,000,000. It is anticipated that 5-15 proposals will be funded.

For more information on eligibility and how to apply, visit FundsforNGOs.

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World Food Programme

WFP are seeking to fill the Nutritionist position at the P3 level, based in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

Under the general supervision and guidance of the Deputy Country Director or the designate the Nutritionist, P3 will be responsible for the following key duties:

  • Provide technical advice to the Maiduguri project office on nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive programme and policy issues including assessment and analysis, the choice of objectives, activities, transfer modalities and commodity choice for nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive programming in line with WFP standards and processes.
  • Support the strengthening of national nutrition initiatives, including the development of national government policies related to nutrition as well as nutrition strategies, action plans, protocols and guidelines in line with the SUN Movement and international guidance and current evidence.
  • Work with staff in procurement, logistics, finance, other programme units and other divisions to ensure effective design and delivery of WFP nutrition programming.
  • Ensure nutrition requirements are integrated in all assessments and analysis, monitoring and evaluation, in close collaboration with VAM and M&E teams.
  • Provide support for operational partnerships, including inter-agency collaboration, to ensure a strong multi-sectorial response to nutrition in both emergency and non-emergency settings.
  • Prepare accurate and timely reporting and learning, contributing to a knowledge base that informs decision making of WFP and other stakeholders.
  • Design, conduct and communicate the nutrition situation clearly and effectively to nutrition stakeholders.
  • Represent WFP at regional, national and international meetings to contribute in technical discussions, exchange experiences, advocate for nutrition interventions and identify areas of potential collaboration.
  • Build capacity of WFP staff, partners and national governments to prepare for and respond to nutrition problems.
  • Support the monitoring and evaluation of WFP activities, provide technical analysis, and interpretation.
  • Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them on more complex analysis and queries.
  • Contribute to emergency preparedness actions, providing technical recommendations on contingency planning, risk analysis and early warning related to nutrition risks.
  • Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.
  • Other duties as required.

Qualifications & Experience Required
Education:

  • Advanced University degree (Master’s or above) in Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition, Food Technology, Medicine or other related/relevant field.

Experience:

  • At least five years of progressively responsible professional post graduate experience, including at least 1 year of international experience.
  • Experience conducting nutritional assessments, analysing data, and drafting recommendations for program implementation.
  • Experience with coordinating donor and inter-agency collaboration.
  • Experience developing and implementing nutritional policies and guidelines, and notably for nutrition-specific interventions in emergency, recovery and development contexts.
  • Excellent professional communication skills, verbal and written; with experience in writing proposals and preparing high level reports.
  • Experience with designing and implementing nutrition specific and culturally sensitive activities.
  • Experience with providing technical assistance and capacity building, preferably with Government counterparts
  • Experience working with governments on developing nutrition policies and/or implementing nutrition programs (within food security or health).
  • Experience in working in diverse operational contexts, nationally and internationally, with specific experience in development and humanitarian contexts.
  • Experience in coordinating ZHC, SUN, REACH or similar coordination actions at country or global level, across multi-stakeholders.

Technical Skills & Knowledge:

  • Knowledge of and ability to apply recent developments in nutrition.
  • Ability to provide technical assistance to governments and directly implement evidence-base nutrition policies and programs.
  • Knowledge of nutrition analysis, related to both food security analysis and health analysis.
  • Knowledge of food systems and value chain transformations, as well as innovative programming, policies and interventions for achieving good nutrition-promoting food systems.
  • Knowledge of statistical methods and packages and GIS is desirable.

Language:

  • Fluency in oral and written English
  • Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages).

Terms and Conditions
Selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term contract with a probationary period of one year and eligible for the Rest and Recuperation (R&R) scheme. He/she will be required to travel abroad sometime to remote and difficult locations.


WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, travel and shipment allowances, 30 days’ annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, pension plan, and medical insurance. For more details please visit icsc.un.org


Application Procedures:
Go to: http://i-recruitment.wfp.org/vacancies/16-0022407
Step 1: Register and create your online CV.
Step 2: Click on “Description” to read the position requirements and “Apply” to submit your application.
NOTE: You must complete Step 1 and 2 in order for your application to be considered for this vacancy.

Deadline for applications: 30 SEPTEMBER 2016
Qualified African national and female applicants are especially encouraged to apply.

We are pleased to send you the September issue of the GFAR Update!

GFAR is an open and inclusive movement for change, open to all who share in our common purpose of advocating for, and catalyzing Collective Actions to strengthen and transform agri-food research and innovation systems, so that they are more effective in sustainable development. From your involvement and interest in innovation in agriculture, food and rural development, we know that you share these aims! 

Is your organization a Partner in GFAR yet?

Those who share in the Forum’s purpose are kindly asked to now identify themselves as such by registering themselves as the partner institutions that make up this unique forum.  GFAR is a wholly voluntary movement and partnership in GFAR carries no legal commitment or financial obligation. To register as a Partner, simply enter your contact details at http://www.gfar.net/about-us/be-a-partner

Be represented in the new governance of the Global Forum!

The 2016 Partners’ Assembly of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) has decided to create a new Steering Committee for GFAR, one that is representative of all sectors, and which truly reflects the diversity of stakeholders in agricultural research and innovation around the world. To do so, the Partners in GFAR will shortly be asked to identify who, from among the Partners in GFAR from each sector, they wish to have represent their perspectives and interests in the new Steering Committee, the body that sets and drives the agenda for GFAR each year.

If you wish to be nominated, or to nominate another organization, to represent your interests and concerns, it is necessary for your organization to first be registered as a Partner in GFAR. We will soon be providing Partners with further information on the processes required for identifying their representation in the new Steering Committee.

We look forward to your participation and involvement in this unique global forum. Register today at http://www.gfar.net/about-us/be-a-partner

GFAR Update is a briefing service from the GFAR Secretariat. Our aim is to keep you regularly informed and aware of new initiatives and collective actions of the Partners in GFAR around the world, so that these can have greater reach and impact for those we serve - in particular small farmers and producers.