Competition: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

Competition: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in partnership with John Deere is inviting young Kenyan Entrepreneurs with small and medium-sized businesses in commercial agricultural enterprises to submit a business plan outlining how they will run and manage a Mechanisation Service Provision business and get to win a 50 Horsepower, 5050D TWD John Deere Tractor.

 

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Deadline 31 March 2022

 

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Training: Agri-food Export Development Program

Training: Agri-food Export Development Program

The Youth in Agri-food Export Development Program (YAEDP) is accepting applications for 6 – 8 weeks of online training from young Nigerian agripreneurs and co-operative leaders in the agricultural value chains looking to start/scale their export business. The program aims to provide training, market linkages, and digital support to entrepreneurs in the Nigerian agri-food sector.

 

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Deadline 30 April 2022

 

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Nomination: Africa Food Prize

Nomination: Africa Food Prize

The Africa Food Prize is seeking to recognize extraordinary women, men, and institutions whose outstanding contributions to African agriculture are forging a new era of sustainable food security and economic opportunity that elevates all Africans. Selected candidates will be awarded USD 100,000 cash prizes.

 

Find eligibility and details, click here

 

Deadline 16 May 2022

 

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Scholarship & Research: Ph.D. Agronomy

Scholarship & Research: Ph.D. Agronomy

The Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn project B05 is looking for a Ph.D. student in the field of agronomy, with a background in crop modeling, land surface modeling, or irrigation science and skills in programming.

 

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Deadline Open

 

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Scholarship & Research: Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

Scholarship & Research: Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

The Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn project B04 is looking for two Ph.D. students in the field of agricultural economics, with some experience in quantitative analysis/data science and an interest in (Bayesian) Econometrics/Machine to merge a broad range of input data (existing land use maps, official statistics, sample data) to a land-use map with uncertainty information.

 

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Deadline Open

 

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