Job Description

Responsibilities:
xefx82xb7 Understanding different crop value chains and deciphering the key drivers and interventions to
promote Agri-Nutri connect in the Drylands
xefx82xb7 Develop strategic partnerships for xe2x80x9cCapacity Buildingxe2x80x9d of rural communities based on assessment and
strengthening of institutional abilities, needs, risks, and benefits, leading to formulation of local
strategies that can incentivize ecosystem-based nutri-sensitive food systemsxefx82xb7 Integrate into interdisciplinary teams, both internal and external, and contribute to the relevant xe2x80x9cOne
CGIARxe2x80x9d initiatives in the areas of nutrition, one health, post-harvest management, food technology,
food safety, etc.
xefx82xb7 Establish a roadmap for circular approach linking sustainable food production to nutrition and xe2x80x9cOne
Healthxe2x80x9d through effective resource mapping/management (mapping current and historical foods grown
and consumed in each local areas, employing stakeholder information from Capacity Building for rural
communities to identify local perspectives, challenges, needs, and intervention opportunities), and
developing a localized loop for food production to consumption that incorporates market linkages with
residual feedstock/side-streams, involving diverse climate resilient crops and shorter value chains
xefx82xb7 Identify opportunities and develop collaborative research projects to be undertaken to promote
sustainable nutri-sensitive food systems, leveraging technologies available with ICRISAT and partners
across the globe
xefx82xb7 Establish strategic partnerships with national and international research institutions, government
organizations, public private sector companies and entrepreneurs
xefx82xb7 Provide coaching and technical backstopping to key stakeholders, partners and entrepreneurs to ensure
that nutri-sensitive product ideas and technologies are successfully developed in a collaborative
manner and further scaled-up and commercialized, ensuring inclusiveness and integration of the
smallholder farming communities into the value chains
xefx82xb7 Manage, integrate and provide technical backstopping to the food product development and food
testing laboratories and pilot plants of ICRISAT and its partners in order to carry out research and
development activities, provide services/training (especially to entrepreneurs), in the areas of food
technology for value addition, food safety, post-harvest management etc., with focus on dryland crops
xefx82xb7 Provide strategic inputs to design and develop training programs towards capacity building of R&D
teams for product development and related research operations towards supporting the agri-food
incubation initiatives of ICRISAT, especially at the local level in Asia and Africa
xefx82xb7 Provide strategic inputs towards conceptualizing and implementing primary and secondary-community
owned processing units, adhering to relevant food safety guidelines/regulations and management
systems
xefx82xb7 Engage with ICRISATxe2x80x99s Research programs and relevant clusters to develop joint research activities
towards promoting agri-nutri connect, by ensuring integration of research and development aspects, to
promote consumer and market preferred traits in ICRISAT mandate crops
xefx82xb7 Facilitate establishment of ICRISATxe2x80x99s research on food and grain quality related to consumer and
industry preferred traits, leading to alignment of the program with the ongoing crop breeding programs
xefx82xb7 Work closely with ICRISATxe2x80x99s Research programs, relevant clusters and the Communications team of
ICRISAT in providing support in the areas of health claim validations and nutritional information to
promote the awareness and usage of ICRISAT mandate crops as xe2x80x9cSmart Foodxe2x80x9d
xefx82xb7 Work with all the internal programs of EST (Asia and Africa) to upscale the different nutri-sensitive
interventions and achieve impact at scale in target communities within the rural-urban continuum
xefx82xb7 Develop strategic partnerships with various funding agencies: National/ International donor agencies,
Government departments and other public and private sector partners to seek support for promoting
dietary diversity, quality nutrition, reducing malnutrition and establish sustainable nutri-sensitive food
systems for ensuring food and nutritional security of the smallholder farming communities, tribals and
other vulnerable communities
xefx82xb7 Updating and aligning ICRISATxe2x80x99s xe2x80x9cNutritionxe2x80x9d and xe2x80x9cNutri-sensitive Food Systemsxe2x80x9d to the xe2x80x9cOne CGIARxe2x80x9d
initiative
xefx82xb7 Facilitate development of a time bound product development, pilot testing and scale-up strategy to
ensure a steady pipeline of projects to support
xefx82xb7 Development and commercialization of millet-pulse based technologies that are as per the
market/consumer and industry demand

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