The Project
The Standard Assessment of Mitigation Potential and Livelihoods in Smallholder Systems Program (SAMPLES, website) aims to quantify greenhouse gas balances and identify low emissions agricultural practices in smallholder farming at whole-farm and landscape scales. SAMPLES engages in four activities: the identification of global and regional agricultural mitigation priorities, methods development, testing of climate change mitigation options, and capacity building. Research has been established in pilot sites for mixed crop-livestock systems in Kenya and intensive rice systems in the Philippines; initiatives for additional sites are underway in India, Mexico and Central America. Expertise is needed now to integrate greenhouse gas emissions and household livelihood data to test the viability of mitigation options for farmers in each location.
Job Description
The Postdoctoral fellow will support SAMPLES by leading research on the integrated assessment of smallholders’ mitigation options. The successful candidate will lead the development and testing of tools and approaches to quantitatively assess and prioritize farming practices that contribute to both GHG reductions and farmers’ livelihoods at fields, household, village, and landscape levels. This will require the use of remote sensing and geographic information systems, geostatistics, participatory research methods, and optimization modeling. The successful candidate would collaborate with project partners and other stakeholders to develop the final tools and approaches.
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