Fifty (50) PhD Positions in Agricultural Sciences, Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research, Colombia (2015-2016)

The Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research (CORPOICA, from its name in Spanish) is a joint public-private, decentralized, not-for-profit institution of scientific and technical nature. The Corporation´s purpose is generating scientific knowledge and developing agricultural technologies through research, technology adaptation and transfer, and technical assistance for improving production competitiveness, equitable distribution of the benefits of technology, and sustainable use of natural resources; strengthening Colombia´s scientific and technological capacities; and contributing to improving the population´s quality of life.

Corpoica has 13 research centers located in the country´s different agricultural regions. These centers carry out research in vegetables, fruits, permanent crops, transitory crops, roots and tubers, cacao, and livestock (cattle and minor species).

THE JOB DESCRIPTION / TITLE:

Ph.D Permanent Positions

THE JOBS DESCRIPTION:
Corpoica is looking for 50 PhD permanent positions, in the following areas:
- Animal genetics
- Animal health
- Animal nutrition
- Biostatistics
- Environmental sciences
- Geographic information systems
- Harvest and postharvest
- Innovation and development of Bioproducts
- Integrated management of production systems
- Plant breeding
- Plant health
- Soil and water sciences
- Rural development
- Technology Transfer

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