About the position
The Tropical Forages Program is looking for an MSc student intern to work in Nairobi, Kenya. The intern will support the Tropical Forages team in applying the I-CLEANED methodology to assist with ongoing livestock and environmental research work in Africa and Asia.
Key duties & responsibilities
The intern will support the following activities:
Review crop and livestock management practices, and forage agronomy from existing datasets to identify livestock breeds, feeding practices, and crop/forage data in different production systems.
Populate a database with crop, livestock and forage data gathered from the literature reviews and household surveys
Perform ex-ante environmental analyses and generate reports using the gathered data
Test I-CLEANED releases and suggest improvements
Support other project-related activities as required from time to time
Requirements
MSc in Agriculture, Climate Change, Environmental Sciences or a related field
An interest in livestock, the environment, and tropical forages
Excellent Microsoft Excel skills
Ability to uphold team ethics and work in a multicultural environment
Good command of English and Kiswahili
Experience in statistical analysis software, especially R, will be an added advantage
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