Five more Senior Experts funded in the NL-CGIAR Programme
Five senior researchers will receive funding in the third assessment round of the CGIAR Senior Expert Programme to spend more time on their CGIAR research and research management in large CGIAR programmes and platforms. The CGIAR, a global research partnership, collaborates with the Netherlands on food security, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources.
The Senior Expert Programme (SEP) is one of the three instruments in the Netherlands – CGIAR research programme. The Senior Expert Programme aims to support the participation of Dutch research organizations in CGIAR. This is realized through funding a part of the personnel costs of Senior Experts who are employed at a Dutch research organization and participate within a CGIAR Research Program (CRP) or Platform with linkages to one or more of the four priority knowledge domains of the thematic strategic partnership.
Funded experts
- Dr ir. C.J.M. Almekinders
Dutch research organization: Wageningen University and Research
CGIAR institutes: International Potato Center (CIP) and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Focus: The CRP RTB Seed systems CC 2.1 – Improving RTB planting material and access to new varieties and the CRP MAIZE
- Prof. ir P. J. M. Oosterveer
Dutch research organization: Wageningen University and Research
CGIAR institutes: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Focus: A4NH – Food Systems for Healthier Diets Anchoring and Upscaling
- Dr E.F. Talsma
Dutch research organization: Wageningen University and Research
CGIAR institutes: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Focus: Healthy and Sustainable Diets in Vietnam and Bangladesh
- Dr B.T.M. Louman
Dutch research organization: Stichting Tropenbos International
CGIAR institutes: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Focus: Innovative Finance for Sustainable Landscapes
- Ir R. Pyburn
Dutch research organization: KIT Royal Tropical Institute
CGIAR institutes: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Focus: CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research and Flagship 6 CRP Policies, Institutions and Markets
The Netherlands – CGIAR Strategic Partnership
The Netherlands – CGIAR research programme enhances international agricultural research in view of contributing to transformational change in agriculture around the world by advancing food system knowledge and joint public and private innovation. It is aimed at facilitating successful partnering between CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs), CGIAR platforms, and CGIAR Centers and Dutch research organizations and stakeholders from the public and private sector, both for-profit and not-for-profit.
This call for Senior Expert Programme (SEP) candidates is implemented in close collaboration with the CGIAR and with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinFA) and of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (MinAgri), as well as the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP). The SEP call and other instruments of the NL-CGIAR research programme are funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented through NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development.
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Source: NWO
