Science,Technology and Innovation Director
Centre for Agricultural TransformationAbout the role
The Science, Technology and Innovation Director is responsible for facilitating partnership activities that leverage CAT; cultivating and engaging a network of agricultural researchers in Malawi; co-facilitating a research-on-demand pipeline development and activity progress; and working closely with CAT’s local academic partners (MUST and LUANAR) on capacity building initiatives related to Science, Technology and Innovation.
In order to deliver on the duties and responsibilities outlined below, the Science, Technology and Innovation Director will work closely a range of Technical Advisors including experts from the University of Minnesota (UMN) and Stellenbosch University (SU), as well as other CAT team members based in Lilongwe such as the Executive Director, BIC Director, Portfolio Managers, Grants Manager, and others. The Science, Technology and Innovation Director will manage and be supported by an Agronomic Services Manager and Science, Technology and Innovation Program Manager, who will take the lead on coordinating field-based activities on CAT land.
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About Centre for Agricultural Transformation
Transforming Malawian and African agriculture requires new technologies, new partnerships, and new approaches to link farmers to rapidly changing domestic, regional, and international food and agriculture markets. Land O’Lakes Venture37, the University of Minnesota (UMN), Stellenbosch University (SU), and Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) have forged an innovative partnership to establish the Centre for Agricultural Transformation (CAT) as the central hub to catalyze Malawi’s agricultural growth. By leveraging their core partners’ scientific, technological, and agribusiness expertise and deep regional connections, CAT will forge integrated research-to-impact pathways that reduce productivity gaps between men and women and foster diversified, resilient, and healthy smallholder households, particularly those transitioning from tobacco farming to alternative livelihoods.