Description
The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. Alliance solutions address the global crisis of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation.
The Alliance works with local, national, and multinational partners across Sub Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia, and with public and private sectors. The Alliance is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services.
Background
The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA), an initiative of the Bean Program of the Alliance Bioversity &CIAT, through PABRA Academy, invites applications for Master’s research funding under the BRAINS project (Building Equitable Climate-Resilient African Bean and Insect Sectors- BRAINS Project | Alliance Bioversity International – CIAT). This funding opportunity is designed to support outstanding Master’s students from PABRA partner universities across Africa who have completed their coursework and are ready to undertake thesis research that addresses critical gaps in the bean value chain.
The BRAINS project focuses on enhancing productivity, nutrition, market access, gender equity, climate resilience, and food safety in bean, beneficial insects and fruit tree values chains across 15 sub-Saharan Africa countries. Successful applicants will conduct research that directly contributes to PABRA’s strategic objectives and generates evidence-based solutions for farmers, seed entrepreneurs, processors, and consumers in the bean value chain.