Agricultural Economist Job at ABT Associates

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Job Title: Agricultural Economist

Company: Abt Associates

Location: Nigeria

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: MBA/MSc/MA

Experience: 2 – 3 years

Job Field: Agriculture/Agro-Allied

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Abt Associates, a global leader in research and program implementation, is recruiting a agricultural economist as consultants to support an endline impact evaluation of the AgResults Aflasafe Project, a multi-year effort to stimulate the market through aflatoxin control. Work is anticipated to begin in early 2016.

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Job Description: – Review the qualitative data collection protocol provided by the Qualitative Specialist – Confer with the Qualitative Specialist to identify maize value chain players to interview – Participate in training on the relevant data collection instruments – Contact, request interviews, travel to their places of business, and implement interviews with maize value chain players identified in conjunction with the Qualitative Specialist – Enter data from the interviews into provided templates and transmit to the Qualitative Specialist – Assist in the resolution of questions that might arise following the Qualitative Specialist's review of the data – Other tasks, as assigned

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Qualifications: – Masters in Agricultural Economics, Economics, Rural Sociology, or related discipline with at least five years of experience – 2-3 years of experience in conducting qualitative research (key Informant interviews, focus groups, small-sample surveys, etc.) survey in a developing country – Conceptual foundation in subsector analysis, value chain analysis, structure-conduct-performance, industrial organization, and/or experience in conducting surveys addressing rural livelihoods, agriculture, gender, private-sector development issues – Demonstrable understanding of approaches to ensure rigor and scientific validity of data collected through qualitative methods – Excellent written and communication skills in English.

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