Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Recruitment 2021.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations’ global development network. Headquartered in New York City, UNDP advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience, and resources to help people build a better life.
We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:
Job Title: Digital Agriculture Specialists
Duties and Responsibilities
Scope of Work
Under the supervision of either UNCDF Digital Country Lead / Regional Digital Hub Manager, these Two Digital Agriculture Specialists will complete the following activities and deliverables. One Specialist will be based in Bangladesh and shall undertake the following activities and deliverables for the duration of 12 months:
Output 1: Conduct pre-investment work including
- assessment of digital agriculture transformation potential, E-agriculture strategies and digital inclusive finance strategies;
- Digitization strategies of sub-sectors such as livestock and fisheries (neglected at the moment in terms of digital transformation as compared to crops);
- establishing building blocks for digital agriculture transformation (farmers’ registries anddigital literacy, rural connectivity and policy and regulatory framework); and
- knowledge products for use by governments, international organizations, value chain actors and private sector.
