Deadline of this Job: 24 December 2022
This position will deliver innovative research that addresses a wide range of unique and critical issues associated with insect welfare, diversification of insect choices, safe processing into suitable ingredients for animal feed, and environmental health in the context of ONE HEALTH. Within the scope of the above and overall objectives of the INSEFF program, icipe is seeking applications from highly motivated candidates for the position of Scientist – Edible Insect farming for livestock feed production and use. The ideal candidate will support research activities in the Insects for Food, Feed and Other Uses programme within the icipe’s Environmental Health Theme.
The overall purpose of the job is to:
• Spearhead the research on organic waste mapping and nutrient characterization, and their use to suit the current production requirements under smallholder farming and commercial production.
• Manage on-farm and on-station experiments that compare the performance of different insect meal inclusion levels of full-fatted and defatted black soldier fly larvae meal in livestock and fish production in different countries.
• Manage farmer-participatory insect-based feeding trials that aim to tackle bottlenecks facing smallholder farmers through participatory technology development and transfer.
• Establish the ecological significance of black soldier fly and other saprophytic insects and assess their potential as high value products to contribute significantly to organic recycling and feed insecurity.
• Establish a cross-thematic research programme on effective harnessing of insect-based feed technological services for improved livestock and fish farming, with focus on a broad range of insect-based feed recipe formulations and their applications.
Other Vacancies
This position will deliver innovative research that addresses a wide range of unique and critical issues associated with insect welfare, diversification of insect choices, safe processing into suitable ingredients for animal feed, and environmental health in the context of ONE HEALTH. Within the scope of the above and overall objectives of the INSEFF program, icipe is seeking applications from highly motivated candidates for the position of Scientist – Edible Insect farming for livestock feed production and use. The ideal candidate will support research activities in the Insects for Food, Feed and Other Uses programme within the icipe’s Environmental Health Theme.
The overall purpose of the job is to:
• Spearhead the research on organic waste mapping and nutrient characterization, and their use to suit the current production requirements under smallholder farming and commercial production.
• Manage on-farm and on-station experiments that compare the performance of different insect meal inclusion levels of full-fatted and defatted black soldier fly larvae meal in livestock and fish production in different countries.
• Manage farmer-participatory insect-based feeding trials that aim to tackle bottlenecks facing smallholder farmers through participatory technology development and transfer.
• Establish the ecological significance of black soldier fly and other saprophytic insects and assess their potential as high value products to contribute significantly to organic recycling and feed insecurity.
• Establish a cross-thematic research programme on effective harnessing of insect-based feed technological services for improved livestock and fish farming, with focus on a broad range of insect-based feed recipe formulations and their applications.
Other Vacancies
Deadline of this Job: 31 December 2022