Postdoctoral Scholarship in Food Crops and Sugar Cane, Brazil Newest Scholarship 2011

Postdoctoral Scholarship in Food Crops and Sugar Cane, Brazil Newest Scholarship 2011

August 19, 2011 by info
Filed under: Brazil Postdoctoral, Brazil Scholarships, International Scholarships, Postdoctoral Fellowships

Postdoctoral scholarship in food crops and sugar cane at the Nucleus of Studies and Researches on Food – NEPA and CEPAGRI Meteorological and, University of Campinas.

Study Subject(s): Generation of Alcohol Production Scenarios as Support for the Formulation of Public Policies Applied to the Adaptation of the National Sugar and Alcohol Industry to Climate Changes
Course Level: Postdoctoral
Scholarship Provider: FAPESP Research Program on Global Climate Change – RPGCC
Scholarship can be taken at: Brazil

Eligibility:
The candidate should have concluded a doctorate less than five years before the beginning of the PD scholarship.

The Thematic Project “Generation of Alcohol Production Scenarios as Support for the Formulation of Public Policies Applied to the Adaptation of the National Sugar and Alcohol Industry to Climate Changes” , supported by the FAPESP Research Program on Global Climate Change – RPGCC, has a postdoctoral position available for a period of 24 months, at the Nucleus of Studies and Researches on Food – NEPA and CEPAGRI (Center for Meteorological and Climate ResearchesApplied to Agriculture), University of Campinas (UNICAMP – www.unicamp.br/unicamp/en). The selected researcher will be responsible for the following activities: i) Assess the evolution of the sugarcane productive chain and the production of fuels since the 90s; ii) Assess the evolution of agribusiness in Brazil also since the 90s and the national production of feed cultures, import and export of food with a comparison with the energetic necessities to satisfy the recommendations to the Brazilian population; iii) Construction of a national agribusiness profile and national sovereignty with the correlation of these data with the feed and nutritional security of the Brazilian population; iv) Co-supervise a scientific initiation student and support the elaboration of research reports during the development of the Project and the publication of results. The candidate should have experience in rural issues, in its economic (production and distribution) and social (employment, demographics, social participation and others) aspects, and be able to multi and interdisciplinary work, as this will be needed for the development of the research activities. It should also be fluent for making oral presentations and write scientific articles in English.

How to Apply: documents should be sent in PDF format to Dr. Walter Belik (belik-at-eco.unicamp.br) with a copy to Dr.Jurandir Zullo Junior (jzullojr-at-gmail.com

Scholarship Application Deadline: 24 August 2011

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