Science production <\/span><\/span><\/b>
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Conduct applied research on relevant fields including sustainable
value chains, green certification, market prospects, payment for ecosystem
services and landscape investment and identify gaps and bottlenecks in existing
value chain systems and design evidence -based solutions.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li>Benchmark local practices against global approaches in sustainable
value chains and landscape investment.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li>Lead and contribute to writing peer -reviewed articles, book chapters,
working papers, technical and policy briefs, and other technical publications.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li>Support in developing tools, manuals, and guidelines.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li>Contribute to managing databases on policy and regulations and other
data and information gained from primary and secondary sources.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li>Support the Principal Investigator, project and component leaders to
develop reports and annual workplan and budgets of relevant project(s).<\/span><\/span><\/span>
<\/li><\/ul>Human capital <\/span><\/span><\/b>
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Facilitate in strengthening the capacity of partners at national and
sub -national levels, including facilitating and organizing training, workshops,
and other events in collaboration with partners and country teams.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li>Lead in designing research activities for students and interns and
supervise them as is required.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li>Support community -based organizations and cooperatives integrating inclusive,
gender -responsive, and youth -focused approaches into value chain development.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
<\/li><\/ul>Game -changing solutions <\/span><\/span><\/b>
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Timely delivery of outputs.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li>Represent the organization in engaging with public, private, and
smallholder farmers in various events – as a resource person, participant, and
other relevant capacity.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li>Support design of green certification systems, traceability tools, and
e -market platforms for sustainable products.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li>Introduce digital solutions, AI -based tools, and innovative financing
instruments to strengthen market access and investment sustainability.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Contribute to national and global discussions on relevant topics of
expertise in close coordination with the supervisor and Sri Lanka senior
researchers.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>Structural capital <\/span><\/span><\/b>
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Support the project team leaders to ensure accountability processes to
donor(s) by contributing to timely submissions of reports and activities on the
ground.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/li>Contribute to project reporting, monitoring, and evaluation in
collaboration with other team members and project partners.<\/span><\/span>
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