Precision For Agriculture Development

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Precision Development (PxD) is a global non-profit organization that harnesses technology, data science and behavioral economics to empower people living in poverty to improve their lives. By providing actionable information to the right people, in the right way and at the right time, PxD empowers poor people living in developing countries to improve their livelihoods, mitigate risks, and advance environmental sustainability. PxD, through its primary project, Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD), delivers customized agricultural advice to smallholder farmers via their mobile phones.

As Researcher, you will provide guidance to PAD country teams in designing and implementing A/B tests and experimental research projects, and contribute to analyzing data and generating research outputs, including journal articles, working papers, presentations, policy briefs, and partner/donor reports.

As Post-Doctoral Researcher, you will conduct research to inform program designs, identify market and behavioral failures, and test potential solutions using latest technologies and data, as well as insights from behavioral economics and data science.

PAD works closely with leading researchers, including Shawn Cole of Harvard Business School and Nobel Laureate for Economic Sciences, Michael Kremer of the University of Chicago’s department of economics and new Development Innovation Lab.

To apply visit - https://precisionag.org/