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Key duties & responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of project activities in Uganda at the target beneficiaries’ level; represent the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT and participate fully in stakeholder meetings related to the project.

• Develop and lead the M&E activities under the D4RABs’ project and participate in other related project activities.

• Participate in the synthesis and compilation of literature on existing models for pest and disease (P&D) and indicate how these models can be used to extrapolate parameters required for estimating actual yield losses attributed to P&D (such as Fusarium wilt Race 4) in IMPACT/RIAPA.

• Support WP3 under the foresight Initiative on the inventory of models by scanning through the list of models identified (including biodiversity, pests, and disease models etc.) and populating the inventory with basic information detailing the application of each model to enrich the database.

• Support and supervise project consultants and interns to ensure that the agreed terms of reference are achieved and manage performance appraisal of supervised staff.

• Coordinate project activities in collaboration with national research organizations, international and local partners.

• Participate in development of collaborative projects as a way of increasing the funding base.

• Participate in planning and budgeting for project activities such as workshops and other field activities.