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Position: Animal health Technician
Location: Kakamega
Recruiter / Employer: Tumaini Veterinary Services
About the Position: Four month contract attachment
Number of positions: 3
Start date: April
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Certificate in Animal Health, Animal Science or Animal Husbandry
- Must be from Bukura Agricultural College
- Should possess interpersonal and communication skills
- Must be goal oriented, dynamic, passionate and self-starter.
- A person of integrity.
- Should possess strong analytical skills.
- Knowledge of Luhya dialect is a plus.
- Must be ready to learn.
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Farm Officer
Location: Bungoma
Recruiter / Employer: AQUASANCK
About the position: Organize & in charge of farm management Hiring of daily/casual workers.Keen on farm security
Responsibilities:
- Organize & in charge of farm management
- Hiring of daily/casual workers
- Keen on farm security
- Person who can communicate in local language (Bukusu)
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Diploma in general agriculture
- Computer knowledge
- Driving licence added advantage
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Seed Propagation Officer
Location: Bungoma
Recruiter / Employer: AQUASANCK
About the position: Decides propagules/seeds selection for seedling production Seedling care & nursery management Management of irrigation and drainage source
Responsibilities:
- Decides propagules/seeds selection for seedling production
- Seedling care & nursery management
- Management of irrigation and drainage sources
- Keep data sheet on growth and time, production rate, and output quality.
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Diploma or certificate in general agriculture
- Quick to learn (will undergo training).
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Business Plan Officer/ Agripreneur Trainer
Location: Bungoma
Recruiter / Employer: AQUASANCK
About the position: Formulate business plan that suites farmers need and resources Advice on capital needed and management structures Keep data and farmers data confidential
Responsibilities:
- .Formulate business plan that suites farmers need and resources
- Advice on capital needed and management structures
- Keep data and farmers data confidential
- Assist in postharvest management
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Diploma in agribusiness/General agriculture
- GFA trained in business plan and agribusiness
- Effective in written and oral communication
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Farm Input (store keeper)
Location: Bungoma
Recruiter / Employer: AQUASANCK
About the position: Custodian of farm inputs and outputs Keep farm data (input vs output) Make decision on what comes in/out of the farm
Responsibilities:
- Custodian of farm inputs and outputs
- Keep farm data (input vs output)
- Make decision on what comes in/out of the farm
- Ensure stores are well organized, ventilated, and kept as per requirement
- Understand fifo & lifo systems.
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Diploma in general agriculture
- GFA training added advantage
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Sales Agronomist
Location: Nairobi
Recruiter / Employer: AGRODUKA LIMITED
About the Position: We are seeking an experienced Sales Agronomist to join our team. The Sales Agronomist will be responsible for promoting our agricultural products to farmers and other professionals in the industry. The successful candidate will be expected to manage existing clients and acquire new ones, while providing guidance and support on crop production and management practices.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement sales strategies to increase revenue and market share in the assigned territory
- Identify and acquire new clients by building strong relationships with farmers, dealers, and other industry professionals
- Manage existing client accounts by providing technical support and advice on crop production and management practices
- Develop and deliver presentations and training sessions on agricultural products and services to clients and industry professionals
- Conduct field visits and provide on-site support to clients to identify and address any issues or concerns they may have
- Monitor and report on market trends, competitor activities, and other factors that may impact sales performance
- Collaborate with other team members to develop and implement marketing campaigns and promotional activities
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Diploma in Agronomy or related field
- At least 1 year of experience in sales or a related field
- Strong understanding of crop production and management practices
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to travel frequently within the assigned territory.
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Sales Animal Health Practitioner/Technician
Recruiter / Employer: AGRODUKA LIMITED
Location: Nairobi
About the Position: We are seeking an experienced Sales Animal Health Practitioner/Technician to join our team. The Sales Animal Health Practitioner/Technician will be responsible for promoting our animal health products to farmers and other professionals in the industry. The successful candidate will be expected to manage existing clients and acquire new ones, while providing guidance and support on animal health management practices.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement sales strategies to increase revenue and market share in the assigned territory
- Identify and acquire new clients by building strong relationships with farmers, dealers, and other industry professionals
- Manage existing client accounts by providing technical support and advice on animal health management practices
- Develop and deliver presentations and training sessions on animal health products and services to clients and industry professionals
- Conduct field visits and provide on-site support to clients to identify and address any issues or concerns they may have
- Monitor and report on market trends, competitor activities, and other factors that may impact sales performance
- Collaborate with other team members to develop and implement marketing campaigns and promotional activities
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Diploma in Animal Health and Production, Veterinary Technology or related field
- At least 1 year of experience in sales or a related field
- Strong understanding of animal health management practices
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to travel frequently within the assigned territory.
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Farm Assistant
Recruiter / Employer: Unicom farm solutions and agrovet
About the position: We are seeking a reliable and hardworking Farm Assistant to join our team. As a Farm Assistant, you will be responsible for supporting our farm’s daily operations, including animal care, crop maintenance, and equipment maintenance.
Responsibilities:
- Assisting with the care and management of livestock, including feeding, watering, and monitoring animal health.
- Assisting with crop maintenance tasks such as planting, weeding, and harvesting.
- Operating and maintaining farm equipment, such as tractors, mowers, and irrigation systems.
- Cleaning and maintaining farm buildings and equipment.
- Assisting with the organization and sale of farm products, including produce and livestock.
- Helping to ensure compliance with all safety regulations and environmental standards.
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Diploma in General Agriculture
- A minimum of one year of experience in agricultural Farm management
- Knowledge of farm equipment and maintenance procedures.
- Ability to follow directions and work independently.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to prioritize tasks.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work flexible hours as needed
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Farm Supervisor
Recruiter / Employer: Unicom farm solutions and agrovet
Responsibilities:
- Organizing farm management and distribution of resources
- Post harvest management
- Organizing planting schedules during season
- Supervision of farm workers
- Schedule crop rotations
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Certificate/diploma in general agriculture
- GFA training added advantage
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Agrovet Officer
Recruiter / Employer: Unicom farm solutions and agrovet
Responsibilities:
- Maintaining sales records
- Working with casual laborer in offloading and loading
- Making orders and requisitions from suppliers
- Attending trainings
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Diploma in general agriculture from recognized institution
- Sales skills
- Management skills
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Poultry Farm Officer
Recruiter / Employer: Unicom farm solutions and agrovet
Responsibilities:
- Training farmers in poultry
- Filing of poultry inventory
- Designing and advising on farmers poultry houses
- Work in collaboration with poultry Sacco within the county.
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Diploma in general agriculture
- Training in poultry farm management
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Finance Junior Position
Location: Nairobi
Recruiter / Employer: Agrotech Plus Limited
About the position: We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our finance team as a Finance Junior. The ideal candidate will have 1 to 2 years of experience, a CPA certification, and a degree in Finance. The Finance Junior will be responsible for assisting the finance team in various accounting and finance functions, including bookkeeping, financial analysis, and data entry.
Responsibilities:
- Perform day-to-day accounting tasks, such as entering financial transactions into the accounting system and reconciling accounts
- Assist in the preparation of financial statements and reports
- Assist in the analysis of financial data to identify trends and provide insights
- Maintain accurate financial records and ensure compliance with accounting principles and standards
- Help prepare budgets and forecasts
- Provide support during audits and tax filings
- Assist in the implementation of financial policies and procedures
- Familiarity or experience with accounting software such as SAGE, XERO, Quickbooks, etc.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field
- CPA certification
- 1 to 2 years of relevant work experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Familiarity or experience with accounting software such as SAGE, XERO, Quickbooks, etc.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Detail-oriented and highly organized
- Strong work ethic and willingness to learn
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Experts
Location: Malava Kakamega
Number of positions:4
Nature of Engagement: Attachment
Recruiter / Employer: Labedcash Marine Enterprises Limited
About the position: Assisting in activities related to production and utilization of Black Soldier Flies. Assisting in training of students and farmers on visit to the farm.
Responsibilities:
- Assisting in activities related to production and utilization of Black Soldier Flies.
- Assisting in training of students and farmers on visit to the farm.
- Any other duties that will be given by the supervisor
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Diploma or certificate in Animal Sciences, Agronomy, or relevant studies relating to Black soldier flies.
- Should have thorough knowledge on BSF production and utilization.
- Should be physically fit.
- Must be ready to learn.
- Must have good communication skills.
- Should be preferably from Sigalagala or Bukura county
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Animal health Technician
Location: Kakamega
Recruiter / Employer:Tumaini Veterinary Services
About the position:
Responsibilities:
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Certificate in Animal Health, Animal Science or Animal Husbandry
- Must be from Bukura Agricultural College
- Should possess interpersonal and communication skills
- Must be goal oriented, dynamic, passionate and self-starter.
- A person of integrity.
- Should possess strong analytical skills.
- Knowledge of Luhya dialect is a plus.
- Must be ready to learn.
How to apply: BrighterMonday
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Position: Climate Impacts and Solutions Data Scientist
Location: Nairobi
Recruiter / Employer: Alliance of Bioversity International
About the position: The Alliance’s Climate Action Research Lever seeks to recruit a Climate Impacts and Solutions Data Scientist, who has a background, experience, and interest in topics related to climate impacts and adaptation, with special emphasis on modeling, data science, and evidence synthesis. This position will design, implement, and contribute to activities estimating potential losses in crop and livestock systems due to climate change and potential solutions for a variety of projects in Africa, Latin America, and more. Significant effort will be directed towards synthesizing evidence, through formal meta-analysis and applying this information to answer new questions. The scientist will carry out complex technical tasks that involve automation and coding (through R and/or Python), taking them from conceptualization through to analysis, quality control, write-up and publication. An important part of this position is the ability to automate work end-to-end, in an organized and scalable manner, and with appropriate documentation, metadata, and tutorials. The position will contribute to data projects including Agriculture Adaptation Atlas (http://adaptationatlas.cgiar.org) and Evidence for Resilient Agriculture (http://era.ccafs.cgiar.org). The scientist will help oversee work of junior staff. The data scientist will also support the development of technical reports, scientific writing, open and replicable packages, tools or similar, and partner training.
Terms of employment: This is an international recruited position, and will be based in Nairobi, Kenya. The initial contract will be for up to two (2) years, subject to a probation period of six (6) months and is renewable depending on performance and availability of resources. This position is graded at a level BG10 in a scale of 14 levels being BG14 the highest level.
The Alliance Bioversity-CIAT offers a multicultural, collegial research environment with competitive salary and excellent benefits. We are an equal opportunity employer, and strive for gender, diversity and inclusion in our staff, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, or any other characteristic.
Responsibilities:
- Implement and document analytical and modeling approaches to estimate losses in crop and livestock systems due to climate change.
- Develop estimates of loss reduction due to the implementation of adaptation solutions in crop and livestock systems through a combination of evidence/data synthesis, analysis, and modeling.
- Contribute to the expansion and analysis of key data products such as the Adaptation Atlas and ERA and others.
- Develop and document replicable analytical pipelines in R/Python and make them available through libraries/packages as needed.
- Co-design and co-create training materials for data science workflows, use of tools.
- Contribute to the organization, documentation, and publication of software tools, functions, work flows etc.
- Leverage Digital Inclusion and Climate Action team capacities to implement to implement training workshops to colleagues and project partners.
- Lead technical discussions with partners on data acquisition, problem understanding, research objectives, and predictive approaches to be used.
- Contribute to the reporting, scientific paper writing, with effective communication to partners.
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Professional with PhD in statistics, data science, agronomy, geography, ecology, or related areas, with more than three years of experience. Candidates with MSc and substantive subject-matter and technical expertise are also encouraged to apply.
- High proficiency with R and/or Python, with specific expertise on meta-analysis, use of geospatial data, modeling (crop and/or livestock systems responses to climate), and large databases and datasets
- Experience in cloud computing including with Google Cloud/Google Earth Engine and AWS
- Experience in using modelling approaches and machine learning.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Knowledge and interest in livestock production systems is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary efforts, mentor junior staff, and in general work with stakeholders (both internally and externally)
- Experience working in an international context and interacting with stakeholders across various countries in Latin America and Africa.
- Fluent in English required. French or Spanish a plus
- Experience in analysis of climate data and remote sensing data is a plus.
How to apply: bioversityinternational
Deadline: 07/04/2023
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Position: Sales Team Lead
Location: Kilifi County
Recruiter / Employer: SunCulture Kenya Ltd
About the position: As a Sales Team Lead, you will be in charge of the Sales Agents in your territory. You will be responsible for managing sales, ensuring that targets are attained, and handling clients in the territory. You have to be dynamic, self-motivated, have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
Responsibilities:
Recruitment and training.
- Source, identify and recruit astute and goal-oriented sales agents who will be willing and capable of selling SunCulture products
- Train, and onboard the sales agents to ensure they have all been set up for success in bringing in sales and meeting the company KPIs
Team Management
- Carry out daily and weekly check-ins with the teams to ensure there is maximum productivity
- Track Lead generation and selling processes of the sales agents
- Coordinate aftersales customer service to ensure brand strength
Sales
- Work closely with the Regional Sales Manager in developing and establishing clear sales KPIs meant to be exceeded by the sales agents
- Monitor and push for numbers closures when it comes to the sales targets on the selling of SunCulture commodities
- Establish a rapport with the clients and also the community in ensuring that all the clusters allocated are fully utilized and understand SunCulture products and brand
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Proven experience in a sales role in the energy sector
- Proven track record of successfully meeting sales quota
- Strong leadership abilities and outstanding interpersonal skills.
- Ability to think and plan strategically, plan, manage, and act to achieve set outcomes.
- Ability to work under deadline pressure and meet targets.
- Passion for irrigation and in-depth knowledge of the industry and current trends adaptable for SunCulture
- Independent thinker with proactive decision-making capabilities
- Comfortable with ambiguity and experience working in a dynamic environment
- Have the ability to handle pressure, meet targets, keep cool-temper, and handle rejection gracefully.
- Be organized and be an expert in time management- both at personal and team levels
- A diploma or degree is an added advantage.
How to apply: MyJobMag
Deadline: Not specified
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Position: ILRI PhD Graduate Fellowship: Quality assessment and improvement of CBPP T1/44 and CCPP F38 vaccines
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Recruiter / Employer: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Duration: 2 years, with a possibility of 1 year extension subject to the availability of funds.
Terms of appointment and stipend: ILRI will offer monthly competitive stipend of USD 1,000, to cover living expenses in the project location, medical insurance cover, university tuition costs and meet research expenses. The successful candidate will be supervised jointly by an ILRI scientist and the university/academic supervisor/s.
About the position: Contagious bovine and caprine pleuropneumonia (CBPP and CCPP) are two very important diseases affecting cattle and goats respectively in sub-Saharan Africa. They are caused by two closely related bacteria, Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides (Mmm), and Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (Mccp). Both are transmitted through aerosolized droplets, and the symptoms include coughing, respiratory distress, fever etc. Infection of naïve herds results in 80% mortality and in morbidity that approaches 100%. CBPP and CCPP are major constraints on cattle production in Africa with huge economic implications.
The current vaccine for CBPP is live attenuated T1/44 while that of CCPP is inactivated CCPP F38 bacterin. The quality of vaccines is often the main reason for inconsistent protection rates for the live vaccines. However, there is no data that identifies the main Quality Control (QC) challenges along the vaccine value chain from production to distribution (through multiple intermediaries) and ultimate use for the live attenuated CBPP vaccine. This PhD thesis will include work to study current quality of commercially used CBPP vaccines in sub-Saharan Africa by sequencing of vaccine seed strains accompanied by quantification of viable Mmm by counting colony forming units of vaccines at different point of the value chain, including at point of use. The student will furthermore validate QC methods that may be recommended for incorporation in manufacturers’ QC processes.
Reports on lower-than-expected quality of CCPP vaccines have already been published, and QC methods are being developed. The student will be involved in the validation of at least one such method. Finally, the student will also work towards establishing a correlate of protection for CBPP.
Responsibilities:
The PhD student will:
- Assess the quality of CBPP and CCPP vaccines available in sub-Saharan Africa, from production seeds to the end-user.
- Identify gaps in QC processes by manufacturers and validate improved methods and procedures that may be implemented by CBPP T1/44 and CCPP F38 vaccine manufacturers.
- Assist in baseline CBPP related data collection and analysis to support the modelling of a feasible and scalable CBPP control program.
- Develop immunological assays such as antibody and complement- mediated growth inhibition assays for preliminary identification of CBPP surrogates of protection.
- Report and compile PhD thesis.
- Draft articles for journal publication and/or poster for presentation.
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Have an MSc degree in Animal Science or related course, from a recognized university.
- Be able to independently develop experimental protocols and work plans.
- Possess strong writing and analytical skills as evidenced by previous publications.
- Have demonstrable interest in field work as well as laboratory-based experiments.
- Hold training or experience of ethical and technical capacity for data collection and analysis.
- Be able to work with minimal supervision
- Experience in commercial vaccine manufacture, including Quality control will be an added advantage
- Demonstrated ability to work well in a team comprising individuals form multiple cultures.
How to apply: ILRI Jobs
All applications MUST include the following (applications without the below documents will not be considered):
a cover letter expressing their interest in the fellowship position and what they can bring to the fellowship.
CV including names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience.
academic qualification certificates/transcripts.
Applications will be sent to the Head of Capacity Development, ILRI by clicking on the tab “APPLY NOW” on or before 4th April 2023. The position title and reference number REF: GF/ILRI/AHH /04/2023 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the cover letter.
We thank all applicants for their interest in working for ILRI. Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). ILRI also does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts.
To find out more about ILRI visit our websites at http://www.ilri.org
Deadline: Apr 04, 2023
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Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Recruiter / Employer: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Terms of Appointment: This is position is at job level HG 16 and it is open to both national and international applicants. The position is a two (2) year contract, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding. ILRI offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes; medical and other insurances.
About the position:The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Post-Doctoral Fellow to support the “Resilient Cities Research Initiative”, part of the new One CGIAR research portfolio. The initiative will work to further our understanding of the human health risks from urban markets in low- and middle-income countries and to design interventions to upgrade informal markets and make them better sources of safe and nutritious foods as well as livelihoods. We are looking for an enthusiastic post-doctoral scientist who will design field research activities and conduct data analysis to support the identification of successful intervention programs to improve food safety and human health, as well as support the design of epidemiological studies in a range of countries.
Responsibilities:
- Play a lead role in ILRIs research in the Resilient Cities through Sustainable Urban and Peri-urban Agri-food Systems project under the supervision of the PI. Activities include:
Design and implementation of field surveys to be conducted in Kenya, Ethiopia and in other countries.
- Data analysis and interpretation.
- Supervision and coordination of teams involved in projects under the resilient cities initiative.
- Write up of research outputs (incl. scientific reports, peer-reviewed publications, briefs)
- Supervision of junior staff, including research assistants and research fellows.
- Contribute to the development of research questions and proposals that address issues of relevance to urban food systems in the Global South.
- More generally contribute to the functioning of the Animal and Human Health group, providing scientific leadership and supervision to junior researchers and fellows primarily based in Nairobi (Kenya) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).
- Contribute to other food safety, food systems and One Health projects as needed.
- Contribute to the development of resource mobilization proposals as appropriate
Education/ Work Experience Requirements:
- Kindly attach PhD in agriculture, veterinary medicine, nutrition, public health, epidemiology, or related field
- Proven experience with data management and analysis.
- Experience in writing reports and research publications
- Proven experience with data management and analysis using a range of statistical software (e.g. STATA, R)
- Experience working in low- and middle-income countries would be an advantage.
- Evidence of strong quantitative analytical skills
- A good track record of scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. Evidence of publication of other type of research outputs would be an advantage (e.g. reports, blogs, op-eds)
- Excellent command of English. Knowledge of another language would be an advantage.
- Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and cultural contexts
How to apply: ILRI Jobs
Applications: Applicants should send a cover letter and CV expressing their interest in the position, what they can bring to the role and the names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to the Director, People and Organizational Development through our recruitment portal by clicking on the “Apply Now” tab above before 23 April 2023. The position title and reference number: AHH/890/2023 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the online application.
We thank all applicants for their interest in working for ILRI. Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). ILRI also does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts
To find out more about ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org
Deadline: Apr 23, 2023