💼 Full-Time Position

Banana Breeding Lead

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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture(IITA)
📍 Uganda, Uganda, Uganda
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Location
Uganda, Uganda
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Posted
June 30, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) invites applications for the internationally recruited position of Banana Breeding Lead.

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food-secure future. Please visit http://www.iita.org/ for more information on IITA.

The Banana Breeding Lead will provide strategic leadership, coordination, and oversight of banana breeding activities primarily...