Banana Breeding Lead (Re-advertisement)
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture(IITA) · Uganda, Uganda · Apply by October 26, 2026
About this role
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 in East and West Africa, with additional responsibilities in Central and Southern Africa, ensuring full alignment with IITA’s strategy and operational plans. Additionally, the role involves setting breeding priorities in collaboration with key stakeholders; strengthening and improving breeding populations; advancing candidate varieties…