Programme Associate- Econometrics

Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), New Delhi
Programme Associate (Econometrics) - Sustainable Food Systems

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**Designation offered**
Programme Associate (Econometrics)

**Team/ Focus area**
Sustainable Food Systems

**Reporting to**
Programme Lead/Senior Programme Lead

**Location**
New Delhi, India

**Job Summary**

India stands at a complex challenge of ensuring universal nutritional security for an increasing yet largely deprived population in a rapidly changing climate. This needs action beyond producing more food - we need to evolve what we eat and how we produce, process and distribute our food.
- Re-shaping Agricultural Productivity for Resilient Farms and Landscapes_

What KPIs the system chase decides the behaviour of the system. India’s food production system’s chase of yield as a KPI has come at a detrimental cost for livelihood, environment, nutrition, and social outcomes. India’s food systems need to adopt better, holistic indicators, and pave the way for more sustainable systems.

Natural Farming as a Sustainable Agriculture Practice has received political traction in India in the recent years, and could be a potential pathway for India to transition at scale to sustainable agriculture practice adoption. However, the evidence on the impact of natural farming in insufficient and weak on many environmental, economic and social aspects. In order to bridge this gap, CEEW has undertaken a one-of-its-kind, large-scale longitudinal impact assessment of the Community-managed Natural Farming Programme in Andhra Pradesh (APCNF). The data and evidence generated on natural farming from this study will inform policy makers and other stakeholders towards a ‘considered approach’ of scaling natural farming and agroecology in India. The evidence base will hold lessons for the larger agroecology transition in India, and the learnings from the study will shape the necessary narratives for India’s food systems, particularly on the goals and the KPIs the latter needs to chase.

The successful applicant will works towards meeting the Sustainable Food Systems team’s programmatic objective of enabling timely, concerted action of system leaders through data and evidence-building, shaping narrative and informing strategy. In particular, the successful applicant will lead team members to undertake robust quantitative and qualitative analyses. In addition to the duties and responsibilities outlined below, the Programme Associate should be prepared, as and when necessary, to take on additional responsibilities and respond to events and developments that cannot be anticipated easily.

**Responsibilities and Duties**

**Research**
- Take lead on the allocated project(s) under the programme end-to-end. This includes, but is not limited to independently projects using quantitative applied research on varied food system issues. Such workstreams include but are not limited to
- Identification of optimal research question(s)
- Designing the research approach/framework
- evelopment and execution of primary surveys (this includes designing the questionnaires, survey monitoring, coordinating with field staffs and analysis of the survey data)
- Systematic literature reviews (v) conducting stakeholder consultations
- Conducting the relevant analyses using appropriate qualitative and/or quantitative (econometric/statistical) tools
- Presenting the analyses in a coherent narrative in different formats such as journal publications, reports, op-ed articles, dissemination and consultation meetings
- Developing an outreach strategy
- Dissemination of the research
- Assessing the impact created
- Track the day-to-day regulatory, policy and market developments in the Indian states especially on the topics relevant to (but not limited to) natural farming, agroecology, dairy sector, sustainable food systems.
- Travel to field sites, whenever necessary, to manage fieldwork including surveys, focus group discussions, interviews, meetings, training or gather primary information
- Travel to states to meet with government and external stakeholders, whenever necessary, to conduct meetings or collect primary information.
- Identifying relevant stakeholder and securing bilateral meetings, hosting at least one p