Location: Huacho, Peru - Full-time - Temporary Contract

Position Summary

The Sweet Potato Breeding Technician will provide operational support for sweetpotato seed production activities and the monitoring of industrial sweetpotato crops. The role involves supporting breeding programs, greenhouse and field operations, seed production, germplasm maintenance, and agronomic trials while ensuring accurate data collection and reporting.

• Support the production of sweetpotato vegetative seed in open-field and greenhouse environments, ensuring compliance with established breeding and seed production protocols.
• Produce vegetative seed through mini-cuttings and root sprouts under greenhouse conditions.
• Monitor the maintenance, multiplication, and conservation of sweetpotato germplasm in both greenhouse and field settings.
• Conduct field sampling activities to estimate yield, assess c...