The Division of Bio-economics at KU Leuven is looking for a full-time research assistant / PhD candidate for 4 years, to conduct scientific research in the project 'Food Supply Chains and Sustainable Development', including field work and survey data collection in one or several case-study countries (Peru, Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal and Benin), and to work as teaching assistant for MSc courses in agricultural and natural resource economics and econometrics.