Farmer-led Development and Rice Breeding Consultant

Job Description

Title: Farmer-led Development and Rice Breeding Consultant

Company Name: FLVCD Project

Vacancy: --

Age: At least 40 years

Job Location: Sherpur

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Master of Science (MSc) in Genetics & Plant Breeding

Interested consultants must have -

• training on farmer-led rice breeding;

• training on Farmer-led Development (FLD)/Farmer-led Approaches (FLA), community facilitation and sustainable agriculture.

• Master's degree or higher in Agriculture (preferably in Plant Breeding, Genetics or Rice Breeding);

• At least five (5) years of relevant professional experience in farmer-led plant breeding and participatory agricultural development;

• Proven expertise in Farmer-led Development (FLD)/Farmer-led Approaches (FLA), community facilitation and sustainable agriculture.

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At least 40 years

Willing to work with the farmers at field level

The selected consultant will provide technical support in Farmer-led Development (FLD), farmer-led rice breeding, participatory seed conservation, farmer cooperative enterprise development, and capacity building of project staff and farming communities in Mymensingh and Sherpur districts.

The consultancy will be implemented over the project period (March 2026 – February 2028) through periodic assignments of up to 15 working days per project year.