Horticulture/ Agronomy Specialist
Job Description
Title: Horticulture/ Agronomy Specialist
Company Name: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree in agricultural science with master / post-graduation in horticulture or agronomy;
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 7 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Organizational Unit: FABGD
∎ Job Type: Non-staff opportunities
∎ Type of Requisition: NPP (National Project Personnel)
∎ Grade Level: N/A
∎ Primary Location: Bangladesh-Coxs Bazaar
∎ Duration: 6 months (with possibility of extension)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Promote climate resilient production technologies that will address food security increasing smallholder farmers' participation, especially women, in agricultural production systems and markets in improving their nutritional levels and households' income;
∎ Adopt an integrated approach that links sustainable crop production, households' nutrition and economic resilience efforts to the marginal and smallholder farming communities;
∎ Oversee and guide agricultural production emphasizing the climate-smart agricultural practices and farmers' high-value crop production in the project area in collaboration with the government and implementing partners;
∎ Contribute to the planning of project activities and set high-quality performance targets ensuring adherence to technical standards, best practices and donor guidelines;
∎ Use appropriate project management tools to plan, review and track progress on project implementation and utilization of project resources;
∎ Identify training needs for the government and implementing partners' staff and support the capacity building of the project farmers on improved crop production;
∎ Provide technical support to partners on the best ways to plant, harvest, and cultivate crops in the challenging agro-ecological zones;
∎ Contribute to the collection and dissemination of relevant data and information related to agricultural production, households' income and food value chains including impacts, lessons and good practices;
∎ Contribute to the organization of and/or participate in meetings, conferences, workshops, consultations and field visits as needed;
∎ Assist the MEAL team in properly recording and archiving the field trial and demonstration data to support various audiences, while contributing to annual and semi-annual reports;
∎ Assist in designing and implementing capacity-building strategies with an emphasis on developing appropriate training content and materials for different stakeholder groups;
∎ Work closely with public and private sector partners to develop innovative approaches to extend and scale-out smallholder's access to new technologies and management practices;
∎ With a focus on on-farm research, coordinate participatory trials and demonstration of high-value crop production, efficient use of irrigation water and resource-conserving crop management in commercial climate adaptive farming systems;
∎ Prepare journal-ready research results in peer-reviewed publications and /or conference proceedings;
∎ Perform other related duties, as required.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum of Seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional work experiences with the United Nations or international development organizations on horticultural crop production, food security and agricultural development
∎ National of Bangladesh
∎ Working knowledge of English
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 28 Sep 2022
Company Information:
∎ 15 Sep 2022
∎ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
∎ Business : UN Organization
Category: Agro (Plant/Animal/Fisheries)
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 28th Sep 2022
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