Female Agronomist Officer

Job Description

General Duties:

1. Conduct sustainable land management study and develop action plan on agro-based interventions and activities accordingly. 2. Provide technical support, inputs and agricultural extension services to farmers, farmers groups, and cooperatives for the production handling of high value agricultural and horticultural commodities. 3. Train farmers in new agriculture technology and horticulture theoretical and practical techniques and methods to enhance productivity in the area. 4. Support farmers through field visits and trainings using the (FFS) Farmer Field School principles. 5. Training of the female beneficiaries on the poultry production and implementation of the poultry

Activities.

6. Lead the development of agricultural technical standards, training manuals and other implementation tools for the development of the agriculture. 7. Establish Farmers Field Schools (FFSs) and Resources Committee and train them on improved production methodologies and community based natural resources management (CBNRM) 8. Establish demonstration farm and conduct participatory trials and research; and demonstrate comparative results of improved agro-based production methodologies with selected FFS members. 9. Ensure proper selection of households and FFS members and distribute agro-inputs for the FFS / demonstrational plots with necessary technical support and extension services to the producers. 10. Link farmers, kitchen gardening, poultry and livestock beneficiaries to the local markets to generate income. 11. Work with CDCs and develop and implement joint agro-production and ensure necessary technical and extension supports. 12. Conduct value chain and market assessment, identify potential farming groups and FFSs; and develop value chain and marketing projects.

Specific Duties:

- Closely collaborate with the existing dairy farms and link the female livestock beneficiaries to these dairy farms. - Design, develop training manuals, presentations, IEC Materials required for the trainings. - Embark extensive field visits, monitor progress of activities, document lesson learnt and best practice and ensure collection and compilation of M&E data and information from the field and prepare progress report. - Ensure close communication and coordination with project team, district authorities and community elders through regular visits, participation in meeting, organize joint field visits and updating line manager on daily accomplishment. - Conduct, accordingly, necessary training for the district and provincial extension staff involved in the project for implementation of demonstration and FFS to improve their skills and capacity. - Review the guidelines for operational strategies and implementation of demonstration plots and FFS with other project staff. - Organize necessary field visits to the schemes where demonstration plots and FFS have been established to assess the progress of demo/FFS plots and ensure necessary technical support to the Farmers and district extension staff. - Provide recommendations to farmers on improving soil fertility irrigated agronomic measures such as raised-bed furrow irrigation, fertilizers application rates and methods, and water saving for increasing crop production. - Keep track of technical trainings (agriculture, livestock, value addition and start-up grant) on weekly basis for sharing with KBL Program team along with keeping tracking of all expenses. - Train university and Agriculture department interns on the principles of FFS. - Conducting the value addition and poultry exhibition.

Qualifications

- Education: Bachelor degree in Agriculture - Years of Experience: 3-5 years - Skills: Training skills, encouraging skill, communication skill - Technical Competency: - Communication and reporting skills - Fluency in Pashto, Dari and English - Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage - Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background