Key skills

NRM

agroforestry

Additional/Preferred Skills

Data monitoring

crop cutting studies

Preferred Qualifications

Masters in Ag/ NRM

Scientific Officer – Agroforestry

ICRISAT seeks applications for the position of ‘Scientific Officer–Agroforestry’ to develop agroforestry clusters in six districts in Central India under GIZ – ICRISAT initiative to be executed by ICRISAT Development Centre under the Resilient Farm and Food Systems Program. The requirement for 6 positions where the incumbents will be based in Central India (UP & MP).

ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.

ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeon pea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit – www.icrisat.org


Responsibilities:

·To supervise on-farm farmer participatory action research trials on agroforestry along with productivity enhancement interventions in different districts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh under GIZ-ICRISAT initiatives

·Constant interactions with the farmers, researchers and line department (forest, Agriculture, horticulture, etc) officials and act as a liaison person in the district.

·To organize capacity building/exposure visits to farmers.

·Baseline data collection, soil sample collection, moisture monitoring and other intensive field data monitoring to capture various project progress and impact indicators;

·All other project related activities as per the need

Requirements:

·Master’s degree in agricultural engineering/soil science/agroforestry/agriculture extension/agronomy and related NRM disciplines at least 3 years of work experience;

·Demonstrate capacity to work collaboratively as part of multi-disciplinary team;

·Perform other duties as requested by the PI of the project;

·Willingness to work in extremely challenging condition

·Candidate should willing to stay near the cluster villages to oversee project related activities 

General:

This is a contractual position for a period of 12 months.

How to apply:

Applicants should apply on or before 31 October 2022, with their latest Resume, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer


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