Mechanization-Associate Manager

Key skills

Mechanization

conservation agri

Additional/Preferred Skills

Data monitoring

research trials

Preferred Qualifications

MSc in Agriculture

Associate Manager-Mechanization

ICRISAT seeks application from Indian nationals, for the position of ?Associate Manager-Mechanization ? ICRISAT Development Centre??to support activities of Global Research Program on Resilient Farm and Food Systems (GRP-RF&FS) on natural resource management. There is a requirement of a position where the incumbents will be based at Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh and will report to Global Research Program Director, RF&FS, ICRISAT. As Resilient Farm and Food Systems involved in number of research and development projects towards Natural Resource Management, this position is intended to support Landscape scale activities in the project areas.

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, pigeonpea, 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:

·Introducing mechanization component in different Research for Development projects across different landscapes including on-station and on-farm condition.

·Undertake research trials on various conservation agriculture technologies (e.g., laser land levelling, use of zero-tillage multi crop planter, direct seeded rice, raised bed, mulching, etc.) across different soil types and cropping systems;

·Guide and supervise field staffs on mechanization component in project locations;

·Organize hands-on training programs to various stakeholders and field functiona

ries including line department officials on mechanization in project locations;

·Collect and collate data on the impact of mechanization on soil, water and agronomic parameters

·Candidate should closely work with farming community and have willingness to travel to different project locations

Requirements:

• MSc in soil science or related disciplines with working experience of minimum 10 years
• Demonstrated skills on implementing different types of mechanization in different ecologies
• Adapt and or develop experimental methods/concepts to support research in farming system design at landscape scale

General:

This is a contractual position for a period of 36 months.

How to apply:

Applicants should apply on or before 21 March 2023, 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.