Consultant- Scientific Officer-Agroforestry

ICRISAT seeks two applications for the post of Consultant Scientific Officer – Agroforestry to be based at Central India (Uttar Pardesh and Madhya Pradesh).

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. ICRISAT and its partners help empower those living in the semi-arid tropics, especially smallholder farmers, to overcome poverty, hunger, malnutrition and a degraded environment through more efficient and profitable agriculture.

ICRISAT is headquartered in Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and five country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT, established in 1972, is a member of the CGIAR Consortium. For more details, see 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

·        To identify beneficiaries for undertaking agroforestry cluster development with focus on suitable agri-horti system

·        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

Key Qualifications:

·        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 consultant position for one year 

ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer