ICRISAT seeks applications for the a€œField Assistant€ position for ASIA, Crop Improvement Operation Team.

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

Duties and Responsibilities:

Field operations:

• Seed preparation for machine/manual planting
• Layout preparation
• Sowing, thinning, gap filling and general crop management
• Data collection and field observations
• Roguing
• Harvesting
• Maintenance of consumables/stock/supplies

Greenhouse operations:

• Making pot mix
• Sowing, thinning and general plant management
• Handling and maintenance of consumables
• General maintenance of greenhouse
• Selfing and crossing
• Harvesting

Seed processing:

• Primary and secondary processing of seed using machines/manually.
• Maintenance of seed processing machines.

Seed inventory and storage:

• Taking seed inventory and prepare seed samples for storage in cold stores/crop stores.
• General maintenance of cold stores/crop stores.

Any other assignments from time to time as assigned by the supervisor.

Requirement:

• SSC or Intermediate and Driving License for 4 Wheeler
• Should be able to speak (Telugu, Hindi, and English) & read/write simple English.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in agricultural research especially in plant breeding unit, seed production experience is a must. 

General:

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

How to apply:

Applicants should apply on or before 11 July 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