Background information about the job or company:

To plan, design, conduct research and present findings on respective field for enhanced and sustainable agricultural production.

Responsibilities or duties:

• Design and implement farmer participatory research for crop commodity systems.
• Collect, analyze and interpret agronomy and on-farm research trial data.
• Study the effects of various cropping systems on crop yield and determine the most efficient cropping system for optimum crop production.
• Identify nutrient needs of the various crops (plant nutrition) and develop corrective measures to alleviate the problems.
• Develop appropriate crop and soil management technologies that are gender responsive and avoids soil resource mining but increase crop yield.
• Study the effects of weeds, weed competition and nutrient mining on crop yield, diseases and insect pests.
• Collaborate with other researchers in multiplication of early generation seed.
• Disseminate study results through farmer feedback workshops, training workshops and sessions, conferences, seminars, brochures, newsletters, journals, reports, media, field days and agricultural shows.
• Contribute to the development of training and outreach materials, training of farmers, extension personnel, university students and interested parties on pasture improvement and management.

Qualifications or requirements:

• Applicants should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture (crop science option) plus a Master’s Degree in Soil Science or Crop Science with a bias in Agronomy.
• Should have a minimum of three years demonstrated working experience in a related field.
• Proven record of publications in referred journals is an added advantage.
• Possession of a PhD is an added advantage.

Experience needed:

Minimum of three years demonstrated working experience in a related field.

• Design and implement farmer participatory research for crop commodity systems.
• Collect, analyze and interpret agronomy and on-farm research trial data.
• Study the effects of various cropping systems on crop yield and determine the most efficient cropping system for optimum crop production.
• Identify nutrient needs of the various crops (plant nutrition) and develop corrective measures to alleviate the problems.
• Develop appropriate crop and soil management technologies that are gender responsive and avoids soil resource mining but increase crop yield.
• Study the effects of weeds, weed competition and nutrient mining on crop yield, diseases and insect pests.
• Collaborate with other researchers in multiplication of early generation seed.
• Disseminate study results through farmer feedback workshops, training workshops and sessions, conferences, seminars, brochures, newsletters, journals, reports, media, field days and agricultural shows.
• Contribute to the development of training and outreach materials, training of farmers, extension personnel, university students and interested parties on pasture improvement and management.

• Applicants should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture (crop science option) plus a Master’s Degree in Soil Science or Crop Science with a bias in Agronomy.
• Should have a minimum of three years demonstrated working experience in a related field.
• Proven record of publications in referred journals is an added advantage.
• Possession of a PhD is an added advantage.