Job Description

Roles Background
As part of Oorja’s special projects to increase farmers' yields and income, we require an Agronomist to
provide field training and demonstration to improve agricultural practices. For this role, you should have
at least 2-3 years of field experience. You must be a knowledgeable, thorough agronomist able to identify
and solve problems related to plant or soil nutrition, pest damage, weather or climate changes, and
accordingly, develop techniques and suggest varieties and inputs improve quality and yield. You should
also have strong persuasive and capacity-building skills.

 Roles and Responsibilities

The Agricultural Extension Officer will be expected to serve a key role within our Farmer Advisory team.Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assess farmers’ needs and accordingly develop training modules to ensure the best agricultural
  practices are followed through the entire crop cycle (crop and input selection, cultivation
  practices for field and horticultural crops, intercropping, multi-cropping, yield enhancement, plant
  and soil health, pest and disease control, weather and climate change, efficient irrigation
  methods, post-harvest storage, and processing, sustainable agricultural practices, agricultural
  innovations, etc.)
• Research and develop new techniques and innovations for farming so that new and useful crops
  can be grown; recommend and introduce new crops or varieties according to local suitability and
  market demand; assist farmers with obtaining quality inputs and tools
• Develop or get access to training and capacity building materials (video and print) suited to
  farmers’ needs, with sensitivity to the needs of smallholders, women and marginal groups
• Organize and deliver participatory workshops for farmers in each village: liaise with farmers to
  organise community meetings; oversee video screenings i.e. arrange audiovisual equipment,
  handouts, venues, refreshments, and other logistics; coordinate and facilitate refresher trainings
  as needed
• Develop test plots to showcase best practices and organize immersion and exposure visits for
  demonstration to farmers
• Conduct field level demonstrations and grower workshops to promote a package of practices;
  provide technical assistance to farmers one-on-one or in small groups; res