Agronomist Coffee & Cocoa
DGB Group
- Hoima, Western Region
- Permanent
- Full-time
The purpose of the Agronomist is to advise all the Coffee and Cocoa farmers to ensure maximum productivity and help protect the environment with good agricultural practices.Tasks & Responsibilities
- Advising farmers on best agriculture practices to improve their crop yields.
- Provide technical assistance to farmers in Coffee and Cocoa production and quality aspects
- Ensuring the Coffee and Cocoa farmers meet with the required quality level.
- Keeping up to date with product developments and legislation
- Making nutrition plans to schedule fertiliser application based on soil testing as permitted by the applied methodologies
- Recording information on plant growth and environmental conditions
- Collaborate with other partners to improve access to support farmers
- Establish corrective measures with project team for any quality issues
- Provide Material and feedback to planting monitors for communication purposes
- Provide Information on Coffee and Cocoa farmer's issues
- Manage Education and Demonstration Farms for endorse Good Agriculture Practices
- Minimum Bachelor of Agriculture
- Strong knowledge of agricultural/crop production practices
- More than 5 years' experience in Coffee and Cocoa agricultural practices in Uganda
- Fluent in English, a minimum of 1 local language (of the project location area)
- Having good analytical, negotiation, communication, and presentation skills
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