Agriculture Trainer

Kandahar Refugee Organization (KRO) is a national-level, non-political, non-profit, non-governmental organization working for humanitarian and rehabilitation roots in Afghanistan. Further, KRO is an Afghan organization that is committed to the development of the local economy and building local capacity for sustainable development. Thus, we have an established specialized network in many provinces of the country in order to design, implement related activities in the field of food security, research, capacity building, disaster management, and placement.

Agriculture Trainer is responsible to provide technical support inputs and agriculture extension services to farmers and farmers groups and cooperative for the production for handling of high value agriculture and agronomy commodities.  

Responsibilities of the Job:

·         Conduct coordination meetings with sectoral departments, local authorities and communities.

·         Conduct sustainable land management study and develop action plan on agro-based interventions and activities accordingly.

·         Provide technical support inputs and agriculture extension services to farmers for the production handling of high value agricultural and commodities.

·         Train farmers in new agriculture technology and agronomy techniques and methods to enhance productivity in the area.

·         Introduce improved and appropriate irrigated crop production technologies. These may include the following:

v  Watercourse improvement

v  Land leveling

v  Furrow irrigation

v  Use of better quality seed/planning materials.

v  Land preparations

v  improved field irrigation techniques

v  Appropriate use of chemical and organic (manure) fertilizers.

v  Integrated pest management

v  Water saving techniques/technologies and develop irrigation scheduling

v  Calculate crop water requirement and irrigation requirement within.

v  Introduce improved water distribution and allocation methods.

·         Support farmers through field visits and training.

·         Training of the beneficiaries on wheat, summer crops, vegetables and green houses.

·         Lead the development of agricultural technical standards training manuals and other implementation tools for the development of agriculture.

·         Incorporate marketing linkage strategies to help farmers to connect with local and urban markets as well with field unit veterinary services, promoting their products effectively.

·         Familiar with using Kobo tools during the beneficiary selection process.

·         Conduct verification and beneficiary selection process in the field.

·         Production methodologies and community based natural resources management.

·         Design and develops training manuals, presentations and materials required for the trainings.

·         Ensure close communication and coordination with project team district authorities and community elders through regular visits participation in meeting organize joint field visits and submission of reports.

·         Provide recommendations to the farmers on improving soil fertility irrigated agronomic measures such as raised-bed furrow irrigation, fertilizer application rates and methods and water saving for increasing crop production.

·         Ability to travel to various districts of Kandahar province.

·         Any other duties assigned and project manager.

·         Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Agronomy or Agriculture Extension.

·         At least 3 years of progressive work experience in the similar roles in the field of food security and nutrition livelihood agriculture extension value chain and marketing linkages projects with INGOs or NGOS.

·         Experience in Agriculture marketing and business linkages; delivery of filed level extension activities, organizing training and delivering and training received in related subjects.

·         Experience in developing agriculture/agronomy based training curricula agriculture value chain marketing linkage and business development.

·         Experience in facilitating agriculture extension methodologies particularly farmers field school and self help groups with the demonstration of participatory research and technology development following demonstration farm is preferred.

·         Understand on research and survey methodologies designing and implementing food security and nutrition survey value chain study and market assessment is required.

·         Good spoken and written skills in English and Pashto and Dari language and possess good skills in report writing.

·         General relevant computer skills including Microsoft word, excel and power point.

Skills:

·         Strong communication skills.

·         Sound knowledge of in agriculture and livestock management.

• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse groups of farmers and herders.
• Ability to work and act under pressure and with discretion in multicultural environment.
• Demonstrate capacity to plan, prioritize and deliver tasks on time to meet goals in a high-pressure environment.

Inclusion Statement:

• KRO maintains a stringent zero-tolerance policy towards any behavior that contradicts its objectives, encompassing sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. Moreover, KRO is committed to upholding comprehensive child safeguarding principles. Consequently, all prospective candidates will be held accountable to these high standards and principles, necessitating thorough reference and background checks. These checks will involve verifying academic credentials and employment history. Additionally, selected candidates may be requested to furnish supplementary information to facilitate the background check process.

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