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Agribusiness Advisor – Sustainable Energy For Smallholder Farmers Project
Closing: Feb 27, 2023
This position has expiredPublished: Feb 9, 2023 (2 months ago)
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Qualifications
- A relevant university Degree in Agriculture farming systems.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience of working in a similar sector.
- Knowledge of technical aspects of PUE technologies and the linkage / application in the dairy sector.
- Experience in famer extension, SME advising, and agribusiness case development.
- Experience in the application of the PUE technologies in the dairy sector and financial analysis of PUE technologies will be a plus.
- Experience working with female entrepreneurs and gender integration approaches, as well as young-Agri-entrepreneurs.
- Knowledge of PUE innovations and farmer adoption.
- Excellent communication (written and oral), reporting and presentation skills.
- Willingness to travel to all project locations
- Working knowledge of Runyankole or Runyakitara will be an added advantage.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
- A relevant university Degree in Agriculture farming systems.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience of working in a similar sector.
- Knowledge of technical aspects of PUE technologies and the linkage / application in the dairy sector.
- Experience in famer extension, SME advising, and agribusiness case development.
- Experience in the application of the PUE technologies in the dairy sector and financial analysis of PUE technologies will be a plus.
- Experience working with female entrepreneurs and gender integration approaches, as well as young-Agri-entrepreneurs.
- Knowledge of PUE innovations and farmer adoption.
- Excellent communication (written and oral), reporting and presentation skills.
- Willingness to travel to all project locations
- Working knowledge of Runyankole or Runyakitara will be an added advantage.
- Participate in the Productive use of energy technological assessments to identify the most appropriate PUE for adoption by the small-scale farmers and or vendors.
- Support the training and coaching of extension service providers on PUE practices and technology adoption.
- Support extension service providers in delivering needs-based and practical trainings to male, female, and young farmers.
- Support the testing of profitable PUE technologies with smallholder farmers
- Support technical field-based missions from the multi-country project manager.
- Support small holder farmers and vendors in the promotion, market uptake and scaling of evidence-based PUE technologies.
- Support the integration of PUE solutions in agribusinesses.
- Support the implementation of business cases using PUE technologies.
- Contribute to the scaling of the learning agenda, knowledge development and exchange between participating countries.
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