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Job Title:   Agronomist – Coffee and Cocoa

Organisation: DGB

Duty Station:  Hoima, Uganda

About US:

DGB is a purpose-driven project developer specialising in nature-based solutions, managing high-quality projects that emphasise ecosystem restoration, conservation, and biodiversity enrichment.

Job Summary:  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.

Key Duties and 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

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Minimum Bachelor of Agriculture
• Strong knowledge of agricultural/crop production practices
• At least five years of 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
• Willing to travel to field locations in-country
• strong cultural understanding of the project region
• must be able to operate inside an international organisational culture

How to Apply:

All interested candidates who meet the above specifications should apply at the link below.

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