Extension Officer
2025-04-22T13:06:50+00:00
AB InBev
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FULL_TIME
Moshi
Moshi
00000
Tanzania
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Environment
2025-04-30T17:00:00+00:00
Tanzania
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The key purpose of this role is to ensure constant barley and sorghum production to meet the mandate of the business.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Ensure timely mobilization, recruitment, and registration of farmers for barley and sorghum growing
- Ensure that timely land preparation, planting, weeding, harvesting is carried out as per recommended practice
- Ensure soil, moisture conservation and crop rotation practices are observed and carried out by farmers
- Ensure that only pure seed supplied by NBL is planted by farmers and at the correct seed rate and NOT any other
- Identify the acreage and corresponding quantities of inputs that will suffice your area of operation
- Ensure that herbicide, fungicide, and insecticides are applied at the correct time, correct rate
- Monitor the crop throughout the entire growth period
- In case of any abnormality e.g., disease occurrence, insect infestation then advises farmers on proper and timely corrective measures to be done
- Promote adaption of Machinery i.e., threshers and planters use among barley/sorghum farmers
- Dissemination of new farming technologies to farmers
- Assist in the recovery of the costs of inputs advanced to farmers
- Coach farmers to manage farming as a business
- Keep a database tracking seed distribution, seed uptake, actual planted acreage and actual crop yield
- Timely monthly reporting of Sustainability goal activities
Key Attributes and Competencies:
- Supervisory Skills
- Negotiation Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Decision Making and Advisory Skills
- Team player
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science Hons in Agronomy or related field with field crops experience
- Experience in managing agronomic operations
- Experience in working with commercial and small holder farmers
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in an agronomy /agronomist related environment
- Fluency in English
- Drivers license
Ensure timely mobilization, recruitment, and registration of farmers for barley and sorghum growing Ensure that timely land preparation, planting, weeding, harvesting is carried out as per recommended practice Ensure soil, moisture conservation and crop rotation practices are observed and carried out by farmers Ensure that only pure seed supplied by NBL is planted by farmers and at the correct seed rate and NOT any other Identify the acreage and corresponding quantities of inputs that will suffice your area of operation Ensure that herbicide, fungicide, and insecticides are applied at the correct time, correct rate Monitor the crop throughout the entire growth period In case of any abnormality e.g., disease occurrence, insect infestation then advises farmers on proper and timely corrective measures to be done Promote adaption of Machinery i.e., threshers and planters use among barley/sorghum farmers Dissemination of new farming technologies to farmers Assist in the recovery of the costs of inputs advanced to farmers Coach farmers to manage farming as a business Keep a database tracking seed distribution, seed uptake, actual planted acreage and actual crop yield Timely monthly reporting of Sustainability goal activities
Supervisory Skills Negotiation Skills Interpersonal Skills Decision Making and Advisory Skills Team player
Bachelor of Science Hons in Agronomy or related field with field crops experience Experience in managing agronomic operations Experience in working with commercial and small holder farmers Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in an agronomy /agronomist related environment Fluency in English Drivers license
JOB-6807946a4ecef
Vacancy title:
Extension Officer
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Category: Environment]
Jobs at:
AB InBev
Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, April 30 2025
Duty Station:
Moshi | Moshi | Tanzania
Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, April 22 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
The key purpose of this role is to ensure constant barley and sorghum production to meet the mandate of the business.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Ensure timely mobilization, recruitment, and registration of farmers for barley and sorghum growing
- Ensure that timely land preparation, planting, weeding, harvesting is carried out as per recommended practice
- Ensure soil, moisture conservation and crop rotation practices are observed and carried out by farmers
- Ensure that only pure seed supplied by NBL is planted by farmers and at the correct seed rate and NOT any other
- Identify the acreage and corresponding quantities of inputs that will suffice your area of operation
- Ensure that herbicide, fungicide, and insecticides are applied at the correct time, correct rate
- Monitor the crop throughout the entire growth period
- In case of any abnormality e.g., disease occurrence, insect infestation then advises farmers on proper and timely corrective measures to be done
- Promote adaption of Machinery i.e., threshers and planters use among barley/sorghum farmers
- Dissemination of new farming technologies to farmers
- Assist in the recovery of the costs of inputs advanced to farmers
- Coach farmers to manage farming as a business
- Keep a database tracking seed distribution, seed uptake, actual planted acreage and actual crop yield
- Timely monthly reporting of Sustainability goal activities
Key Attributes and Competencies:
- Supervisory Skills
- Negotiation Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Decision Making and Advisory Skills
- Team player
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science Hons in Agronomy or related field with field crops experience
- Experience in managing agronomic operations
- Experience in working with commercial and small holder farmers
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in an agronomy /agronomist related environment
- Fluency in English
- Drivers license
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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