Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 20 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Introduction
The Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) collaborates with the Ministry of Agriculture in the implementation of the program to engage young people in agriculture called Jenga Kesho Ilyo bora (Building a Better tomorrow- BBT). BBT is implemented through various strategies and projects in the value chain of crops and some of its goals are to increase employment for 20,000 youth and women through skills development activities (internship), to establish 12,000 economic activities at the village level as well as the cultivation of large farms (Block farms) by 2030.

As part of the strategy to strengthen extension services in this country, the Ministry of Agriculture has also planned to implement a special program for extension services through young graduates (BBT Agricultural Extension Entrepreneurship Scheme- BBT AEES). Through BBT-AEES two thousand positions (2000) need to be filled by graduates of agricultural fields to provide extension services in the cotton crop in the order of temporary employment as follows: -

1. Vacancy: Agriculture Officer/ (1000 Vacancy)

Important responsibilities include:
i. Provide expert advice to farmers and other stakeholders in the value chain of the cotton crop by doing the following:
ii. To provide education on good cotton farming to farmers from preparing the field, harvesting to storage in the barn
iii. Providing education and managing the quality of cotton from the farm to the barn
iv. To monitor and ensure that farmers comply with the principles of good cotton cultivation
v. Prepare and provide weekly information about the progress of agriculture in the relevant area
vi. Prepare input requirements for farmers and submit them to the relevant authorities
vii. To manage and ensure that the inputs sent to the relevant area reach the farmers fully
viii. To register farmers and other stakeholders including input service providers in their area on the existing digital system
ix. Provide training and establish farmer groups and manage them
x. Establish model farms and farm classes in the work area
xi. To identify the stakeholders of the agricultural sector present in the work area and connect them with farmers to get the services they provide
xii. To ensure that each farmer has a notebook that will be used to fill in the services provided by various stakeholders
xiii. To collect, prepare and process production data in its area using the data collection system (Agricultural Routine Data System (ARDS)
xiv. To manage the use of the digital system of extension services and
xv. Giving advice on other crops grown by the farmers of the village he manages

Required qualifications
For this position the applicant must have the following qualifications:
• Let him be an honest Tanzanian, who is self-motivated and has good relations with others
• Must have a degree in agricultural science, agronomy or crop production from a university recognized by the government
• He should not be employed or fired in the public service iv. He has never been imprisoned for any criminal offence
• Be ready to work in various rural areas
• Be able to work well without supervision
• Be willing to work on a temporary contract and be paid a monthly allowance as specified in the contract
• He should be at least 18 years old and not more than 40 years old
• Be ready to sign a contract of agreement with performance criteria for the period of the relevant season
• Work experience in a cotton crop or participation in training to develop skills (internship) inside or outside the country are additional qualifications

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
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All applications must be accompanied by
a) copies of birth certificates, NIDA, secondary education certificates, diplomas and degrees from training institutions recognized by the government. Prospective graduates (2024) with the qualifications mentioned above, are encouraged to send their applications also attaching copies of "partial transcript" or "results slips".
b) Two recent passport size photographs of the applicant
c) Curriculum vitae of the applicant along with full address, telephone contact, e-mail and addresses of three reliable referees

All applications should be sent to the Department of Agriculture of Sokoine University of Agriculture via e-mail coahr@sua.ac.tz with a copy to the director-directorate of undergraduate degrees of Sokoine University of Agriculture dus@sua.ac.tz. Applicants are advised to send their application via email although they can also bring the application directly to the above mentioned office.

Application deadline
All applications must reach us on or before 25 September 2024.


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