Agronomist

Organizational Unit : FEGEO - FAO Representation in Georgia

Non-staff opportunities

Type of Requisition : NPP (National Project Personnel)

Various Locations

Duration : 12 months with a 3-month probation period

Post Number : N/A

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.

The main aim of the FAO country offices, which are headed by the FAO Representative, is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition, to help develop the agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors, and to use their environmental and natural resources in a sustainable manner.

The Agronomist will work in various locations across western Georgia under the overall guidance and responsibility of the FAO Regional Programme Leader and the direct supervision of the FAO Senior Programme Coordinator.

Provide technical guidance to FAO agronomic work across the conflict affected communities on both sides of the ABL, with a focus on supporting the implementation of Farmer Field School (FFS) activities.

• Lead the field support in agronomy related to the management of Farmer Field Schools in Vegetable and Fruit production
• Provide technical support to the management of grape vines, blueberries and citrus plots, and support the training of farmers with hands on demonstration of management of blueberries and citrus.
• Provide technical support to the management of greenhouses and train farmers on counter-season production of vegetables under greenhouse conditions.
• Support the data collection and analysis of new citrus, grapes, blueberry and vegetable varieties introduced by FAO, and support the process of delivering these varieties to farmers associated to the FFS.
• Lead the implementation of vegetable production Farmer Field Schools (FFS), in main and counter season production.
• Lead the implementation of master classes on different agronomic topics to be chosen based on farmers’ interests.
• Lead the technical guidance to farmers beneficiaries of the project the implementation of demonstration plots for extension purposes under the FFS methodology.
• Introducing experimental diversification of high potential crops in target regions.
• Organize and participate in the activities of monitoring and data collection, adding the data of the FAO activities on FAO’s records.
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