Horticulture Production Specialist needed!
Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Category
Work & Volunteer
Job vacancies
Country
Pakistan
Language
English
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Description
This position is located in the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Project Office in Peshawar. The main aim of the FAO country offices, which are headed by an 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.
Responsibilities of this position will be, among others:
- Support the District teams with the specific knowledge and advise on all aspects of Horticultural Crop development (including seed production, tunnel farming, orchard management, vegetable seedling production, fruit tree nursery development, post-harvest aspects etc);
- Guide and supervise the Project’s Farmer Field School (FFS) program for adaptive research and participatory learning of new and improved technologies and practices to increase the crop production and quality;
- Develop recommendations on the design, site selection, installation and management of adaptive research plots for improved crop production as part of the project’s farmer field school program.
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