Key Roles and Responsibilities

- Agricultural Planning: Develop and implement agricultural development plans, crop production strategies, and sustainable farming practices.
- Technical Support: Provide technical guidance to farmers on crop management, soil health, irrigation, pest management, organic farming, and climate-resilient agriculture.
- Farmer Capacity Building: Organize farmer training programmes, demonstrations, exposure visits, and awareness campaigns on improved agricultural practices.
- Field Monitoring: Conduct regular field visits to monitor project activities, assess crop performance, and provide solutions to farmers' agricultural problems.
- Livelihood Promotion: Support farmers in improving productivity, income generation, allied agricultural activities, and sustainable rural livelihoods.
- Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs): Provide technical support for FPO development, collective input procurement, aggregation, value addition, and market linkages.
- Project Implementation: Ensure timely implementation of agriculture-related project activities in accordance with approved work plans, budgets, and project guidelines.
- Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate with Agriculture Departments,



KVKs, research institutions, NABARD, FPOs, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Documentation and Reporting: Prepare field visit reports, training reports, beneficiary records, progress reports, case studies, and project documentation.
- Monitoring and Evaluation: Track project indicators, assess outcomes, identify implementation challenges, and recommend corrective measures.

Qualifications and Experience

- Bachelor's degree in Agriculture ; a Master's degree will be preferred.
- Relevant experience in agricultural development, farmer mobilization, rural livelihoods, and implementation of agriculture-based projects.
- Knowledge of contemporary farming techniques, government agricultural schemes, FPO promotion, and value chain development.
- Good communication, report-writing, coordination, and field management skills.
- Willingness to travel extensively to project locations and work directly with farming communities.

Pay: From ₹35,000.00 per month

Benefits:

- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

📌 Agriculture Expert (Sonitpur)
🏢 Sushila Foundation For Agricultural and Rural Development
📍 Sonitpur