About the Role The Consultant (Field Implementation) will lead the rollout of FarmerChat in assigned geographies, turning programme strategy into on-the-ground adoption. The role covers coordination with implementation partners, extension systems, and field teams. It involves planning and managing onboarding and training, driving sustained farmer and extension worker usage, and feeding field insights back to product and content teams.

The ideal candidate combines solid field implementation experience in agriculture or rural development with a good understanding of digital tools and how farmers adopt technology.

Why Join Digital Green

- Drive Meaningful Impact: Contribute to improving access to timely, relevant agricultural advice for smallholder farmers through innovative digital solutions.
- Turn Insights into Action: Bring field experiences and farmer feedback into programme improvements, helping shape more effective and farmer-centric solutions.
- Be Part of a Fast-Growing, Mission-Driven Organization: Contribute to a purpose-driven team that values ownership, collaboration, and practical problem-solving.
- Grow in a Culture of Learning and Initiative: Work in an environment that encourages new ideas, continuous learning, and meaningful impact.
- Direct exposure to work along with the senior leadership team on the organization’s most strategic priorities.

Key Responsibilities

- Farmer Onboarding and Adoption
- Onboard 5,000 farmers ( 1district) onto FarmerChat across the assigned districts in Karnataka, with a strong focus on women farmers and smallholders.
- Make sure onboarded farmers keep using FarmerChat, through follow-up activation such as farmer meetings, demos, campaigns and peer champions.
- Keep a verified record of onboarded users, with consent, that matches the FarmerChat usage dashboard.
- FPO Linkages
- Set up formal working partnerships with 10 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs),



backed by agreed joint work plans and named points of contact.
- Build FarmerChat into the FPOs’ routine work, such as member meetings, input and crop advisory, and outreach by FPO staff and CRPs.
- Train FPO staff and lead farmers as FarmerChat champions so the work continues after the programme ends.
- Collaboration with CBOs and NGOs
- Build close working relationships with 4–5 Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) and NGOs working in agriculture and rural livelihoods.
- Use these partners’ networks and frontline workers (Krishi Sakhis, CRPs, field facilitators) to reach more farmers and help them adopt FarmerChat.
- Agree on shared roles and responsibilities and hold regular reviews so partner commitments are met.
- Training and Capacity Building
- Run training-of-trainers (ToT) and cascade trainings for FPO staff, CBO/NGO field teams and frontline extension workers.
- Develop straightforward training materials, user guides and demo content in Kannada.
- Field Feedback, Monitoring and Reporting
- Send structured monthly feedback from farmers and partners to the program team.
- Track onboarding, active usage and partner progress, and submit monthly progress reports to the Program Director/ SPM Program & Strategy.
- Document at least 3–4 case studies or success stories and a short lessons-learned note to inform scale-up.
- Manage donor and various partner visits as required.

Experience, Qualification & Skills Required

Educational Qualifications & Experience:

- Relevant degree in Agriculture, Rural Management, Rural Development, Agribusiness,

Development Studies, or a related field.




- 6–10 years of relevant experience in agricultural extension, rural livelihoods, digital agriculture, or large-scale programme implementation.
- A proven track record of rolling out programmes or technology solutions at the field level across multiple districts or partners.
- Experience working with government extension systems, SRLMs, FPOs, or NGOs.
- Experience managing field teams and multi-stakeholder partnerships.
- Exposure to agri-tech, digital advisory, or ICT-for-development projects is strongly preferred.

Required Skills & Competencies

- Strong programme planning, coordination, and execution skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work with government and partner institutions.
- Good understanding of how farmers use and adopt digital tools and advisory services.
- Comfort using data and dashboards to track progress and make decisions.
- Training and facilitation skills.
- Problem-solving ability in fast-moving field settings.
- Robust reporting and documentation skills.
- Fluency in the regional language (Kanada) and English, with working knowledge of Hindi preferred.
- Willingness to travel extensively within the assigned geography.

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Position Title: Consultant (Field Implementation)

Duration: One Year

Location: Karnataka/Districts near Bangalore, with frequent travel to implementation districts and partner locations

Reports To: Program Director

Apply by sending your resume or LinkedIn profile to [email protected] with the subject line: “Application for Consultant (Field Implementation)”

We also welcome referrals from your network.

Digital Green is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and particularly encourage women to apply.

📌 Consultant (Field Implementation) (Karnataka)
🏢 Digital Green India
📍 Karnataka