Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) Looking For Agriculture Specialist at Koriya district, Chhattisgarh, Full Time

A little bit about who we are

At WOTR, we are committed to tackling the key causes of rural poverty by rejuvenating ecosystems and building the community’s resilience to climate change by enhancing water availability, increasing land and agricultural productivity, diversifying livelihoods, empowering women, and strengthening the health and well-being of vulnerable rural communities.

WOTR brings together practitioners, academics, researchers, trainers, and policy makers to work collaboratively in building the resilience of rural communities. Our partners, including donors and government agencies stand resolutely behind us to effect this.

Till date we have worked in 10 states in 7,124 villages and impacted 6.93 million people

To know more about us, visit us at: www.wotr.org

Key Responsibilities and Duties or Tasks to be performed

• Develop systems to address gaps in agriculture interventions at farm level such as SCI method of cultivations for various crops and on improving soil productivity
• Prepare Farmers field school (FFS) modules for all relevant Agriculture Interventions.
• Design and develop sustainable crop management practices and provide support in their uptake at field level
• Conduct review of literature to identify intervention on climate adaptive agriculture practices and support in their demonstration at field level and further upscale.
• Collaborate with different teams, universities, research institutes to undertake various studies.
• Support in undertaking extension works from research institutes such as ICRISAT, state universities, CRIDA etc., at field level
• Contribute to research papers and articles preferably in peer review journals and publications
• Assist and also write proposals to various donors and institutes for research funding on carbon capture models

Qualification and Skills Required:

• Bachelor in Agriculture or Masters in Agriculture or relevant subject
• Minimum 4-5 years relevant field experience
• Good knowledge of policy analysis and quantitative data analysis but should have the flexibility to do qualitative data analysis, too (if required); skilled in developing tools for investigation (quantitative and qualitative)
• Knowledge of Local Language and Hindi preferred
• Experience in development sector would be added advantage
• Preference will be given to female candidates for this role