Milk Production Officer at Good Neighbors Kenya (1 Position)
Location: Bisil Project Office (Kajiado County)
Employment Period: 1 year renewable
Employee Category: Fixed Term Contract
Responsibilities
- Preparing livestock production information;
- Providing technical advice in animal production, livestock marketing, range management and ranching;
- Promoting economic livestock farming;
- Participating in organizing extension activities which include field days, field demonstrations, farmer field schools and farm visits.
- Participating in collaborative research activities;
- Disseminating livestock production technologies such as construction of livestock housing and structures, milk production, pasture and fodder production and conservation, farm planning, gross margins analysis, on-farm feed formulation.
- Implementing livestock production programmes/projects in such areas as dairy cattle farming, breeding programmes, fodder production and conservation, value addition to livestock products, emerging livestock and other animal husbandry interventions;
- Capturing, maintaining and storing livestock data.
- Assessing smallholder dairy and feed value chain practices and knowledge in the project area
- Conducting an assessment of smallholders’ dairy value chains ad identify potential interventions to enhance benefits to smallholder producers and other value chain actors in Kajiado County
- Identifying and developing portfolio for intensification and market orientation of potential livestock value chains providing case studies in dairy for commercialization of production with stimulating rapid change in feed-related elements of these value chains.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields:- Animal Science, Animal Production, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Range Management, Livestock/Agricultural Economics, Dairy Technology, Or Agricultural Education and Extension from a recognized Institution;
- At least 7 year relevant experience
- Certificate in compute applications.
How To Apply
Written applications enclosing Certificates, testimonials and resume stating current and expected remuneration on or before 7th December 2018 to [email protected] If you have a publication or any other portfolio related to your job application kindly include it in your application or share a web link.
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