Farmerline Ghana Agricultural Jobs in Ghana
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Since 2013, Farmerline Ghana has directly helped farmers to improve their productivity and profit in Ghana and also provided technical support to other organizations to do the same. Farmerline started its operations serving 800 farmers in the Ashanti Region of Ghana with information via mobile telephony. The company has since grown to reach 341k farmers (directly & through partners).
Agronomist Role Overview
Connecting farmers to reliable and fair markets is now Farmerline’s final intervention(in addition to farmer training and agro-input financing) in creating lasting profit for the farmers we serve while creating jobs for micro-entrepreneurs in the value chains we work in. For this, we are recruiting experienced agricultural/business professionals to support market access programs for farmers across the cereals, plantain, vegetable and cocoa value chains in Ghana. The specialist will work to strengthen existing partnerships while building new models to ensure farmers get the most revenue from their produce.
Responsibilities
- Develops impactful, cost effective and scalable market access models for the cereals,plantain, vegetable and cocoa value chains.
- Identifies and engages crop farmers and micro-entrepreneurs to aggregate farm produce at the right time while ensuring high quality and reducing post harvest losses.
- Collaborates with other units to ensure all farmers receive adequate training, agro-inputs.
- Coordinates the procurement of all off-taking and market-related logistics including storage and transportation
- Deploys the Mergdata platform to predict yield, food quality and track produce sourcing.
- Facilitates fair, timely and transparent payments to all farmers supplying to the micro-entrepreneurs and agribusinesses in Farmerline’s network.
- Aggregates and distributes market prices from major markets to farmers in our network.
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- Implements proven post harvest practices to enhance the shelf life of farm produce.
- Integrates successful parts of the market access model into Farmerline’s operations and partnerships across Africa.
- Support the development of training curriculum and manuals
- Provide coaching in drafting agricultural advisory messages and product development
- Validate all drafted agricultural advisory messages
- Provide consultation to call center team on technical issues
- Conduct trainer of trainers workshop for Farmer Services team on various technical agriculture topics
- Assist in the establishment of demonstration plots for testing product/input quality and effect
- Provide advice on initiatives based on technical expertise
- Assist in farm monitoring to promote best management practices among farmers
- Oversee the establishment and operation of Farmerline’s demonstration farm
Qualification
- Knowledge of the systemic challenges in agriculture value chains in Ghana, a passion for creating lasting solutions to them and ability to navigate farming communities.
- Bachelor's degree in agricultural science, agribusiness, supply chain management.
- 3- 5 years of working experience in similar roles.
- Strong research and field experience in at least 3 of the following; maize, cocoa, plantain, sorghum, rice and vegetables is required
- Proven experience in the use of mobile technology to drive farmer succes
- Strong business analysis and financial management skills
- Excellent oral communication, writing and presentation skills.
- Ability to speak Twi and other local languages is an added advantage.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive Salary
- Local Health Insurance
- Free Office Lunch
- Quarterly professional development opportunities
- New laptop for work or periodic personal computer repairs
1. Patiently scroll down and read the job description below.
2. Scroll down and find how to apply or mode of application for this job after the job description.
3. Carefully follow the instructions on how to apply.
4. Always apply for a job by attaching CV with a Cover Letter / Application Letter.
Since 2013, Farmerline Ghana has directly helped farmers to improve their productivity and profit in Ghana and also provided technical support to other organizations to do the same. Farmerline started its operations serving 800 farmers in the Ashanti Region of Ghana with information via mobile telephony. The company has since grown to reach 341k farmers (directly & through partners).
Agronomist Role Overview
Connecting farmers to reliable and fair markets is now Farmerline’s final intervention(in addition to farmer training and agro-input financing) in creating lasting profit for the farmers we serve while creating jobs for micro-entrepreneurs in the value chains we work in. For this, we are recruiting experienced agricultural/business professionals to support market access programs for farmers across the cereals, plantain, vegetable and cocoa value chains in Ghana. The specialist will work to strengthen existing partnerships while building new models to ensure farmers get the most revenue from their produce.
Responsibilities
- Develops impactful, cost effective and scalable market access models for the cereals,plantain, vegetable and cocoa value chains.
- Identifies and engages crop farmers and micro-entrepreneurs to aggregate farm produce at the right time while ensuring high quality and reducing post harvest losses.
- Collaborates with other units to ensure all farmers receive adequate training, agro-inputs.
- Coordinates the procurement of all off-taking and market-related logistics including storage and transportation
- Deploys the Mergdata platform to predict yield, food quality and track produce sourcing.
- Facilitates fair, timely and transparent payments to all farmers supplying to the micro-entrepreneurs and agribusinesses in Farmerline’s network.
- Aggregates and distributes market prices from major markets to farmers in our network.
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- Implements proven post harvest practices to enhance the shelf life of farm produce.
- Integrates successful parts of the market access model into Farmerline’s operations and partnerships across Africa.
- Support the development of training curriculum and manuals
- Provide coaching in drafting agricultural advisory messages and product development
- Validate all drafted agricultural advisory messages
- Provide consultation to call center team on technical issues
- Conduct trainer of trainers workshop for Farmer Services team on various technical agriculture topics
- Assist in the establishment of demonstration plots for testing product/input quality and effect
- Provide advice on initiatives based on technical expertise
- Assist in farm monitoring to promote best management practices among farmers
- Oversee the establishment and operation of Farmerline’s demonstration farm
Qualification
- Knowledge of the systemic challenges in agriculture value chains in Ghana, a passion for creating lasting solutions to them and ability to navigate farming communities.
- Bachelor's degree in agricultural science, agribusiness, supply chain management.
- 3- 5 years of working experience in similar roles.
- Strong research and field experience in at least 3 of the following; maize, cocoa, plantain, sorghum, rice and vegetables is required
- Proven experience in the use of mobile technology to drive farmer succes
- Strong business analysis and financial management skills
- Excellent oral communication, writing and presentation skills.
- Ability to speak Twi and other local languages is an added advantage.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive Salary
- Local Health Insurance
- Free Office Lunch
- Quarterly professional development opportunities
- New laptop for work or periodic personal computer repairs
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