Agronomist
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Learn About Farmerline |
Farmerline is dedicated to reimagining how the world thinks about and invests in the livelihoods of small-scale farmers. Our mission is to create lasting profits for farmers everywhere. We approach challenges with bold and systemic thinking while maintaining a lean and nimble operation.
Farmerline was founded in 2013, has been a fast growing Agtech company in Africa. The company has raised over $20 million since incorporation. Farmerline’s digital marketplace combines logistics, field agents, farm resources and agribusiness partnerships to support African farmers. We have reached 1.7M farmers by deploying our tools and services through 3,000+ partners across 48 countries.
Impact assessments show that averagely we increase yield by ~2X and $306 increase in net income. Our technology platform Mergdata is licensed or white labelled to development partners, global food traders and governments who use its customisable tools to improve the lives of farmers around the world
Job Title | Agronomist |
Department and Location | Impact and Learning, Ghana |
Incumbent Supervisor | Head, Impact & Learning |
Suggested start date | Immediately |
Length of assignment | Permanent role, subject to performance |
Role Overview |
We are seeking the expertise of a skilled and experienced Agronomist to play a pivotal role in providing technical knowledge to Farmerline’s customers, staff and other partners in achieving our mission of creating lasting profit for farmers. The Agronomist drives the most impactful agricultural practices that lead to high productivity for farmers and provides backstopping to our farm services. For this, we are recruiting an experienced agricultural professional for technical agronomic advisory support such as leading farmer education programs and product trials within various value chains in West Africa. The role also requires the specialist to have high extension experience, research, and be keen on behaviour change to increase farmer adoption of best management practices. |
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Agronomist
Farmerline Limited
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