I am an energetic, ambitious, mature, positive and hardworking individual possesses good motivational, communication and mobilization skills. I am an open minded, friendly and resourceful team leader with ability to communicate comfortably at all levels. I have obtained Master Degree in Soil Science from the Sindh Agriculture University of Tandojam and have exclusive experience of development sector working as “Livelihood Officer, Agriculture officer, Trainer & Agribusiness Value Chain Facilitator” with various NGO. I have plenty of experience of designing and implementing the programs regarding Monitoring & Evaluation, Livelihood, Civic Right, Sustainable Development, Enhancement, Emergency Response, DRR, WASH, Women Empowerment and Community Development. I have good coordination and mobilization skills with command Training, Presentation and Reporting.
Mobilization of farmers for joint learning events, farming together and undertaking other post-harvest value addition activities together
Facilitate participatory learning by doing and training on various agricultural activities, such as plants disease and insect pest management, integrated weed management, integrated soil fertility management, livestock health management, storage and processing, farm economics and financial literacy, produce marketing and business planning, and other issues that come up for individual groups
Establishment and facilitation of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) for participatory learning
Trainings facilitated on specific crop or livestock-related issues pertaining to the commodity value chains under development
Contribute to extension materials development by providing information on farmer’s needs and demand; Regular and close interactions with the farmers and local communities to understand the needs on the ground, existing issues and possible solution options
Mobilize farmers into interest groups using Farmer Field School techniques for learning, sharing experience and improving farming practices
Support the established farmer groups to undertake joint value addition activities with agricultural produces;
Collect information from the field and support FAO technical team in developing knowledge materials, such as handouts, brochures, guidelines and training modules
Establish and facilitate of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) or Farmer Business Schools (FBS) for participatory learning and regularly visit the established groups to support them with daily activities.
Provide support and facilitate farmer groups in introduction and establishment of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and improved (post) harvest handling and marketing of high value horticultural and/or livestock products
Prepare and submit monthly work plan and progress reports.
Perform any other associated duties as required by the supervisor or Project Coordinators.
§ Assist in coordinating and conducting the assessment, monitoring and evaluation of project activities related to agricultural livelihoods (Agricultural Schemes, Farmers’ Field Schools, and Exposure Visits etc)
§ Carry out different types of need assessments and surveys as and when required for the project implementation. Carry out different analysis of agricultural value chains, comparative economic analysis of different crops and compiling of reports
§ Facilitated the development of agri-business plans for select value chains of commodities supported by the project, through support for community organizations, producer marketing groups and other types of MSMEs established. Provide technical support to the district team and supervised and guide them on implementation of activities
§ Ensured that Farmer Field School (FFS) establishment timely and supported with appropriate technical information for smooth operation
§ Coordination with all stakeholders including NGO's/ INGOs, Livestock and agriculture extension department
§ Prepared district work plans on economically viable value chains and agribusiness through the identification of priority activities required to improve efficiency
§ Supervised work of the staff in the districts in terms of attendance, work planning, implementation, logistics HR, and other management-related tasks including mobilization of district teams and building their capacity on mobilizing farmers for FFS sessions, trainings, and other capacity-building activities.
§ Timely submission of reports, work plan, and implementation of day-to-day activities
§ Lead the orientation and awareness programs for communities in the villages
§ Coordinate with AZRI and district agriculture department and finalize technical specifications/BoQs and implementation strategies of agriculture related initiatives of the
project.
§ Guided the project team and stakeholders on climate smart agriculture.
§ Develop specifications/criteria for beneficiaries’/sites selection for agriculture related activities.
§ Provide technical support to the team and shared related information to the Project Manager for different project interventions.
§ Provide regular feedback to Project Manager from key persons, including partners, community groups and vulnerable groups, on project / program activities.
§ Assist the team and actively participate and contribute to development of plans and budgets, possibly longer term plans and proposals related to implementation of project activities
§ Assist in identifying, developing, or acquiring appropriate resources to support technical components of the project / program, including formation and guidance in registering the CI with relevant authorities.
§ Develop model agriculture enterprises to support the economic well-being of communities through interventions designed to improve storage, processing, transport and general marketability of produce.
§ Prepare various training plans for the FFS/CIs
§ Identified successful operative, viable, sustainable, and income generating agricultural model units/enterprises for exposure visits of farmers, onsite hands on practical training and replication of these models particularly the innovative ones, at target project areas.
§ Develop MoU for utilization of the communal land by FFS for establishing model units, mobilize community active participation and supervise the activity technically and administratively
Training delivery as per given agenda
Completing 8 or 9 x 3-days training as per assigned by ECI
Ensuring attendance of participants.
Completing pre and post tests
Completion of training evaluation forms &action plans
Updating Highlights and Lowlights of Training on daily basis
Training completion report for each session
Ensure the effective implementation of program activities.
Sustain internal and external coordination.
Coordinate and provide technical support for successful implementation of the program
Facilitate experimentation, participatory learning by doing and training on plants disease and insect pest management, integrated weed management, integrated soil fertility management, Farm economics and financial literacy, and other issues that come up for individual groups·
Farmer Field Schools (FFS) establishment for participatory learning, training and experimentation
Trainings facilitated on specific crop related issues through FFS
Field based FFS, FBS (Farmer Business Schools) actions plans developed
Contribute in FFS extension materials development
Prepared work plans with clear objectives, implementation schedules and milestones
Prepared weekly, monthly reports of the project.
Organize different types of trainings for communities.
Contribute to FFS extension and training materials development
Develop and organize crop based FFS and implement all FFS stages and components with regular field follow-up and interaction with participants;
The FFS facilitator works directly with farmers, and helps them discover important concepts/ issues in crops farming through practical learning.
Conduct awareness-raising meetings to introduce the FFS concept, identify the farmers and learning site/ sites
Report progress of the FFS and demonstrations plots activities
Any other task assigned by line Manager.
Collaborate with the MEAL unit to systematically collect and analyze output and outcome indicators for FSL interventions.
Support the assessment of initiatives' effectiveness, efficiency, and relevance in coordination with MEAL.
Ensure compliance with operational and reporting requirements set by government authorities, NGOs, and cluster partners.
Actively participate in FSL working group and cluster meetings at district, provincial, and national levels.
Represent technical components of the program to government entities, UN agencies, FSL working groups/clusters, and NGOs.
Contribute to developing new project proposals, including drafting narratives and budgets in collaboration with internal teams.
Prepare and submit high-quality donor reports, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
Identify and develop applicable CSA practices for arid contexts like Tharparkar.
Conduct 140 sessions across 70 villages in District Tharparkar on CSA practices.
Demonstrated different CSA practices in different villages and provided technical knowledge for their replication.
Introduced & demonstrate CSA practices such as hydroponics, vertical farming, keyhole farming, Zai farming, the "Three Sisters" approach, and saline agriculture.
Organize exposure visits for farmers to agricultural research institutes like AZRI and SAU Tandojam.
Developed business plan of women & man farmers on vegetable preservation and by product of livestock, skilled development trades including embroidery, electrician, Motor bike repairing, welding and plumbing.
Prepare Community Engagement Plan
Build their Linkages with market and government institution
Coordinate with line departments for CSA demonstrations, destocking, vaccination, and LMT activities.
Linkage between public and private partnership for enterprise development
Supervise and monitoring the different skilled development trainings at ground level and suggested to resource persons to adopt the participatory and effective presentation.
Guide the use of toolkits for CSA activities and oversee their distribution.
Distribution of toolkits regards skill trainin
Supervised and guide the 4 FFS facilitators and veterinary Officer for conducting their session.
Select Candidates for CLEW and Vocational Training
Perform any other tasks assigned by the line manager.
Development of different cropping zone for the Sindh and Baluchistan
Categorization the area of both provinces on the basis of their soil compositions
Conducted the soil, water and plant sampling from the different area of both province and conduct their analysis for different parameters.
Recommended the different land use and crop management practices for each zone
Recommended the additional nutrition for growth of plants
Demonstrated soil reclamation techniques in different area by applying different approaches.
Practical demonstration for effective utilization of water by piloting the drip, sprinkler and bubbler irrigation.
Monitoring on Sale Teams of Sindh and Baluchistan Province
Conduct farmers meetings
To Know the Laboratory standard procedures for soil, water and plant tissues analyses.
Conduct Trials, Demonstrations and Field days
Agricultural trainings to farmers’ community
Research and development Check Completed work for accuracy.
Lead the work of the staff in the Region in terms of attendance, work planning, implementation, logistics HR and other management related tasks.
Lead the team of regon Agri-business Value Chain Facilitators in collecting and preparing background information on value chains, agribusiness and market development issues; provide appropriate field guidance and local knowledge support to regon Head and other consultants.
Prepare region work plans on economic viable value chains and agribusiness in collaboration with the regon head and other staff, and supervise the facilitation and implementation of activities at field and value chain level.
Marketing groups to produce value chain and agri business plans that are likely to result into positive income growth.
In collaboration with regon staff and other relevant partners undertake detailed value chain, market analyses ( Needs and Gap analysis). P
repare and submit monthly work plan and progress reports.
Perform any other associated duties as required by the Regon Head.
Prepare and submit monthly work plan and progress reports.
Perform any other associated duties as required by the Regon Head.
Conduct defferent Experiment in the field and Green House.
To conduct different experiments and analysis the result obtains.
Analysis the Soil, water and Plant Tissues Samples analyses.
Reporting to Chairman, Department of Soil Science, SAU, and Tandojam.