Senior Agronomist (Lead Agronomist)
AgriFood Digital Library and Resource Center · Nigeria
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About the role
Senior Agronomist (Lead Agronomist)
The Senior Agronomist provides strategic technical leadership to improve crop productivity and strengthen the commercial performance of the programme’s ginger and sesame value chains. The role is responsible for ensuring that agronomic recommendations, extension approaches, and promoted technologies consistently deliver improved yields, higher profitability, and increased adoption by farmers and agribusinesses.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of agronomic strategies that improve productivity, profitability, and resilience in ginger and sesame production systems.
- Develop, standardise, and continuously improve practical Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) materials and technical guides.
- Ensure promoted inputs, technologies, and production practices consistently achieve expected productivity and yield improvements under field conditions.
- Lead the design, establishment, management, and evaluation of demonstration plots.
- Build strong technical partnerships with research institutions, universities, input companies, government agencies, and private-sector organisations.
- Conduct regular technical supervision visits to assess implementation quality, identify gaps, and recommend corrective actions.
Requirements
- Master’s Degree in Agronomy, Crop Science, Soil Science, Agricultural Extension, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in agronomy, crop production, agricultural advisory services, or large-scale agricultural development programmes.
- Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and maintaining agronomic quality across multi-location programmes.
- Strong practical knowledge of ginger and sesame production systems, climate-smart agriculture, soil fertility management, and integrated crop management.
- Experience developing Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) materials, demonstration plots, and farmer training programmes.
- Experience working with private-sector input suppliers, seed companies, and agricultural technology providers.
- Excellent analytical, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Salary
- Competitive remuneration package
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