Technical Assistant

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About the Organization

The Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA) is a non-profit international research institute dedicated to food, nutrition, and livelihood security as well as environmental rehabilitation in South Asia, which is home to more than 300 million undernourished people. BISA is a collaborative effort involving CIMMYT and the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR).

Job Description

We are seeking dynamic, innovative, self-motivated, and service-oriented professionals for the position of Technical Assistant.

The position will be based in Project districts: Jabalpur, Chindwara, Dindori, Mandala, Katni, Narshinghpur, Tikamgarh, Newari, and Datia or any other project district in Madhya Pradesh.

Job Responsibilities

• Support in execution of farmers participatory and on station demonstrations /research trials of climate resilient agricultural practices.
• Monitoring day to day field activities (irrigation, fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide etc ) and data collect  of the farmers participatory /research trials as per the instruction of your supervisor.
• Keeping the records of input used, machinery and other services provided by the project to the farmers in standard BISA format.
• Other activities are time to time assigned by the supervisor.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture with 1-2 year relevant experience or 12th with more than 5 years agriculture based practical field experience.
• Good knowledge of crop production techniques including that of conservation agriculture and latest agriculture machinery.
• Good knowledge of local language (Hindi) and working knowledge of English.
• The selected candidate should exhibit the following competencies: Client Orientation, Critical and Creative Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Teamwork, and Communication.

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