JOB DETAILS:

Applicants should be Ugandans holding an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture/ Crop Science; or any other related field from a recognized University or Institution.

Duties
The incumbent will be responsible to the Senior Agricultural Officer for performing the following duties:-

- Supervising coffee nursery development programs, coffee renovation and rehabilitation program, coffee planting, inputs distribution (plantlets/seedlings, crop protection tools/equipment, agrochemicals etc.); and oversee compliance with sourcing and distribution procedures, in line with established standard operating procedures/guidelines;

- Undertaking regular field monitoring and inspections to guide coffee farmers and enforce compliance to quality coffee standards as provided in the Coffee Act;

- Monitoring the quality of Coffee at post-harvest level;

- Promoting new technologies which have been developed by coffee research and disseminating the same to coffee farmers and other value chain actors;

- Conducting regular pests and disease surveillance activities and implementing integrated pests and disease management/control practices;

- Registering coffee value chain actors (coffee farmers and their farms, seed gardens/mother gardens, nursery operators, farmer groups, associations and cooperatives), update and maintain a database of the value chain actors as spelt out in the Coffee Act;

- Providing technical support in the collection of coffee production and marketing data, and administering of questionnaires and surveys on coffee matters in the respective area of operation;

- Liaising with and ensuring effective collaboration with local authorities and other bodies with an interest in matters of coffee development in the respective areas of deployment;

- Compiling and submitting periodic reports (weekly, monthly, quarterly etc.) highlighting progress in the implementation of coffee programme activities;

- Disseminating new technologies to coffee farmers and other value chain actors in liaison with coffee research institutions;

- Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.