JOB DETAILS:

consultant at iknowFarm

iKnowFarm is a mobile Application designed to empower smallholder farmers in Uganda through data-driven, climate-smart agricultural solutions. To support our mission, we seek to develop high-quality agroecology content for the iKnowFarm mobile app to promote sustainable farming practices.

Objective

To develop, review, and refine agroecology contents for the iKnowFarm App, ensuring alignment with sustainable and regenerative agricultural principles, user needs, and project goals. The content shall be in text or video, animation or picture coded manual which are suitable for low-literacy users.

Scope of Work

The Agroecology support consultant will.

1. Assess and review existing content for scientific and practical accuracy, relevance, and alignment with agroecology principles, recommend, and make improvements where necessary.
2. Facilitate community meetings & Key Informant Interview to identify new priority agroecology practices to develop for the App.
3. Create evidence-based, user-friendly content on agroecological practices, including crop diversification, soil health management, agroforestry, pest control, and water conservation, tailored to smallholder farmers in the target project areas incorporating local crops, soils, and climate considerations.
4. Support prototyping of the content to demonstrate agroecology features, technologies focusing on nutrition, soil fertility, water conservation and sustainable farming techniques.
5. Support the videographer to ensure quality video or pictures are captured from the community for content development.
6. The consultant will work with the iKnowFarm content committee, field agents, and partners to validate the content.
7. Coordinate with the iKnowFarm Product Manager to ensure the content is available in multiple local languages and optimized for offline use.
8. Any other duties that may be assigned by the management from time to time.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or related field as well as specialized training in training and communication, and passion in fine art or animation will be an added advantage.
2. A minimum of two (2) years of practical experience in similar assignments in rural settings is required.
3. Proven expertise in developing agricultural content for digital platforms or extension services.
4. Familiarity with Ugandan smallholder farming systems.
5. Strong communication skills and ability to work with diverse stakeholders, including farmers, government, research, academia and NGOs.
6. Strong writing skills
7. Experience in generating picture coded content is an added advantage
8. Knowledge of local languages (e.g., Lugbarati, Arabic, Madi, Luo, Ateso, or Luo) is an advantage.
9. Ability to ride a motorbike will be preferred
10. Competent female and refugees are highly encouraged to apply

Duration of the contract

This contract will run for six (6) months (August– January 2025) renewable based on performance and fund availability.

Reporting and Coordination

The consultant will report to the iKnowFarm Project Manager.